Copper phone line retirement report: April 2025
In April 2025, the FCC published notice of 3 filings to stop copper phone service, from 2 phone companies. They cover 175 telephone exchanges we track in 25 states.
The numbers
- Filings
- 3
- Exchanges covered
- 175
- First time in a filing
- 0
- States with exchanges covered
- 25
175 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 | 175 | ME |
| Lumen (CenturyLink) | 2 | 0 | AK, AR, AZ, CA, DE, LA, ME, MN, MO, MS, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, WV, WY |
The filings
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 25-162
Legacy voice service in in ten exchanges in Maine.
Public notice April 16, 2025; date in the filing July 8, 2025. Covers 175 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Lumen (CenturyLink), FCC docket 25-160
Local Exchange Service, Operator Service and Directory Assistance, Long Distance Service, Toll Free Service, and Voice Local Services in California, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee and Texas.
Public notice April 9, 2025; date in the filing September 16, 2025.
Lumen (CenturyLink), FCC docket 25-161
Business copper phone services (business lines, PBX trunks, ISDN and similar) in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Public notice April 16, 2025; date in the filing July 10, 2025.
Dates in April 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.
- April 1, 2025: Consolidated Communications, docket 25-104, 12 exchanges (MN)
- April 19, 2025: Consolidated Communications, docket 24-698, 295 exchanges (ME, NH)
- April 19, 2025: Consolidated Communications, docket 25-82, 120 exchanges (NH)
Other services
1 other filing this month was for services other than ordinary copper phone lines (VoIP products, data circuits, long distance): Wavecom Solutions (25-164).
Running total
Through April 2025: 38 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.
Is your line on a filing?
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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.