Copper phone line retirement report: December 2024
In December 2024, the FCC published notice of 2 filings to stop copper phone service, from 2 phone companies. They cover 532 telephone exchanges we track in 4 states, 532 of them in a filing for the first time.
The numbers
- Filings
- 2
- Exchanges covered
- 532
- First time in a filing
- 532
- States with exchanges covered
- 4
532 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Communications | 1 | 295 | ME, NH |
| Frontier | 1 | 237 | CA, NV |
The filings
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 24-698
Legacy Voice Service in 19 exchanges in Maine and New Hampshire.
Public notice December 11, 2024; date in the filing April 19, 2025. Covers 295 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Frontier, FCC docket 24-707
Foreign Exchange Service in California and Nevada.
Public notice December 17, 2024; date in the filing February 13, 2025. Covers 237 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Dates in December 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.
- December 5, 2024: Level 3 (Lumen), docket 24-265 (WI)
Other services
1 other filing this month was for services other than ordinary copper phone lines (VoIP products, data circuits, long distance): Lumen (CenturyLink) (24-696).
Running total
Through December 2024: 24 copper phone line filings with an FCC public notice, covering 2,264 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.