It’s been a nice run, copper, but the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has introduced new regulations that more easily allow communications networks to transition away from the transition metal.
On August 6, the FCC introduced new rules aiming to encourage technology transitions, particularly the shifting of copper networks to fiber. The commission announced that communications networks looking to make the copper to fiber switch would be able to do so without the FCC’s approval, as long as “no service is discontinued, reduced or impaired.”
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