Tim from Onetel Security presented on upcoming changes to analog phone lines and their impact on school districts' life safety systems, offering solutions like Granite Epic and Uma boxes for transitioning to newer technologies. He explained the installation process, pricing, and support for these solutions, emphasizing the importance of battery backup and regulatory compliance. The conversation ended with discussions on phone system backup power and a preview of next week's presentation on a statewide equipment repair service.
Onetel Security
onetelsecurity.com
Matt Bakes
Sales Development
801.214.7006
Welcome, everybody, to the May 22nd edition of Technology Check-In. This week, we have Tim and Matt from OneTel Security. Uh, they contacted me a little bit ago, I… so I invited them come meeting talk about what products offer. And, uh, with that, I'm going turn it over you, Tim. Awesome. Well, Scott, thank you. Excited be able present you guys today. appreciate opportunity educate try help community there. today I'd like one specific product that really maybe bigger picture an issue are likely dealing or dealt with, some important information is related Listen, share my screen. let's make sure it's working. see presentation? Yep. Perfect. Let if can get into… presentation mode, still it. You it? Alright, well, name Tim, uh… Tucker am Manager Sales Engineering here. I've been at for 14 years. tells based out North Salt Lake, Wantell telecommunications network design consulting group. So partner providers, ISPs. Voice service providers across country. And consult organizations, in few different industries. design, implement, support, types networks Um, I've… spent last 6 years working state, local education groups, cities, counties, school districts. cybersecurity services. Wantel very heavily involved security industry, as tell by our name. member several committees, that's relevant your groups would AICC, this governs, Communications Committee legislation. They, they, Try direction industry suitable alarm signals. Why does relate districts? part stewardship being charge IT infrastructure Relates pieces equipment, technology provide life safety, whether fire systems, elevator. Phones, variety things stewards over. That need ensure work. we're these industries, understand importance safety. especially within want there's any we've got different, provider partners, more strategic ones. We hundreds so… just small list. specifically relating POTS lines. you're aware past, haven't yet. big change on world communications lines carriers who supported old-school analog line For decades. Are anxious to, move newer technologies, scalable technologies. cost-effective fiber. but, because older technologies those them, signaling. remained place. A clearance, actually start process decommissioning lines, doing, incentivize reduce number customers technology. so. may have, years, gotten notice letting know hey, service, new stopped, responding taking action repair requests. They'll replace type instead trying realize is, kind empty threat, thing that's… coming, but hasn't happened They keep telling us away, it's… year, 2025, seeing push discontinue all analog, copper They're not made change, they're force hand migrate technology, plan, options here plots tied either systems elevators, districts, organizations. unique. Most other fax, it's, uh. know, voice had place, rearview. lot organizations place those, elevator phones. special use case where that. We're gonna leave ones concerned about, are, most sensitive change. Those just… switch VoIP line, run into issues, something cautious about. how affect, How affect organization? biggest impact, said, commercial elevators Just making It's needed do caution. cost increase carrier. We've seen tune 5x cases, initially was $50 provider. increased rate $250. Why? To So, taken look telecom expenses. Lately, just, eye those. Make costs increasing, eat budget real quick without even happening. piece, comparable offering It lack redundancy failover safety systems. mind moving digital service. no longer built-in, Low voltage power comes line. find yourself where, outage a, battery backup UPS SOL regards having piece potential compliance violations. Or technical issues. code, dual and… issues signaling works, someone, building someone pulls alarm. signal's gotta successfully whoever monitoring interpreted catch ensuring testing coordinating center services critical. do? choose nothing. hope go well. promise won't end positive way. solve yourself, right? Voip, hosted phone solution might say, we'll flip system. again, tread caution setting up for, later on. allow group, Security, team only engineers side, also account managers fully manage easy, they'll coordinate between carriers, Ensure everything goes smoothly. wear hats. asked things, constantly putting fires yourselves easy transition smooth, happens. In measured, metered couple throw review you'd to. there differences two offerings, Granite Epic. An UMA. These boxes essence, box support 8 Epic 4 UMA side. Each backup. The has 24 hours versus hours. important, UL 24-hour meets requirements then per two. When typically recommend UMA, Box purpose-built communication. handle give 100% compatibility. options. Again, each one, address individual basis, If questions, let can, recommendation are. multiple will gives additional layer primary connectivity function via Ethernet, it'll tie network. unavailable whatever reason, carrier issue, issue. backhoe, went through fiber took down. LTE automatically fails detects loss Ethernet fail compatible signal formats need. here's email reach questions. Pots replacement OneTelsecurity.com, 844-121. full works yours, simple question, happy answer interested have. spin quote pretty obligation commitment required part. pricing looks like. save money add You're protected against rare occasion when happen, system the, response center, got. wanted short