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FCC order | 19-72A1 (issued August 2, 2019) has officially granted telecommunications | carriers permission to abandon outdated, degrading copper POTs lines.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 <hanni...@gmail.com> > Cc: nanog <nanog@nanog.org> > Subject: Re: LEC copper removal from commercial properties > Reply-To: Brandon Svec <bs...@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 <bs...@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 <hanni...@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 >