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Copper phone line retirement report: October 2025

No new FCC public notices for copper phone line filings in October 2025.

Dates in October 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.

Running total

Through October 2025: 63 copper phone line filings with an FCC public notice, covering 2,952 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.