ITIF Urges FCC to Delete 'Outdated' Copper Requirements
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation urged the FCC this week to move forward on proposals making it easier for carriers to retire legacy copper lines (see 2510010031). Maintaining legacy networks is “becoming untenable, and consumers are best served when…
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ISPs use resources to upgrade and deploy next-generation networks instead of sinking them into propping up a worse technology,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 25-208. The broadband market today is competitive, and “outdated” regulations put in place when incumbent local exchange carriers “dominated the market are no longer relevant and should be eliminated.”