Copper phone line retirement report: July 2025
In July 2025, the FCC published notice of 4 filings to stop copper phone service, from 2 phone companies. They cover 2,282 telephone exchanges we track in 16 states, 506 of them in a filing for the first time.
The numbers
- Filings
- 4
- Exchanges covered
- 2,282
- First time in a filing
- 506
- States with exchanges covered
- 16
3 of these exchanges are named in a filing. 2,279 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | 1 | 1,880 | FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MI, MO, MS, NC, OK, TN, TX, WI |
| Consolidated Communications | 3 | 402 | ME, NH, VT |
The filings
AT&T, FCC docket 25-228
Home and business phone lines on the copper network in in portions of certain wire centers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Public notice July 16, 2025; date in the filing June 30, 2026. Covers 1,880 exchanges we track.
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 25-220
Legacy voice service in at locations in 5 exchanges in Maine and 12 exchanges in New Hampshire that are passed by fiber.
Public notice July 11, 2025; date in the filing October 7, 2025. Covers 295 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 25-210
Legacy voice service in at locations in 18 exchanges in Vermont that are passed by fiber.
Public notice July 2, 2025; date in the filing September 9, 2025. Covers 107 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 25-221
Legacy voice service in at locations in 2 exchanges in Vermont that are passed by fiber.
Public notice July 11, 2025; date in the filing October 7, 2025. Covers 107 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Dates in July 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.
- July 8, 2025: American Broadband, docket 25-130 (MI)
- July 8, 2025: Consolidated Communications, docket 25-162, 175 exchanges (ME)
- July 10, 2025: Lumen (CenturyLink), docket 25-161 (AK, AR, AZ, DE, LA, ME, MN, MO, more)
- July 15, 2025: Consolidated Communications, docket 25-191, 11 exchanges (PA)
- July 21, 2025: Lumen (CenturyLink), docket 25-170, 91 exchanges (FL)
- July 31, 2025: Alaska Communications (ACS), docket 25-199, 1 exchange (AK)
Other services
5 other filings this month were for services other than ordinary copper phone lines (VoIP products, data circuits, long distance): Mitel Cloud Services (25-222), AT&T (25-227), AT&T (25-229), AT&T (25-230), AT&T (25-231).
Running total
Through July 2025: 52 copper phone line filings with an FCC public notice, covering 2,923 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.