{"id":259013,"date":"2018-01-24T14:51:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T19:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/?p=259013"},"modified":"2018-01-24T14:51:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T19:51:45","slug":"can-connect-pbx-existing-incoming-pots-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/can-connect-pbx-existing-incoming-pots-line\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I connect a PBX to my existing incoming POTS line?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our tech support team at VoIP Supply offers great <\/span><a href=\"\/services\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'services');\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pre- and post-sales support<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> plus provisioning, consultations, configuration, and installation help. We get a lot of VoIP hardware and software questions and would like to share the solutions with everyone. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">previous Mom\u2019s calling Q&amp;A series<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we have discussed:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/basic-setup-full-featured-voip-system\/\">What is the most basic setup for a full-featured VoIP system?<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, we have more new real questions and answers from VoIP users just like you. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How can I connect a PBX to my existing incoming POTS line?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"\/voip-gateways\/fxo-gateways\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'image1');\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-128273 alignright\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2015\/12\/Patton-SmartNode-40170-Single-Port-PRI-VoIP-Gateway-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2015\/12\/Patton-SmartNode-40170-Single-Port-PRI-VoIP-Gateway-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2015\/12\/Patton-SmartNode-40170-Single-Port-PRI-VoIP-Gateway-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2015\/12\/Patton-SmartNode-40170-Single-Port-PRI-VoIP-Gateway-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am an emergency management coordinator and have an in-office phone system that I want to expand. How can I connect a PBX to my existing incoming POTS line?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>A: <\/strong>It depends on the phone system you have.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We carry a wide range of FXO SIP Gateways that interface with POTS lines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/voip-gateways\/fxo-gateways\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'fxo gateways');\">FXO Gateways<\/a> connect your devices to an outside telephone line and support Failover or Fallback in the event of internet failure or a network crash. An FXO gateway can be implemented to provide access to multiple POTS lines.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"\/voip-gateways\/fxo-gateways\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'click here to check out');\">Click here to check out!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>STAY TUNED<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come back for more VoIP questions and answers next time! If you have VoIP questions to ask us, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">please submit a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/getsupport\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">technical support ticket<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or contact our VoIP experts today at <strong>(866) 582-8591 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our tech support team at VoIP Supply offers great pre- and post-sales support plus provisioning, consultations, configuration, and installation help. 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