sweet, overly complex incredibly relates Reach me, scan QR code here, methods. back answers questions back, slide showed boxes? Absolutely. um… what… makes com… compliant. Is it… cellular, they… Yeah, the… you're… route go, connect stack, internet connection. ever fails, or, can't detect connection It'll LTE, built-in LTE. you've paths communication built itself. critical that… coming out. outage, aren't down, fail, Because typically, imagine events alert, emergency help. they've low second convert system, don't appropriate lacking That's piece. Mm-hmm. Okay, looking granite it, shipping fee, 5 professional install. sent somebody installation or…? Yep, absolutely, yeah, another a… there's… value white glove install, nationwide installers. deploy. out, take care test determine needs happen port numbers, numbers over, same numbers. We'll porting actual doesn't matter much, dial do. scenario tell… addition carrier, sits organization advocate. support. always welcome directly But OneTel, you'll dedicated manager relationship Epic, we, form relationships access resources. More than were directly, afraid leverage something, right calls people involved, There's providing Service, What you? yep, everything, appliance. Okay. And… so, okay, monthly price includes number, tone, basically, included All right, right. like, 3-year agreement. paid front? month, what? Oh, invoice get. $59.95 There discount pay annually, upfront. way, incentive flexible approach then, long own box, mean, worry warranty, something… monitoring, says. Nope, yep. Fully managed appliance, including, including warranty Hey, something's wrong whatever, replace, send swap be… Um… every 3 hardware refresh happens too, Alrighty, um, think any… Anything else. site survey. If… person… person install box. external antenna ahead then. Exactly, depending cellular signal, 10 needed. say So… assuming supports E911 locations, that'll configured. move, probably straightforward, imagine. It's… easy. too crazy. excellent job managing process. installers capable. survey thorough, districts idea many occurs, ask identify addressed. didn't originally, for. conversation, added survey's installer their done efficiently. time since remember component elevator… elevator, press button. automatic configured whatever. pick blah blah. typically… panel itself, panel, pre-configured sequence knows, 10-digit anyone pushes call uses least knowing number. Some centers, again. very… this, elevator? Onetel already provides center. 200 centers beauty end-to-end private doesn't… touch public telephone peering centers. call, now becomes even… gets priority, end. sort routing direct handoff origination side termination locally, Iowa schools, installer, granted, employee sub, subcontracted group leverage. boots ground regardless hour two, what's process? district says, this. contact decision Granite. times, there'll discovery ask, recommendation. Again. boxing. At prescriptive. we've… worked companies 15, 20 high uptime, resiliency, industry. them. deploy solutions, thorough LOA that's, Pretty fill basic once signed, submitted Granite, project management team. granite, but… everyone's page, and, along. notified step way we've, schedule 3… three days available slots. Which best we… nail down occur, Usually, plan usually 6-week From signed LOA? getting scheduled, done, weeks. Sometimes, gate, smooth. tighter timeline. occasions expect not. occasion, longer, sign final porting, moved off running, anybody else questions? alrighty. good awesome. great crew guys' efforts there, worries, awesome rest day weekend. Awesome, thanks, ya. Thanks. Yeah. Thanks, Scott. Thank Sarah, researching APs, Intermapper still. discovered quite few, um. Camera switches which is… provided company. thought fewer did, swapped I'll early summer, hopefully, VLAN ports, outfit came summer um cameras gave 10-port… switches. forgotten until walked room, went, oh, teed… peeved. anyway… Working Sounds good. Mr. Foley, guess. Not much. when… Here Lorenz, redid ONT now. lines… converted On ISP connection, Something Analog VoIP, question company provides, problem sufficient regulatory part, he said cell ours. lasts, point, dead, too? elevator's dead Good point! hopefully decide before should Hopefully sitting minutes, moving. yeah. knows stuff honestly, laws behind, house, UPS, tiny dumb thing, sure. heard… experience, 2 days, heard some… Telephone were, during outage. Actually recycling batteries customer sites phones running. you… worth checking with. course, around marshal inquisitive be. But… passes inspection. 35 point secondary cellular. know… did put parts ways in, technology's changed Alrighty. anything else, Foley? am… busy-wise, site. Yesterday, firewalls power… ended happening extended firewall lost up. corrupted then… restore to… reload firmware configuration. problems, configuration version old copy, fighting Oh god. Leg circuits weren't through, We… was… of… backups firewall, date time. FortiGate Synology automation set mine log It, basically copies latest don't… thinking… whole anymore, handy really, could file share. FTP, SFTP, FTPS, options, think, nice. Kind nice have… immutable folder updates technically, ransomware, ransomware encrypt Firewall files. my, yesterday. fine till air conditioner must bulls china shop, because, crash things. know. checked why failing, popped pushed plug, started giving dang warning time, off. couldn't long, wasn't… wasn't emails working, Anyway… see, necessarily more… on, STT, SSE agreements, board, yours list schools haven't, actually, now, statewide yonder, pouches, pasted Zoom link chat check all… running anyway, group? not, next week… Central Rivers AEA equipment Technically, details van delivery, Used Rick's Computers Danbury. doing 25… 20-plus Actually, AEA, they've… opening state certified major platforms. rates repaired, believe week. insurance whatnot Sarah Nelson talking week Hope everyone weekend guess wants join,