FCC 26-19 finds that federal law preempts state and local requirements to the extent they impede providers from discontinuing interstate and jurisdictionally mixed legacy services the FCC has authorized them to discontinue.

Checked 2026-10-02

Vendor
not restricted
Product
not restricted
Subsystem
preemption
Deployment
carrier-network
Region
us
Release range
current as of 2026-10-02
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-state-preemption. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/pots-line-replacement-state-preemption

BibTeX

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

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