Copper phone line retirement report: July 2026
In July 2026, the FCC published notice of 14 filings to stop copper phone service, from 6 phone companies. They cover 3,024 telephone exchanges we track in 26 states, 1,123 of them in a filing for the first time.
The numbers
- Filings
- 14
- Exchanges covered
- 3,024
- First time in a filing
- 1,123
- States with exchanges covered
- 26
4 of these exchanges are named in a filing. 3,020 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 | 2 | 1,538 | AL, AR, FL, GA, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, TN, TX, WI |
| Verizon and Frontier | 2 | 845 | FL, IN, MN, NC, NE, NV, TX, WI |
| Lumen (CenturyLink) | 3 | 431 | CO, FL, IA, ID, NV, UT |
| Consolidated Communications | 5 | 209 | CA, IL, ME, PA, TX |
| Noxapater Telephone | 1 | 1 | MS |
| IDT America | 1 | 0 | US |
The filings
AT&T, FCC docket 26-192
Home and business phone lines on the copper network in in portions of 55 wire centers in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.
Public notice July 27, 2026; date in the filing October 16, 2026. Covers 1,355 exchanges we track.
AT&T, FCC docket 26-162
Home and business phone lines on the copper network in in portions of 39 wire centers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
Public notice July 2, 2026; date in the filing September 12, 2026. Covers 1,170 exchanges we track.
Verizon and Frontier, FCC docket 26-170
Residential and business legacy TDM-based voice service in throughout the former Frontier telephone service areas in Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Public notice July 14, 2026; date in the filing November 16, 2026. Covers 845 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Verizon and Frontier, FCC docket 26-171
Business copper phone services (business lines, PBX trunks, ISDN and similar) in Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Public notice July 14, 2026; date in the filing November 16, 2026. Covers 845 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Lumen (CenturyLink), FCC docket 26-176
Legacy voice service in Iowa, Idaho and Utah.
Public notice July 16, 2026; date in the filing August 24, 2026. Covers 184 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 26-183
Legacy voice service in at locations in two exchanges in Maine that are passed by fiber.
Public notice July 16, 2026; date in the filing August 25, 2026. Covers 175 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Lumen (CenturyLink), FCC docket 26-178
Legacy voice service in Colorado.
Public notice July 16, 2026; date in the filing August 24, 2026. Covers 148 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Lumen (CenturyLink), FCC docket 26-177
Legacy voice service in Florida and Nevada.
Public notice July 16, 2026; date in the filing August 24, 2026. Covers 99 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 26-182
Legacy voice service in at locations in 15 exchanges in Texas that are passed by fiber.
Public notice July 16, 2026; date in the filing August 25, 2026. Covers 21 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 26-179
Legacy voice service in at locations in two exchanges in Pennsylvania that are passed by fiber.
Public notice July 16, 2026; date in the filing August 25, 2026. Covers 11 exchanges we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Noxapater Telephone, FCC docket 26-161
Legacy TDM-based voice service, Digital Subscriber Line service, and Ethernet services in Mississippi.
Public notice July 2, 2026; date in the filing August 27, 2026. Covers 1 exchange we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 26-180
Legacy voice service in at locations in three exchanges in Illinois that are passed by fiber.
Public notice July 16, 2026; date in the filing August 25, 2026. Covers 1 exchange we track (portions of the state, not every address).
Consolidated Communications, FCC docket 26-181
Legacy voice service in at locations in two exchanges in California that are passed by fiber.
Public notice July 16, 2026; date in the filing August 25, 2026. Covers 1 exchange we track (portions of the state, not every address).
IDT America, FCC docket 26-188
Resold long-distance, local exchange and toll-free voice services in throughout the continental United States.
Public notice July 17, 2026; date in the filing August 27, 2026.
Dates in July 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.
- July 14, 2026: Consolidated Communications, docket 26-90, 11 exchanges (PA)
- July 14, 2026: Consolidated Communications, docket 26-91, 295 exchanges (ME, NH)
- July 14, 2026: Consolidated Communications, docket 26-92, 107 exchanges (VT)
- July 14, 2026: AT&T, docket 26-98, 30 exchanges (AL, AR, IN, KS, MO, OH, OK, SC, more)
- July 31, 2026: Verizon, docket 26-154 (DC)
Other services
1 other filing this month was for services other than ordinary copper phone lines (VoIP products, data circuits, long distance): Parkland Broadband Telecom (26-163).
Running total
Through July 2026: 120 copper phone line filings with an FCC public notice, covering 4,751 telephone exchanges we track. See the full timeline or browse by state and town.
Is your line on a filing?
Each town page also has a free email alert for new filings.
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.