Copper phone line retirement report: April 2024
In April 2024, the FCC published notice of 2 filings to stop copper phone service, from 2 phone companies. They cover 0 telephone exchanges we track in 2 states.
The numbers
- Filings
- 2
- Exchanges covered
- 0
- First time in a filing
- 0
- States with exchanges covered
- 2
By phone company
| Phone company | Filings | Exchanges covered | States with exchanges covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumen (CenturyLink) | 1 | 0 | KS |
| MetTel | 1 | 0 | NY |
The filings
Lumen (CenturyLink), FCC docket 24-100
Business Line Service; Integrated Services Digital Network; and Primary Rate Interface in Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas.
Public notice April 2, 2024; date in the filing June 28, 2024.
MetTel, FCC docket 24-123
Local exchange and domestic long distance services in New York.
Public notice April 23, 2024; date in the filing November 7, 2024.
Dates in April 2024
Filings whose requested date falls this month. A date in a filing is when the phone company asked to stop service, not proof that it has.
- April 22, 2024: Cedar Networks, docket 24-33 (CO)
Other services
1 other filing this month was for services other than ordinary copper phone lines (VoIP products, data circuits, long distance): altafiber (Cincinnati Bell) (24-124).
Running total
Through April 2024: 6 copper phone line filings with an FCC public notice, covering 0 telephone exchanges we track. See the full timeline or browse by state and town.
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How we count
- A month's filings are the ones whose FCC public notice is dated that month.
- State counts are the states where we track exchanges a filing covers. A filing can list more states than that, for example where the company is not the local phone company.
- An exchange is a telephone exchange (rate center) with a town page on this site. Some filings name exchanges or wire centers; others cover portions of a state without listing places, and we count the exchanges in those areas separately.
- A filing is a request. The phone company has to notify affected customers in writing before it changes their service.
- Sources: FCC public notices and the Electronic Comment Filing System, linked from each filing page. This product uses FCC APIs and/or Data but is not endorsed or certified by the FCC.
Data as of November 2, 2026, from FCC public notices. Not legal or regulatory advice.