LEC copper removal from commercial properties

Thu Feb 17 11:21:18 UTC 2022

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 11:20 PM <hak at cooper.edu> wrote:

>
> >I believe that should be 19-72A1.
> >
> >https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-19-72A1.pdf
> >
> >Essentially, all services must be transitioned to fiber or wireless by
> August 2nd, 2022.
>
> I'm reading that document and that's not what it appears to say at all.
>

As someone who participated in that proceeding, your reading is not totally
correct, but much more accurate.

>
> This seems to be about discontinuing the artificial price restrictions of
> 2 and 4 wire dry pair loops that LECs resell to service providers, e.g.
> competitive DSL providers.
>

It goes a bit further than that. Their prices are no longer regulated,
under this particular regime but maybe others, and they can not offer the
unbundled copper loop service at all.

A key point is that copper loop Unbundled Network Elements (UNE) are no
longer required to be offered in *urban* areas. Key distinction. In
suburban and rural areas, UNE DS0 (copper loops) are still a required
element.

>
> I don't see anything in this order which would mandate that LECs
> discontinue
> their own DSL or POTS services.  It would be especially ludicrous since in
> many parts of many markets, there is no alternative at this time.
>

True. And for this reason suburban and rural UNE DS0 are still required.

For what it is worth, we fought against this discontinuance.

> Shane
>

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