On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 11:20 PM <h...@cooper.edu> wrote: > > >I believe that should be 19-72A1. > > > >https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-19-72A1.pdf > > > >Essentially, all services must be transitioned to fiber or wireless by > August 2nd, 2022. > > I'm reading that document and that's not what it appears to say at all. >
As someone who participated in that proceeding, your reading is not totally correct, but much more accurate. > > This seems to be about discontinuing the artificial price restrictions of > 2 and 4 wire dry pair loops that LECs resell to service providers, e.g. > competitive DSL providers. > It goes a bit further than that. Their prices are no longer regulated, under this particular regime but maybe others, and they can not offer the unbundled copper loop service at all. A key point is that copper loop Unbundled Network Elements (UNE) are no longer required to be offered in *urban* areas. Key distinction. In suburban and rural areas, UNE DS0 (copper loops) are still a required element. > > I don't see anything in this order which would mandate that LECs > discontinue > their own DSL or POTS services. It would be especially ludicrous since in > many parts of many markets, there is no alternative at this time. > True. And for this reason suburban and rural UNE DS0 are still required. For what it is worth, we fought against this discontinuance. > Shane > -- Fletcher Kittredge GWI 207-602-1134 www.gwi.net
