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Verizon and Frontier: FCC docket 26-228

Verizon and Frontier has asked the FCC for permission to stop offering business copper services: business lines, ISDN BRI, PBX trunks and foreign exchange lines in Arizona, Delaware, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia, as of October 23, 2026.

Nothing stopped this request, so under FCC rules it was approved automatically on September 26, 2026. The phone company still has to notify customers before it changes their service. FCC notice

We matched it to 831 telephone exchanges in 9 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. 26-228 (FCC)
FCC docket opened
August 24, 2026
Effective
As of October 23, 2026 (requested; approved automatically)
Services
business copper services: business lines, ISDN BRI, PBX trunks and foreign exchange lines
Filed by
Citizens Telecommunications Company of Utah d/b/a Frontier Communications of Utah; Citizens Telecommunications Company of the White Mountains, Inc. d/b/a Frontier Communications of the White Mountains; Citizens Utilities Rural Company, Inc. d/b/a Frontier Citizens Utilities Rural; Frontier Communications of the Carolinas LLC; Frontier Communications of Michigan, Inc.; Frontier Communications of th
States
AZ, DE, NJ, NM, OH, RI, SC, UT, VA
Area (as filed)
Arizona, Delaware, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia

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

Towns this filing may cover

Arizona · 49 town pages state page
Delaware · 30 town pages state page
New Jersey · 180 town pages state page
New Mexico · 12 town pages state page
Ohio · 245 town pages state page
Rhode Island · 25 town pages state page
South Carolina · 35 town pages state page
Utah · 27 town pages state page
Virginia · 228 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.