AT&T previously phased out POTS copper landlines in Texas after petitioning the FCC, ceasing outside plant build-outs and stopping orders on copper facilities.

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        "excerpt": "In Texas it was fairly quick. AT&T petitioned the FCC that being required to maintain two networks (POTS and Internet) was an unfair requirement. The FCC agreed. Within that year, they stopped outside plant build-outs. The next year they stopped taking orders for buildings that had copper facilities.\n\n There was no “hard disco date”. They just stopped taking new and change orders and the service d",
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