FCC 15-98 limited the backup power obligations to ten years, with point-of-sale and annual subscriber disclosures running through September 1, 2025.

Checked 2026-10-02

Vendor
not restricted
Product
not restricted
Subsystem
backup-power
Deployment
residential-fixed-voice
Region
us
Release range
2015 order
Checked
2026-10-02

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). POTS line replacement and copper retirement: source note pots-line-replacement-backup-power-ten-years. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/pots-line-replacement-backup-power-ten-years

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-pots-line-replacement-backup-power-ten-years,
  title  = {POTS line replacement and copper retirement: source note pots-line-replacement-backup-power-ten-years},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/pots-line-replacement-backup-power-ten-years},
  note   = {Source note pots-line-replacement-backup-power-ten-years, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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