AT&T has FCC approval to turn off copper for 500 wire centers But it’s still facing state pushback, namely from California Alleviating customer concerns is another challenge The road to copper retirement is paved with paperwork, but AT&T seems to...

The U.S. government is picking up the pace on copper retirement reform Operators will still have to deal with states if they want to fully shut down their legacy networks Copper retirement is further along in Europe, but progress is...

Brightspeed isn’t yet applying to the FCC to retire large swathes of copper Instead it replaces copper automatically for customers who are having service problems It can replace copper with either fiber or a unique wireless technology Brightspeed is on...