{"id":787,"date":"2016-05-18T09:32:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T14:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartcomtelephone.com\/?p=630"},"modified":"2016-05-18T09:32:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T14:32:16","slug":"plain-old-telephone-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartcomtelephone.com\/plain-old-telephone-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-632 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/smartcomtelephone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ANALOG-Page-Image1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"ANALOG-Page-Image1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>would anyone still need <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P<\/span>lain <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">O<\/span>ld <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">T<\/span>elephone <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">S<\/span>ervice or POTS?\u00a0 With the proliferation of cell phones, many people see traditional landline phones as antiquated and past their prime.\u00a0 What you may not realize, is that during an emergency, a cell phone may give the 911 operator an approximate GPS location.\u00a0 With a POTS line, the operator would receive your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">actual<\/span> address, and would then be able to dispatch the appropriate emergency resources.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a business owner, you really need to publish a phone number if you want customers to reach you.\u00a0 POTS lines are a reliable choice for voice calls, faxes and alarms.\u00a0 Even if you are using a cellular or IP-based alarm system, traditional landlines can add redundancy to your security plan.<\/p>\n<p>At SmartCom, we have the best IP Telephony, but we also offer the best of analog, copper-based POTS lines to our business and residential customers.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional phone lines can be an economical alternative with a starting price of just $21.95, and full-featured lines are under $30!\u00a0 Contact our sales team today at 888-302-1125 for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why would anyone still need Plain Old Telephone Service or POTS?\u00a0 With the proliferation of cell phones, many people see traditional landline phones as antiquated and past their prime.\u00a0 What you may not realize, is that during an emergency, a cell phone may give the 911 operator an approximate GPS location.\u00a0 With a POTS line, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[17,18,19,20,21],"class_list":["post-787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-telephone","tag-business","tag-phone-line","tag-pots","tag-residential","tag-telephone"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) - SmartCom Telephone &amp; 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