What is latest news on ALL IP and what do I need to do?
All IP Upgrade Project
In the UK, the upgrade to ‘All IP’ means the existing predominantly copper-based Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), the foundation of the UK’s telephony network for many decades, is being entirely replaced by a faster ‘All IP’ fibre network and infrastructure.
Migration from PSTN to ‘All IP’ commenced in 2022 and continues at a fast pace across the UK in advance of its final scheduled completion date of 2025. Many monitored premises have already started to benefit from the faster connection speeds and improved flexibility offered by ‘All IP’.
The following video, courtesy of our supplier CSL Dualcom, provides more information about the migration to ‘All IP’ telephony and introduces the ‘STAN’ and the ‘STEVE’ approach!
Video, courtesy of CSL Dualcom
Stop/Sell Policy
With the ALL-IP fibre infrastructure now complete to all exchanges across the UK, Openreach, the largest telecommunications provider of backbone connectivity for most other telecoms providers, has now implemented the ‘stop sell’ project. This means that no traditional PSTN telephone lines will now be sold to telecommunication providers to offer to you the end user.
The ‘All IP’ network has been configured in two formats: ‘Fibre To The Premises’ (FTTP) and ‘Fibre To The Cabinet’ (FTTC), with FTTC being phased out at some future point in favour of FTTP. Backup power arrangements are fundamentally different in the ’All IP’ world. This means the provision of new backup power is essential and must be addressed to ensure continuity of alarm protection and monitoring when using an ‘ALL IP’ connection.
How may it affect your Intruder Alarm System?
If your current system relies on a telephone line (PSTN) to send intruder signals to you or the alarm monitoring centre (ARC) then the ALL-IP upgrade project will mean you will lose part of the Security System functionality.
There are new product solutions available which depending on your site, infrastructure and geographical location can use either Wi-Fi, IP or GPRS technology to overcome the loss of the telephone line whilst monitoring your system 24/7 and the alarm receiving centre will be notified of a fault
What has Watson Alarms being doing to help you?
Watson Alarms wanted to be `Steve` and not a `Stan` and endeavour to keep all our affected Customers informed and fully operational therefore during the early stages of 2023 Watson Alarms devised a phased plan to alert our affected customers to the changes and offer them a solution. Over the past 5 months Watson Alarms have successfully managed to migrate around 50% of these Clients onto a new monitoring solution which no longer relies on a PSTN telephone line whilst still providing the level of security required by the Client and their Building Insurance provider.
However, Watson Alarms, will not be `resting on their laurels` as we also prefer to go on our `holidays` knowing all our Customers are protected and avoid an influx of calls from unhappy Customers. The next phase will get under way soon with the aim of supporting the other 50% of Clients on a similar journey. At Watson Alarms we want to be ahead of the pack and minimise the inconvenience which a line fault and loss of connection to the monitoring station can bring to you.
What should you do next?
Please contact Watson Alarms via the website enquiry form or email us at [email protected] or call us on 0800 838653 to allow us to arrange for one of our security surveyors to visit you and to carry out a free site survey and submit a non-committal specification/quotation to you.
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