New Construction:
Many new buildings such as Multi Dwelling Unites (MDUs), off-campus Student Housing or existing Retail locations most likely will find themselves without a new copper POTS line. Why? Since the FCC has provided relieve to ISPs from providing POTS lines, most carriers will not endure the expense to add lines for a small out of revenue in return. If that building is brand new, the carriers will not look to install telephone lines, they often will “no-bid” the work or cancel the order mid-flight. This is a major problem if you need Certificate of Occupancy (CO) from the town/city to operate.
This also doesn’t mean you can’t plan well in advance of starting a new construction project. Often. Many general contractors (GCs) will look at traditional utilities such as electricity, gas and telecommunications proximity to the property site. They are very familiar with the permit process both with the city/town and the incumbent electrical or gas provider. GCs need to understand where these utilities enter the buildings from a lateral in the ground for example. However, most organizations only look at telecommunications simply as Internet services or connecting a broader wide area network to the site and skip over POTS services until the end.
Today, waiting at the end for this phase can jeopardize your entire opening and progress of the building. Knowing that you will require life safety services such as a burglar alarm, elevator phone and many others, you need to be sure POTS services can be installed. You should plan this before you even break ground and we’ve had many new clients contact us to help literally a week before inspections.
Now you may be wondering why you need to understand this so early in advance. This is due to the Internet and other capabilities of replacing POTS that must be factored into consideration.
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