Copper phone line retirement report: July 2024
In July 2024, the FCC published notice of 3 filings to stop copper phone service, from 3 phone companies. They cover 1,572 telephone exchanges we track in 11 states, 1,572 of them in a filing for the first time.
The numbers
- Filings
- 3
- Exchanges covered
- 1,572
- First time in a filing
- 1,572
- States with exchanges covered
- 11
3 of these exchanges are named in a filing. 1,569 are in areas where a filing covers portions of a state without listing places, so not every address in them is included.
By phone company
| Phone company | Filings | Exchanges covered | States with exchanges covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | 1 | 1,572 | FL, IN, KY, LA, MI, MO, OK, SC, TN, TX, WI |
| TDS | 1 | 0 | WI |
| Level 3 (Lumen) | 1 | 0 | LA |
The filings
AT&T, FCC docket 24-226
AT&T Residential Local Service and AT&T Business Local Exchange Access Line Service in in 49 wire centers in sections of Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Public notice July 29, 2024; date in the filing September 1, 2024. Covers 1,572 exchanges we track.
TDS, FCC docket 24-215
All TDM-based voice (local exchange and interexchange) and data services in Beloit, Janesville, Madison, and Stoughton, Wisconsin.
Public notice July 17, 2024; date in the filing August 19, 2024.
Level 3 (Lumen), FCC docket 24-216
Basic Business Line Service; Complete Lines/Trunks Service (a/k/a Complete Lines DS0); and Digital PBX Trunk Service in Metairie and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Public notice July 17, 2024; date in the filing October 26, 2024.
Dates in July 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.
- July 21, 2024: OneSource Communications, docket 24-160 (TX)
Other services
3 other filings this month were for services other than ordinary copper phone lines (VoIP products, data circuits, long distance): AT&T (24-225), AT&T (24-228), AT&T (24-229).
Running total
Through July 2024: 14 copper phone line filings with an FCC public notice, covering 1,584 telephone exchanges we track. See the full timeline or browse by state and town.
Is your line on a filing?
Each town page also has a free email alert for new filings.
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.