Upon digging a bit more: Looks like a typo .. and a typo that seems have been copy pasted by so many providers all over the place. It must be 19-72A1, not 10-72A1. Do a Google Search for "Order 10-72A1" and you find tons of hits for that exact phrase quoted in your email, with 10-72A1, and everything else word for word, except on a different dot com. But one hit .. just one of those hits! .. has this instead: | The Sunset of Copper POTS (~Plain Old Telephone Service~) Lines FCC order | 19-72A1 (issued August 2, 2019) has officially granted telecommunications | carriers permission to abandon outdated, degrading copper POTs lines. So, it seems someone typo-ed the 19- as 10-, and everyone else copy-pasta-ed that. Ah fun. -- //Shrikumar ---Original Message---
From: Brandon Svec via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:20:43 -0800 To: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@gmail.com> Cc: nanog <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: LEC copper removal from commercial properties Reply-To: Brandon Svec <bsvec@teamonesolutions.com>
I found an alarmist email from a provider that I have not fact checked that states-
The FCC has issued Order 10-72A1 that mandates that all POTS Lines in the USA be replaced with an alternative service by August 2, 2022.
Brandon Svec
On Feb 16, 2022, at 6:16 PM, Brandon Svec <bsvec@teamonesolutions.com> wrote:
Telcos have been trying/begging/warning of discontinuing copper for many years. Maybe the political and regulatory environment is currently allowing them to get on with it in some areas?
I don t think there is an FCC rule requiring the fiber as much as allowing the removal of copper.
Brandon Svec
On Feb 16, 2022, at 6:01 PM, Martin Hannigan <hannigan@gmail.com> wrote:
NANOG'ers;
At least in Boston, commercial property owners are receiving notices that 'copper lines are being removed per FCC rules' and replaced with fiber. The property owner, not the network operators (or users of unbundled elements if that's even still a thing) are being presented with an agreement that acknowledges the removal, authorizes the fiber installation and provides for a minor oversight of the design. It suggests that no costs are involved in terms of hosting equipment. No power reimbursement. No rent for spaces used.
There is an ominous paragraph in the letter that says if the property owner doesn't comply that tenants will lose all services including elevator phones, alarms, voice, internet and any copper/ds0 originated services. They didn't say 911, but that would go without saying.
Has anyone heard of this? What FCC rule requires this?
Thanks for any insights.
Warm regards,
Martin