Copper phone line retirement in Montana
No FCC filing names a Montana exchange yet. Lumen (CenturyLink) stopped selling and renewing its business voice services on August 1, 2026. These 56 exchanges are Lumen's, and its CFO has said the company will be "aggressive" about ending those services.
Check a specific line- Anaconda · Lumen
- Belgrade · Lumen
- Billings · Lumen
- Boulder · Lumen
- Bozeman · Lumen
- Bridger · Lumen
- Butte · Lumen
- Cascade · Lumen
- Clyde Park · Lumen
- Colstrip · Lumen
- Columbus · Lumen
- Conrad · Lumen
- Cooke City · Lumen
- Cut Bank · Lumen
- Darby · Lumen
- Deer Lodge · Lumen
- Dillon · Lumen
- Dutton · Lumen
- East Glacier Park · Lumen
- Fairview · Lumen
- Forsyth · Lumen
- Frenchtown · Lumen
- Fromberg · Lumen
- Gallatin Gateway · Lumen
- Gardiner · Lumen
- Glendive · Lumen
- Great Falls · Lumen
- Hamilton · Lumen
- Hardin · Lumen
- Havre · Lumen
- Helena · Lumen
- Joliet · Lumen
- Laurel · Lumen
- Lewistown · Lumen
- Livingston · Lumen
- Manhattan · Lumen
- Miles City · Lumen
- Missoula · Lumen
- North Parkman · Lumen
- Red Lodge · Lumen
- Shelby · Lumen
- Sidney · Lumen
- Silvertip · Lumen
- St Mary · Lumen
- Stevensville · Lumen
- Terry · Lumen
- Three Forks · Lumen
- Townsend · Lumen
- Victor · Lumen
- Warm Springs · Lumen
- West Glacier · Lumen
- West Yellowstone · Lumen
- Whitehall · Lumen
- Wibaux · Lumen
- Wilsall · Lumen
- Wolf Creek · Lumen
Sources: Lumen's voice pullback (Channel Dive), Lumen's second-quarter call (Channel Dive) and the FCC's March 2026 order.
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Based on public FCC filings and telephone exchange data. Not legal or regulatory advice.