Copper Retirement

Inside a stuck elevator lit by dim emergency light, the ErrorZap host holds a cut, tangled copper phone wire next to a stainless emergency phone panel while a small cellular antenna module glows on the car roof; he says THE COPPER'S GONE.

The Phone in the Elevator

The elevator phone is often the last copper POTS line in a building. What code requires, why the copper is going away, and what replaces it.

September 26, 2026 · 4 min · 811 words · Justin