Source note · POTS line replacement and copper retirement
The FCC states that neither section 251(c)(5) nor its implementing network change rules impose notice obligations toward end users; retail customers learn of copper retirements only as a matter of carrier practice under those rules.
Checked 2026-10-02
Neither section 251(c)(5) nor our implementing rules impose end-user notice obligations.
- Vendor
- not restricted
- Product
- not restricted
- Subsystem
- copper-retirement-notice
- Deployment
- carrier-network
- Region
- us
- Release range
- current as of 2026-10-02
- 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 · para. 14
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). POTS line replacement and copper retirement: source note pots-line-replacement-no-end-user-ncd-notice. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/pots-line-replacement-no-end-user-ncd-notice
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-pots-line-replacement-no-end-user-ncd-notice,
title = {POTS line replacement and copper retirement: source note pots-line-replacement-no-end-user-ncd-notice},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/pots-line-replacement-no-end-user-ncd-notice},
note = {Source note pots-line-replacement-no-end-user-ncd-notice, checked 2026-10-02}
}