# Continuity as Public Utility **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Public Utility / Continuity **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Normative future architecture ## Definition **Continuity as a Public Utility** is the model in which baseline preservation or computational continuity is treated as an essential regulated service with service floors, continuity duties, cost recovery, nondiscrimination, and last-resort provision. ## Continuity Significance It answers who must keep a recognized continuant running when the market provider fails. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Electricity, telecom, broadband universal service, and provider-of-last-resort mechanisms provide analogues. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note No current jurisdiction regulates consciousness continuity as a public utility. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Continuity Utility|Continuity Utility]] · [[wiki/Digital Public Utility|Digital Public Utility]] · [[wiki/Continuity Service Obligation|Universal Continuity Service]] · [[wiki/Hosting Provider of Last Resort|Hosting Provider of Last Resort]]