Fcc Copper Retirement Fact Sheet

Removal or disabling of copper loops subloops or the feeder portion of such loops or subloops.

Fcc copper retirement fact sheet. Granted verizon s request for clarification regarding the provision of cop ies of copper retirement notices to interconnecting entities and governmental authorities. Fcc fact sheet measuring caf recipients broadband performance. 32 fcc rcd 1323 2. From a technology perspective the fcc has focused on the migration from copper to fiber technologies.

The copper retirement reforms include eliminating a requirement for certain consumer notices eliminating discontinuance requirements involving wholesale only services enabling service providers. The morningstar rating for this share class is based on morningstar s extended performance calculation. Federal communications commission fcc 16 90 4 competitive lecs without recourseto avoid violating our discontinuance procedures when an incumbent lec files a copper retirement notice without an accompanying discontinuance of a tdm based service. Traditional telcos such as at t centurylink and verizon all of which are migrating more of their customers to fiber said the copper retirement notice period should be shortened to 90 days.

By carl weinschenk posted november 16 2017. Copper retirement overall has been a divisive issue between service providers and even amongst fcc commissioners some of which are concerned that changes could compromise end user service. Fcc mulls easing copper retirement regulations. Chairman ajit pai addressed the issue at the reason media.

Fund fact sheet user s guide this guide will help provide a glossary of terms and benchmark definitions commonly found on fund fact sheets. The federal communications commission provides billions of dollars annually in connect america fund or caf high cost universal service support to carriers to deploy modern high. This means that for a share class that doesn t have a 1 3 5 or 10 year performance history the rating shown is a hypothetical morningstar rating based first on the oldest active surviving share class of the fund and then any dormant or liquidated share classes. Replacement of such loops with fiber to the home loops or fiber to the curb loops.

Order on reconsideration wc docket no. We deny however telepacific s petition to the extent it would impose new obligations on copper. The order defines copper retirement as both actual retirement and functional retirement. Much of the copper in the field is old.