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, on or after October 23, 2026.

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: On or after October 23, 2026
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 October 15, 2026 from public FCC filings and telephone exchange data. Not legal or regulatory advice. Need help moving lines? See POTS line replacement.