AT&T: FCC docket 25-264
AT&T has asked the FCC for permission to stop offering Optical Carrier Network Point to Point, and LightGate service (a.k.a. BellSouth SPA Point to Point Network) Special Access Service in everywhere the affected services are still offered by AT&T’s ILEC affiliates in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin, as of November 1, 2025.
The FCC approved this application on November 21, 2025. The phone company still has to notify customers before it changes their service. FCC notice
This filing is about Optical Carrier Network Point to Point, and LightGate service (a.k.a. BellSouth SPA Point to Point Network) Special Access Service, not ordinary copper phone lines. We list it so the record is complete.
Filing details
- Docket
- WC Docket No. 25-264 (FCC)
- FCC docket opened
- September 3, 2025
- Effective
- As of November 1, 2025 (requested; approved by the FCC)
- Services
- Optical Carrier Network Point to Point, and LightGate service (a.k.a. BellSouth SPA Point to Point Network) Special Access Service
- Filed by
- AT&T Services, Inc., on behalf of its affiliates6
- States
- AL, AR, CA, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MO, MS, NC, NV, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, WI
- Area (as filed)
- everywhere the affected services are still offered by AT&T’s ILEC affiliates in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin, as specified in the application
Updated November 4, 2026 from public FCC filings and telephone exchange data. Not legal or regulatory advice. Need help moving lines? See POTS line replacement.