Source note · POTS line replacement and copper retirement
Under FCC 15-98 no provider must install backup power unless the subscriber requests it and pays for it, and there is no retrofit obligation for existing installations.
Checked 2026-10-02
- Vendor
- not restricted
- Product
- not restricted
- Subsystem
- backup-power
- Deployment
- residential-fixed-voice
- Region
- us
- Release range
- 2015 order; ten-year limit
- Checked
- 2026-10-02
Sources
- Report and Order, Ensuring Continuity of 911 Communications (FCC 15-98) — Federal Communications Commission · tier 1 standards and regulators · paras. 30 and 43
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). POTS line replacement and copper retirement: source note pots-line-replacement-backup-power-optional. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/pots-line-replacement-backup-power-optional
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-pots-line-replacement-backup-power-optional,
title = {POTS line replacement and copper retirement: source note pots-line-replacement-backup-power-optional},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/pots-line-replacement-backup-power-optional},
note = {Source note pots-line-replacement-backup-power-optional, checked 2026-10-02}
}