Copper phone line retirement report: August 2024
In August 2024, the FCC published notice of 1 filing to stop copper phone service, from 1 phone company. They cover 0 telephone exchanges we track in 1 state.
The numbers
- Filings
- 1
- Exchanges covered
- 0
- First time in a filing
- 0
- States with exchanges covered
- 1
By phone company
| Phone company | Filings | Exchanges covered | States with exchanges covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 3 (Lumen) | 1 | 0 | WI |
The filings
Level 3 (Lumen), FCC docket 24-265
Basic Business Line Service; Digital PBX Trunk Service; VersiPak Flex T- 6 Service; and VersiPak Lines and Trunks Service in Brookfield, Caledonia, Milwaukee, Oak Creek, Pewaukee, South Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Public notice August 27, 2024; date in the filing December 5, 2024.
Dates in August 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.
- August 9, 2024: SEI, docket 24-188 (IN)
- August 17, 2024: Consolidated Communications, docket 24-143 (PA, WA)
- August 19, 2024: TDS, docket 24-215 (WI)
Other services
3 other filings this month were for services other than ordinary copper phone lines (VoIP products, data circuits, long distance): Stanacard (24-241), Lumen (CenturyLink) (24-246), Onvoy (24-247).
Running total
Through August 2024: 15 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.
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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.