Report and Order, Ensuring Continuity of 911 Communications (FCC 15-98)

Publisher

Federal Communications Commission

URL

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-15-98A1.txt

Published

2015-08-07

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-10-02

HTTP status

206

License

US government work; public domain

Source notes citing this source

• FCC 15-98 required covered providers, within three years, to also offer a 24-hour standby backup power option. in context
• FCC 15-98 required providers of facilities-based fixed residential voice service that is not line-powered to offer subscribers at the point of sale an option for 8 hours of standby backup power. in context
• Given the ten-year limit, the federal backup power offering and disclosure duties for non-line-powered residential voice have probably lapsed as of October 2026 unless extended, so battery backup on a POTS replacement is now a matter of carrier offer, contract or local code. inferred in context
• 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. in context
• FCC 15-98 limited the backup power obligations to ten years, with point-of-sale and annual subscriber disclosures running through September 1, 2025. in context

Cite this source record

APA

WarmTransfer. (2015, August 7). Report and Order, Ensuring Continuity of 911 Communications (FCC 15-98). WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/fcc-15-98-backup-power-order

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-fcc-15-98-backup-power-order,
  title  = {Report and Order, Ensuring Continuity of 911 Communications (FCC 15-98)},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2015},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/fcc-15-98-backup-power-order},
  note   = {Federal Communications Commission, accessed 2026-10-02}
}