The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates and various other consumer advocacy entities have asked the FCC to reconsider its decision not to make service providers responsible for ensuring backup power is available for voice services that are not line-powered. The Public Safety docket 14-174 report and order released in August requires providers of facilities-based, fixed, voice residential service to offer consumers an eight-hour backup power solution that can be purchased at the point of sale, with a 24-hour option to be available within three years.
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