Copper phone line retirement report: June 2025
In June 2025, the FCC published notice of 5 filings to stop copper phone service, from 4 phone companies. They cover 132 telephone exchanges we track in 10 states, 12 of them in a filing for the first time.
The numbers
- Filings
- 5
- Exchanges covered
- 132
- First time in a filing
- 12
- States with exchanges covered
- 10
132 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 | 2 | 131 | NH, PA |
| Alaska Communications (ACS) | 1 | 1 | AK |
| Global Crossing (Lumen) | 1 | 0 | CT, IL, PA, UT |
| Lumen (CenturyLink) | 1 | 0 | AL, LA, MS, WI |
The filings
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 25-195
Legacy voice service in at locations in three exchanges in New Hampshire that are passed by fiber.
Public notice June 12, 2025; date in the filing September 9, 2025. Covers 120 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 25-191
Copper phone service (legacy voice) in in portions of Wexford, Pennsylvania.
Public notice June 5, 2025; date in the filing July 15, 2025. Covers 11 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Alaska Communications (ACS), FCC docket 25-199
Copper phone service (legacy voice) in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Public notice June 17, 2025; date in the filing July 31, 2025. Covers 1 exchange we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Global Crossing (Lumen), FCC docket 25-193
Business copper phone services (business lines, PBX trunks, ISDN and similar) in Connecticut, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Utah.
Public notice June 9, 2025; date in the filing September 2, 2025.
Lumen (CenturyLink), FCC docket 25-202
Plain Old Telephone Service and Primary Rate Interface Service in Pike Road, Hope Hull and Montgomery, Alabama; in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; in Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Gautier, Gulfport, Kiln and on Keesler AFB, Mississippi; and in De Forest, Fitchburg, Hartford, Madison, Middleton and Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
Public notice June 23, 2025; date in the filing September 9, 2025.
Dates in June 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.
- June 10, 2025: Consolidated Communications, docket 25-136, 1 exchange (IL)
- June 10, 2025: Consolidated Communications, docket 25-137, 21 exchanges (TX)
- June 24, 2025: Global Crossing (Lumen), docket 25-105 (AL, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, more)
Other services
1 other filing this month was for services other than ordinary copper phone lines (VoIP products, data circuits, long distance): Lumen (CenturyLink) (25-206).
Running total
Through June 2025: 48 copper phone line filings with an FCC public notice, covering 2,417 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.