Another important goal of this strategy, given relatively short mention in the article, > allows the telcos to eliminate old copper wholesale services like res

Another important goal of this strategy, given relatively short mention in the article, > allows the telcos to eliminate old copper wholesale services like resale. is to cut CLECs out of the circuit game, to the extent they still sell T-circuits and (more likely) Ethernet transport over telco copper through the UNE (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbundled_network_element https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbundled_network_element) facility). Since the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (TA96), UNE rules have required incumbents to lease portions of their physical plant to CLECs at regulated rates. These do not apply to fiber. Making it impossible for CLECs to ride portions of their network to compete with them has been a major goal of pulling out copper, and has often led to it being pulled out more aggressively than it otherwise would be.