It's the end of an era for AT&T's copper network.
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to explain why AT&T plans to shut down its copper network by 2029. This move coincides with AT&T's efforts to expand fiber to 45 million locations within its legacy wireline footprint.
AT&T will shutter its copper-based services across most of its US footprint, except for California. To help with the transition, the service provider developed a new plain old telephone service (POTS) replacement called Phone-Advanced that can run on fiber and wireless networks.
Jeff explains why state and federal regulators might slow down this process and why AT&T's fiber plans could create more competition with cable operators.
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