Analog and digital communication system for interfacing plain old telephone service devices with a network

1. An analog and digital communication system for establishing a connection between a plain old telephone service (POTS) device and a destination device, the analog and digital communication system comprising:

a customer appliance comprising:

a plurality of ports, at least one of the plurality of ports operably connected to the POTS device;

an internal power source device comprising a power input to provide power to the customer appliance via an external power source and a battery device to provide backup power to the customer appliance;

a subscriber identification module (SIM) card to establish communication between the customer appliance and a controller via a network;

an electronic control unit comprising a softswitch for a class 3 switch and a class 5 switch to facilitate dialing for the POTS device;

an analog to digital converter for converting analog and digital signals transmitted between the POTS device and the destination device; and

a processing device, operatively coupled to a memory, to execute instructions, the processing device to packetize and depacketize the digital signals associated with a telephone call between the POTS device and the destination device;

the controller communicating remotely with the customer appliance via the network to provide routing of the telephone call between the POTS device and the destination device;

wherein the controller is configured to at least one of transmit the telephone call or receive the telephone call via a closest public switched telephone network (PSTN) handoff or via an internal customer appliance network establishing a connection between the customer appliance and a second customer appliance, and wherein the controller facilitates a best quality of the telephone call to ensure a quality of service (QoS) by providing a variable bit rate of the digital signal, wherein the variable bit rate is determined in view of network connectivity or bandwidth.

2. The analog and digital communication system of claim 1 , further comprising a remote storage in communication with the controller, the remote storage comprising a database of a plurality of customer appliances.

3. The analog and digital communication system of claim 1 , wherein the customer appliance further comprises a modem.

4. The analog and digital communication system of claim 1 , wherein the customer appliance further comprises an access point providing a wide area network (WAN).

5. The analog and digital communication system of claim 1 , wherein the customer appliance provides an end-to-end encryption of the telephone call.

6. The analog and digital communication system of claim 1 , wherein the customer appliance is operably connected to a T1 line via one of the plurality of ports.

7. The analog and digital communication system of claim 1 , wherein the customer appliance provides notification of the telephone call to a user via a text message or an email.

8. The analog and digital communication system of claim 1 , wherein the customer appliance further comprises a voice gateway.

9. The analog and digital communication system of claim 1 , wherein the customer appliance further comprises a 66 block.

10. The analog and digital communication system of claim 1 , wherein the controller remotely connects with the second customer appliance.

11. The analog and digital communication system of claim 1 , wherein a second of the plurality of ports is operably connected to a second POTS device, wherein the controller facilitates routing of calls between the POTS device and the second POTS device operably connected to the customer appliance.

12. The analog and digital communication system of claim 1 , wherein the network is a bidirectional network comprising at least one of an Internet or a private network.

13. The analog and digital communication system of claim 1 , wherein the network comprises a private network comprises a bidirectional tunnel.

14. The analog and digital communication system of claim 13 , wherein the controller communicates remotely with the customer appliance via the private network, the communication facilitated via the SIM card.

15. The analog and digital communication system of claim 1 , wherein the controller determines a device type associated with the customer appliance based on a telephone number of the POTS device associated with the customer appliance, and wherein the controller identifies a configured service of the POTS device based on an identifier associated with the POTS device.

16. An analog and digital communication system for establishing a connection between a plain old telephone service (POTS) device and a destination device, the analog and digital communication system comprising:

a first customer appliance and a second customer appliance, wherein each of the first customer appliance and the second customer appliance comprises:

a plurality of ports, at least one of the plurality of ports operably connected to the POTS device;

an internal power source device comprising a power input to provide power to a respective customer appliance via an external power source and a battery device to provide backup power to the respective customer appliance;

a subscriber identification module (SIM) card to establish communication between the respective customer appliance and a controller via a network;

an electronic control unit comprising a softswitch for a class 3 switch and a class 5 switch to facilitate dialing for the POTS device;

an analog to digital converter for converting analog and digital signals transmitted between the POTS device and the destination device; and

a processing device, operatively coupled to a memory, to execute instructions, the processing device to packetize and depacketize the digital signals associated with a telephone call between the POTS device and the destination device; and

the controller communicating remotely with the first customer appliance and the second customer appliance via the network to provide routing of the telephone call between the POTS device operably coupled to the first customer appliance and the destination device operably coupled to the second customer appliance;

wherein the controller is configured to at least one of transmit the telephone call or receive the telephone call via an internal customer appliance network establishing a connection between the first customer appliance and the second customer appliance, and wherein the controller facilitates a best quality of the telephone call to ensure a quality of service (QoS) by providing a variable bit rate of the digital signal, wherein the variable bit rate is determined in view of network connectivity or bandwidth.

17. The analog and digital communication system of claim 16 , further comprising a remote storage in communication with the controller, the remote storage comprising a database of a plurality of customer appliances.

18. The analog and digital communication system of claim 16 , wherein the first customer appliance provides an end-to-end encryption of the telephone call.

19. The analog and digital communication system of claim 16 , wherein the network comprises a private network comprises a bidirectional tunnel and wherein the controller communicates remotely with the customer appliance via the private network, the communication facilitated via the SIM card.

20. The analog and digital communication system of claim 16 , wherein the controller determines a device type associated with the customer appliance based on a telephone number of the POTS device associated with the customer appliance, and wherein the controller identifies a configured service of the POTS device based on an identifier associated with the POTS device.