Copper phone line retirement report: March 2025
In March 2025, the FCC published notice of 5 filings to stop copper phone service, from 3 phone companies. They cover 34 telephone exchanges we track in 4 states, 22 of them in a filing for the first time.
The numbers
- Filings
- 5
- Exchanges covered
- 34
- First time in a filing
- 22
- States with exchanges covered
- 4
34 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 | 3 | 34 | IL, MN, TX |
| American Broadband | 1 | 0 | MI |
| Metronet | 1 | 0 | MN |
The filings
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 25-137
Legacy Voice Service in in six exchanges in Texas.
Public notice March 13, 2025; date in the filing June 10, 2025. Covers 21 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 25-148
Copper phone service (legacy voice) in Lake Crystal, Minnesota.
Public notice March 24, 2025; date in the filing May 15, 2025. Covers 12 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 25-136
Legacy Voice Service in in five exchanges in Illinois.
Public notice March 13, 2025; date in the filing June 10, 2025. Covers 1 exchange we track (portions of the state, not every address).
American Broadband, FCC docket 25-130
Resold Local Exchange Service in Michigan, in areas served by AT&T Michigan.
Public notice March 10, 2025; date in the filing July 8, 2025.
Metronet, FCC docket 25-152
Resold plain old telephone services (POTS) and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)6 services provided over copper loops leased from Lumen in Minnesota.
Public notice March 28, 2025; date in the filing May 15, 2025.
Dates in March 2025
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.
- March 31, 2025: Great Works Internet, docket 25-16 (ME)
Other services
4 other filings this month were for services other than ordinary copper phone lines (VoIP products, data circuits, long distance): Level 3 (Lumen) (25-125), Pineland Telephone (25-140), AT&T (25-141), Pineland Telephone (25-142).
Running total
Through March 2025: 35 copper phone line filings with an FCC public notice, covering 2,298 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.