Source note · POTS line replacement and copper retirement
For streamlined technology transition discontinuances, the 2026 consolidated rule's replacement-service categories take the place of the 2016 adequate replacement test as the operative standard.
inferred · Checked 2026-10-02
- Vendor
- not restricted
- Product
- not restricted
- Subsystem
- section-214-discontinuance
- Deployment
- carrier-network
- Region
- us
- Release range
- current as of 2026-10-02
- Status
- inferred
- Checked
- 2026-10-02
Sources
- Accelerating Network Modernization; Reducing Barriers to Network Improvements and Service Changes, Report and Order (FCC 26-19) — Federal Communications Commission · tier 1 standards and regulators · paras. 6 and 23 read with FCC 16-90 para. 65
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). POTS line replacement and copper retirement: source note pots-line-replacement-2026-rule-replaces-2016-test. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/pots-line-replacement-2026-rule-replaces-2016-test
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-pots-line-replacement-2026-rule-replaces-2016-test,
title = {POTS line replacement and copper retirement: source note pots-line-replacement-2026-rule-replaces-2016-test},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/pots-line-replacement-2026-rule-replaces-2016-test},
note = {Source note pots-line-replacement-2026-rule-replaces-2016-test, checked 2026-10-02}
}