LEC copper removal from commercial properties

L F liz.fazekas at gmail.com
Thu Feb 17 02:02:48 UTC 2022


Who becomes the Beneficial Owner of the Copper once Removed?


Just Curious.


LF

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 9:01 PM Martin Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> NANOG'ers;
>
> At least in Boston, commercial property owners are receiving notices that
> 'copper  lines are being removed per FCC rules' and replaced with fiber.
> The property owner, not the network operators (or users of unbundled
> elements if that's even still a thing) are being presented with an
> agreement that acknowledges the removal, authorizes the fiber installation
> and provides for a minor oversight of the design. It suggests that no costs
> are involved in terms of hosting equipment. No power reimbursement. No rent
> for spaces used.
>
> There is an ominous paragraph in the letter that says if the property
> owner doesn't comply that tenants will lose all services including elevator
> phones, alarms, voice, internet and any copper/ds0 originated services.
> They didn't say 911, but that would go without saying.
>
> Has anyone heard of this?
> What FCC rule requires this?
>
> Thanks for any insights.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Martin
>
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