What Are Analog Trunk Lines?
Understanding every aspect of a phone system will help you make the best decision when you are ready to purchase and install. This knowledge will help you ask the proper questions, be able to recognize exactly what your business needs in a phone system, and facilitate a smooth relationship with the phone installer you hire. Let’s start with trunking and analog trunk lines. A simple analog trunk line is a telephone circuit made of copper wire that runs from your local phone company’s central office building to your business location. The phone company’s central office building houses switching equipment that connects you to the public telephone network. This is sometimes referred to as the local loop. Once installed, someone can call the phone number that you have subscribed to, and the phone company can connect the call to you through the analog trunk line. A good point to remember with analog trunk lines is that one phone number is associated with one line. If you need more phone numb
