“ Copper retirement plan in a 'great place'
Stankey said AT&T is in a "great place" in its plan to retire the bulk of its copper infrastructure (excluding California) by the end of 2029. He credited that optimism to a blend of AT&T's internal activity and a recent handful of FCC orders that aim to streamline requirements that, in turn, accelerate the sunset of copper networks.
He said about 25% of AT&T's wire centers have "fairly clean sailing" to move toward a copper sunset and that there are many more applications now pending.
"We have an opportunity to move even faster following recent FCC orders," Stankey said. "I think we now are focused on the effectiveness of our execution ... and less on the effectiveness of the execution of our legal and regulatory affairs organization."
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