TL;DR: Moving from POTS to cloud communications, whether you’re getting ahead of the shutdown or responding to a carrier’s notice, happens in four phases: evaluating providers, porting and provisioning numbers,

TL;DR: A POTS shutdown notice is a countdown, not a formality, though the exact clock can vary by carrier and line type. The most useful first move is usually to

TL;DR: Carriers can now give business customers as little as 90 days’ notice before retiring POTS lines. That’s not enough time to discover, mid-countdown, that your fire panel or fax

TL;DR: Carriers are retiring copper POTS lines faster than expected. An FCC order in March 2026 narrowed notice windows to as little as 90 days. The shift touches phone lines,