POTS IN A BOX®
POTS IN A BOX®
Enterprise 5G and LTE appliances that replace analog copper lines for voice, fax, alarms, elevators and M2M — with battery backup and automatic cellular failover.
The Full Lineup
Five Appliances. One Mission: Retire Copper for Good.
Certified & Listed
UL-864 certified and CSFM listed for life-safety and fire alarm communications.
Up to 48-Hour Backup
Integrated battery and UPS power output keep critical lines up through outages.
Multi-Carrier Failover
Automatic, performance-based failover switches carriers before a call ever drops.
Managed by Ara
Provision, monitor and troubleshoot every appliance in your fleet from one platform.
5G RedCap 90X5
Modular POTS IN A BOX® / Business Gateway Platform
Modular PIAB and business gateway platform combining a 1 Gb/s router, 5G RedCap WWAN with LTE fallback, 4-8 FXS voice lines, and swappable power/battery modules — built for telephone line replacement, fixed wireless access, and internet backup.
4-8 FXS 
5G RedCap 
24hr Battery 
How it works
Live in three steps
Connect
Plug your existing analog phones, fax machines, alarm panels and elevator lines into the appliance's RJ-11 ports — no rewiring required.
Transmit
The appliance carries voice, FAX, DTMF and alarm signaling over a managed 5G/LTE network, with full E-911 and automatic failover.
Monitor
Track line status, run diagnostics and manage your whole fleet remotely through the Ara Device Management Platform.
Supported devices
One appliance, every analog endpoint
How we compare
POTS IN A BOX® vs. the competition
Where DataRemote leads
- The only platform in this comparison with 5G cellular network support
- The only platform certified to run multiple MFVNs on a single deployment
- 8 RJ-11 FXS ports per appliance — double ATEL and Ooma, and at or above Granite Epik
- The only platform with MQTT-based advanced device management
- The only platform supporting the full range of legacy alarm and analog-modem protocols: Modem IIIa2, Modem 4, DMP, Bosch, SIA 4+2, Compass 300, Bosch RPS300/RPS1200, and Bell/V-series analog modems
- Up to 48 hours of internal battery backup — the longest of any platform compared, and the only one with a patented UPS power output
| Feature | DataRemote | ATEL | Ooma | Granite Epik | Inseego |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFVN (Managed Facilities-based Voice Network) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Multiple MFVNs supported | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Largest deployment in the U.S. | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| RJ-11 FXS ports | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 / 8 | 1 |
| UL-864 certified | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| UL-62368-1 certified | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 5G cellular network | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| LTE cellular network | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Internal battery backup | Up to 48 hr | Up to 35 hr | Up to 8 hr | Up to 24 hr | No (3×AA) |
| Patented UPS power output | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Basic dial tone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alarm panel output (Contact ID) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alarm panel output (Modem IIIa2, Modem 4, DMP) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Alarm panel output (Bosch, SIA, 4+2) | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Alarm panel inbound (Compass 300, Bosch RPS300, Bosch RPS1200) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Analog modem (Bell 103/212/202, V.22, V.22bis, V.32, V.42, V.42bis) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| MQTT advanced device management | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Source: DataRemote internal competitive analysis. Competitor capabilities reflect publicly available specifications at time of publication.
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Solutions
Purpose-built for the lines that can't go dark
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POTS Line Replacement
Migrate copper voice, fax, alarm and elevator lines to a managed 5G/LTE appliance — preserving every signal your life-safety devices depend on.
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Internet Backup & Cellular Failover
24–48 hour battery backup and instant cellular failover — your business never goes dark.
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Fixed Wireless Access
Primary or failover business internet over 5G/LTE, with automatic failover and battery backup baked in.
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POTS IN A BOX® frequently asked questions
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