Copper phone line retirement in South Dakota
No FCC filing names a South Dakota exchange yet. Lumen (CenturyLink) stopped selling and renewing its business voice services on August 1, 2026. These 33 exchanges are Lumen's, and its CFO has said the company will be "aggressive" about ending those services.
Check a specific line- Aberdeen · Lumen
- Arlington · Lumen
- Belle Fourche · Lumen
- Big Stone City · Lumen
- Canton · Lumen
- Cavour · Lumen
- Chamberlain · Lumen
- De Smet · Lumen
- Elk Point · Lumen
- Flandreau · Lumen
- Harrisburg-Tea · Lumen
- Hill City · Lumen
- Huron · Lumen
- Iroquois · Lumen
- Lake Preston · Lumen
- Madison · Lumen
- McIntosh · Lumen
- Milbank · Lumen
- Miller · Lumen
- Mitchell · Lumen
- North Sioux City · Lumen
- North Valentine · Lumen
- Pierre · Lumen
- Rapid City · Lumen
- Redfield · Lumen
- Sioux Falls · Lumen
- Spearfish · Lumen
- Sturgis · Lumen
- Timber Lake · Lumen
- Vermillion · Lumen
- Volga · Lumen
- Watertown · Lumen
- Yankton · Lumen
Sources: Lumen's voice pullback (Channel Dive), Lumen's second-quarter call (Channel Dive) and the FCC's March 2026 order.
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Based on public FCC filings and telephone exchange data. Not legal or regulatory advice.