Copper phone line retirement report: May 2025
In May 2025, the FCC published notice of 5 filings to stop copper phone service, from 4 phone companies. They cover 430 telephone exchanges we track in 5 states, 107 of them in a filing for the first time.
The numbers
- Filings
- 5
- Exchanges covered
- 430
- First time in a filing
- 107
- States with exchanges covered
- 5
430 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumen (CenturyLink) | 2 | 239 | CO, FL |
| Consolidated Communications | 1 | 175 | ME |
| Frontier | 1 | 16 | PA |
| American Broadband | 1 | 0 | MI |
The filings
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 25-182
Legacy voice service in in 14 exchanges in Maine.
Public notice May 27, 2025; date in the filing August 12, 2025. Covers 175 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Lumen (CenturyLink), FCC docket 25-177
Legacy voice service in Henderson, Colorado.
Public notice May 19, 2025; date in the filing August 1, 2025. Covers 148 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Lumen (CenturyLink), FCC docket 25-170
Legacy voice service in Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, Florida, and certain surrounding areas.
Public notice May 8, 2025; date in the filing July 21, 2025. Covers 91 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Frontier, FCC docket 25-172
Home and business phone lines on the copper network in Pennsylvania.
Public notice May 12, 2025; date in the filing August 1, 2025. Covers 16 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
American Broadband, FCC docket 25-184
Local exchange service in Michigan.
Public notice May 27, 2025; date in the filing September 30, 2025.
Dates in May 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.
- May 13, 2025: Consolidated Communications, docket 25-109, 120 exchanges (NH)
- May 15, 2025: Consolidated Communications, docket 25-148, 12 exchanges (MN)
- May 15, 2025: Metronet, docket 25-152 (MN)
Other services
2 other filings this month were for services other than ordinary copper phone lines (VoIP products, data circuits, long distance): RingCentral (25-183), Lumen (CenturyLink) (25-186).
Running total
Through May 2025: 43 copper phone line filings with an FCC public notice, covering 2,405 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.