Get ahead of the copper sunset.
Municipal copper is usually the oldest and most scattered on any carrier network. It is also the copper that matters most when it fails.
Towns, counties, water and sewer authorities, school divisions, housing authorities, libraries and parks departments all run on lines nobody has looked at in years. They sit in pump stations, town halls, schools, firehouses and gate houses, spread across accounts and billed in ways that make them hard to see.
We find every one of them, tell you what each line actually feeds, and replace the ones that matter without touching the equipment on the other end.
What we replace for public agencies
- Lift station and SCADA callout lines — autodialers and alarm callouts at pump and treatment sites
- Fire alarm and security panel communicators — in town buildings, schools and public safety facilities
- Elevator emergency phones — in municipal buildings, libraries, schools and public housing
- Gate and building intercoms — public works yards, parks, transfer stations
- Everyday lines — fax, fuel controls, after-hours and back-office lines
An operating expense, not a capital project
Converting telemetry or alarm systems to new technology is a capital project: engineering, a budget cycle, a board or council vote, and a timeline measured in fiscal years.
Line replacement is not. Hardware, connectivity, service and installation arrive as one recurring monthly line item against the same telecom budget the copper lines already come out of. That difference often decides whether the work happens this year or waits.
How it works with an agency
- Start with the bills. Send us the phone bills across your accounts. We inventory every line by building and tell you which are dead, duplicated, tied to code, or simply need replacing.
- Keep your numbers. Existing numbers move over, so dispatcher records, monitoring company files and programmed dialer numbers stay valid.
- Tested on site. A technician verifies signal where the equipment actually lives and tests the line before leaving.
- One provider. Hardware, connection, phone service and install on one invoice.
Virginia localities
Verizon has asked the FCC for permission to discontinue legacy copper phone service in parts of Virginia. On September 25, 2026 the FCC removed the request from automatic approval, but it has not been withdrawn, and no new deadline has been set. Localities that inventory their lines now will have a plan ready if the notice comes.
We serve Fauquier, Loudoun, Clarke, Rappahannock and Prince William counties directly, and public agencies nationwide.
Phone lines run in the family. In the 1930s, Michael’s grandfather, James Reed, brought the first phone line to Bryndale, Pennsylvania.
Virginia (571) 731-7772 · Nationwide toll-free (877) 383-6103