Well, when AT&T submitted comments regarding the issue to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last December, POTS and the PSTN got more than ushered. They got a great big shove in that direction.
Not surprisingly, the security industry reacted with cautionary words regarding the technologies’ fate and AT&T’s desire to expedite their simultaneous demises. After all, POTS and the PSTN have served as a bridge for electronic security systems since the 1970s. And while the industry’s dependence on them today is significantly less than what it once was, it would still face serious ramifications were POTS and the PSTN to be spontaneously mothballed.