CPUC President Asks About Cutting Copper
Abandoning copper might bring fiber faster, said California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Picker in opening remarks at a CPUC IP transition workshop livestreamed Wednesday. Pole space can limit competition, he said. “If we can free up pole space by…
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abandoning the copper wire backbone in certain portions of the system, do we actually provide a better system that better serves people’s needs?” Picker acknowledged arguments copper provides better safety during emergencies because it’s resilient during power outages but said copper lines still went down in some recent emergencies.