Copper phone line retirement report: June 2026
In June 2026, the FCC published notice of 8 filings to stop copper phone service, from 4 phone companies. They cover 268 telephone exchanges we track in 11 states, 1 of them in a filing for the first time.
The numbers
- Filings
- 8
- Exchanges covered
- 268
- First time in a filing
- 1
- States with exchanges covered
- 11
8 of these exchanges are named in a filing. 260 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 | 5 | 260 | IL, NH, PA, TX, VT |
| AT&T | 1 | 8 | LA, MO, OK, TX, WI |
| Lumen (CenturyLink) | 1 | 0 | AL |
| Verizon | 1 | 0 | DC |
The filings
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 26-145
Legacy voice service in at locations in five exchanges in New Hampshire that are passed by fiber.
Public notice June 12, 2026; date in the filing August 27, 2026. Covers 120 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 26-147
Legacy voice service in at locations in one exchange in Vermont that are passed by fiber.
Public notice June 12, 2026; date in the filing August 27, 2026. Covers 107 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 26-146
Legacy voice service in at locations in two exchanges in Texas that are passed by fiber.
Public notice June 12, 2026; date in the filing August 27, 2026. Covers 21 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 26-148
Legacy voice service in at locations in one exchange in Pennsylvania that are passed by fiber.
Public notice June 12, 2026; date in the filing August 27, 2026. Covers 11 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
AT&T, FCC docket 26-143
Home and business phone lines on the copper network in in portions of the following AT&T wire centers: Ponchatoula Main, LA (PNCHLAMA); Smithville KC, MO (SMVLMOTR); Enid, OK (ENIDOKMA); Oklahoma City/Wheatland, OK (OKCYOKWH); Deer Park, SC (CHTNSCDP); Alief, TX (HSTNTXAL); Barker, TX (HSTNTXBR); Tomball, TX (TBLLTXTB); Green Bay-Ridge, WI (GNBYWI11); and Neenah, WI (NENHWI11).
Public notice June 12, 2026; date in the filing August 11, 2026. Covers 8 exchanges we track.
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 26-144
Legacy voice service in at locations in one exchange in Illinois that are passed by fiber.
Public notice June 12, 2026; date in the filing August 27, 2026. Covers 1 exchange we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Lumen (CenturyLink), FCC docket 26-135
Plain Old Telephone Services, Primary Rate Interface Service, and Long Distance Service in Athens, Decatur, Harvest, Huntsville, Madison, and at Redstone Arensal, Alabama.
Public notice June 4, 2026; date in the filing September 8, 2026.
Verizon, FCC docket 26-154
Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface, Full T1 Service, Digital PBX Trunks, and Virtual Foreign Exchange in throughout the contiguous United States and the District of Columbia.
Public notice June 16, 2026; date in the filing July 31, 2026.
Dates in June 2026
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 1, 2026: AT&T, docket 26-73, 1 exchange (NC)
- June 2, 2026: Consolidated Communications, docket 26-60, 21 exchanges (TX)
- June 2, 2026: Consolidated Communications, docket 26-61, 1 exchange (IL)
- June 2, 2026: Consolidated Communications, docket 26-62, 107 exchanges (VT)
- June 2, 2026: Consolidated Communications, docket 26-63, 11 exchanges (PA)
- June 2, 2026: Consolidated Communications, docket 26-64, 295 exchanges (ME, NH)
- June 2, 2026: Consolidated Communications, docket 26-65, 12 exchanges (MN)
- June 30, 2026: AT&T, docket 25-228, 1,880 exchanges (FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MI, MO, MS, more)
- June 30, 2026: AT&T, docket 26-106, 18 exchanges (GA, KY, LA, MS, SC, TN)
- June 30, 2026: Granite Telecommunications, docket 26-24 (AL, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MI, more)
Other services
1 other filing this month was for services other than ordinary copper phone lines (VoIP products, data circuits, long distance): AT&T (26-158).
Running total
Through June 2026: 106 copper phone line filings with an FCC public notice, covering 3,628 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.