AT&T Gets FCC Approval for Calif. Copper Retirement
Source: Broadband Breakfast |By Jake Neenan
On June 29, the Federal Communications Commission cleared AT&T’s request to discontinue copper voice services at more than 184,000 locations in California. The company’s request for the agency to override the state’s copper retirement rules — and thus allow the discontinuance to move forward with just the FCC approval — is still pending.
In a June 23 meeting with FCC staff, representatives from the Rural Country Representatives of California (RCRC) and The Utility Reform Network (TURN) urged the agency to remove AT&T’s application from streamlined treatment. The groups argued it wasn’t clear which exact locations would lose service, and that California had not approved AT&T Phone – Advanced (AP-A) as a complete copper landline replacement. The CPUC opposed the application on similar grounds.
