Maintaining outdated and underused infrastructure slows investment in the modern networks connecting Americans today.
Modern digital networks deliver:
- Real-time outage detection
- Faster restoration
- Advanced emergency communications
- Stronger protections against scams and spoofing
- Continuous innovation
Copper networks built for a different era are:
- More prone to failure
- More vulnerable to storms and flooding
- Targets for copper theft
- Expensive to maintain
- Harder to find replacement parts