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# AT&T Wants Phase Out Of Old Telephone Technologies
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/att-wants-phase-out-of-old-telephone-technologies/
- Published: 2009-12-31T16:11:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:38:57.000Z
- Description: WASHINGTON, December 31, 2009 – A key component of formulating a National Broadband Plan should be an end to regulatory requirements that prolong the life of public switched telephone network and plain-old telephone service, AT&T said in comments it filed to the FCC on December 21.
- Author: Broadband Breakfast
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WASHINGTON, December 31, 2009 – A key component of formulating a National Broadband Plan should be an end to regulatory requirements that prolong the life of public switched telephone network and plain-old telephone service, AT&T said in comments it filed to the FCC on December 21.

“Any such forward-looking policy must enable a shift in investment from the legacy \[public switched telephone network\] to newly deployed broadband infrastructure. While broadband usage – and the importance of broadband to Americans’ lives – is growing every day, the business model for legacy phone services is in a death spiral,” wrote AT&T.

“Revenues from \[plain-old telephone service\] are plummeting as customers cut their landlines in favor of the convenience and advanced features of wireless and VoIP services,” wrote AT&T.

“At the same time, due to the high fixed costs of providing POTS, every customer who abandons this service raises the average cost-per-line to serve the remaining customers. With an outdated product, falling revenues, and rising costs, the POTS business is unsustainable for the long run. Yet a web of federal and state regulations has the cumulative effect of prolonging, unnecessarily, the life of POTS and the PSTN,” the company continued.

AT&T said that it is not clear if public switched telephone network and plain-old telephone service will survive.