Most elevators have been equipped with POTS (plain old telephone service) lines for emergencies for decades. Meanwhile, the latest elevator phone monitoring services favor VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technologies.
Have you made the analog-to-digital transition yet and incorporated VoIP elevator phones into your building’s elevators? If not, consider doing so to ensure you remain in emergency call compliance for years.
Discover how VoIP elevator phones work with an elevator emergency system below.
VoIP Elevator Phones Use an Internet Connection
A VoIP phone uses an internet connection rather than a traditional phone line, allowing anyone stuck in an elevator to contact a central monitoring station for assistance.
One common concern about VoIP elevator phones is that they will go offline during power outages. To avoid this potential problem, you can install a power backup system in your building. It will spring into action and keep your building’s elevators connected to a central monitoring station even when all the power in your area goes out.
You might be required to install a power backup system in your building anyway to remain in compliance with the International Building Code and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ elevator safety code. If so, using VoIP elevator phones makes even more sense.
They Provide Benefits That POTS Lines Don’t
Because a VoIP elevator phone uses an internet connection, it has many benefits over POTS lines. Here are the top advantages of using VoIP phones in your building’s elevators:
- They make real-time elevator monitoring possible and pinpoint problems within elevators sooner.
- They allow for quick and easy location identification for those stuck in elevators.
- They offer enhanced call quality to enable clear communication with a central monitoring station.
- They boast exceptional cost efficiency because they don’t require traditional lines and the associated phone bills.
VoIP elevator phones also offer more scalability than traditional phone lines. They can adapt to your building’s changing needs over time, allowing you to add more phones to your system as needed.
They Enable People To Get Help Fast When Elevators Get Stuck
Above all else, VoIP elevator phones are designed to allow anyone stuck in an elevator to seek help quickly. Almost as soon as a person picks up one of these phones, they’ll be connected to a central monitoring station and provided instructions on what to do next.
A VoIP phone incorporated into your elevator communication systems could greatly benefit your building. It can help make your elevators and the people who use them feel much safer.
Interested in Installing a VoIP Phone in Your Building’s Elevator? Give Us a Call
Installing a VoIP elevator phone in your building’s elevators comes with many benefits that POTS lines simply can’t match. This explains why the answer to the question, “Are POTS lines going away?” is “yes.”
Are you ready to embrace VoIP technology and everything it has to offer your building’s elevators? Call us at 877-990-9191 to hear how ELEVATE Monitoring can help.
