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Verizon and Frontier: FCC docket 26-170

Verizon and Frontier has asked the FCC for permission to stop offering residential and business legacy TDM-based voice service throughout the former Frontier telephone service areas in Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, on or after November 16, 2026.

Nothing stopped this request, so under FCC rules it was approved automatically on August 21, 2026. The phone company still has to notify customers before it changes their service. FCC notice

We matched it to 845 telephone exchanges in 8 states. A filing that covers "portions" of a state doesn't list addresses, so a line in one of these towns may or may not be included.

Filing details

Docket
WC Docket No. 26-170 (FCC)
FCC docket opened
July 14, 2026
Effective
On or after November 16, 2026 (requested; approved automatically)
Services
residential and business legacy TDM-based voice service
Filed by
Citizens Telecommunications Company of Illinois; Citizens Telecommunications Company of Minnesota, LLC; Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nebraska; Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nevada; Frontier Communications of the Carolinas LLC; Frontier Communications of Indiana LLC; Frontier Communications of Minnesota, Inc.; Frontier Communications of the South, LLC; Frontier Communications of
States
FL, IN, MN, NC, NE, NV, TX, WI
Area (as filed)
throughout the former Frontier telephone service areas in Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, as specified in the application

Every filing for these towns' phone company: Frontier copper retirement.

Towns this filing may cover

Florida · 31 town pages state page
Indiana · 202 town pages state page
Minnesota · 145 town pages state page
Nebraska · 37 town pages state page
Nevada · 19 town pages state page
North Carolina · 34 town pages state page
Texas · 236 town pages state page
Wisconsin · 141 town pages state page

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.