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Big phone companies are racing to abandon old copper networks. The FCC says, ‘not so fast.’

October 7, 2014 /

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America’s top telecom companies are eager to end support for their aging copper networks in favor of next-gen fiber optic cables that are much more profitable and come with fewer regulatory strings attached. But the nation’s top telecom regulator has a message for them: Not so fast.

By Brian Fung

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/10/06/big-phone-companies-are-racing-to-abandon-old-copper-networks-the-fcc-says-not-so-fast/

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