LEC copper removal from commercial properties

Martin Hannigan hannigan at gmail.com
Thu Feb 17 02:16:37 UTC 2022


Looks like its abandon in place "AIP" from the agreement.


On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 9:03 PM L F <liz.fazekas at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
> --
>   Liz *******
> 416.660.5456
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