# Deep-Time Service Termination
**Domain:** Deep Time / Service / Rights
**Doc Type:** Canonical Wiki Entry
**Maturity:** Developed
**Evidence / Concept Status:** Future constitutional concept
## Definition
**Deep-Time Service Termination** is the permanent or indefinite withdrawal of infrastructure necessary for a computational subject's continued existence or legally recognized functioning.
## Why It Matters for Deep Time Continuity
It distinguishes ordinary subscription cancellation from a possible deprivation of life or liberty.
## Existing Architecture / Evidence
Utility disconnection, account termination, benefit termination, medical withdrawal, and provider failure provide partial analogues.
## Deep-Time Continuity Analysis
A recognized continuant may require notice, appeal, portability, minimum service, or provider-of-last-resort rules.
## Evidentiary Boundary
No current general law treats compute service termination as death.
## Related Ontology
[[wiki/Continuity Service Obligation|Continuity Service Obligation]] · [[wiki/Service-Level Constitutionalism|Service-Level Constitutionalism]] · [[wiki/Digital Entity Due Process|Digital Entity Due Process]] · [[wiki/Continuity Provider of Last Resort|Continuity Provider of Last Resort]]
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## Canonical Branch
[[wiki/Deep Time Continuity|Deep Time Continuity]]
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