BCN Industry Tracker

POTS & Copper Retirement Tracker

State-level status of carrier copper and POTS retirement programs, FCC filings, deadlines, and affected business systems.

Data updated

Current, next update September 4, 2026

2

States with confirmed, documented FCC filings

274K+

Customer locations covered by confirmed filings so far

49

States with an active carrier retirement footprint

90 days

FCC minimum customer notice window before disconnection

Copper retirement status by state. The same information is in the table below. Alabama: Active: AT&T footprint Alaska: No confirmed program tracked Arizona: Active: Lumen footprint Colorado: Active: Lumen footprint Florida: Confirmed: filings underway Georgia: Active: AT&T footprint Indiana: Active: AT&T footprint Kansas: Active: AT&T footprint Maine: Active: Fidium footprint Massachusetts: Active: Verizon footprint Minnesota: Active: Lumen footprint New Jersey: Active: Verizon footprint North Carolina: Active: AT&T footprint North Dakota: Active: Lumen footprint Oklahoma: Active: AT&T footprint Pennsylvania: Active: Verizon footprint South Dakota: Active: Lumen footprint Texas: Active: AT&T footprint Wyoming: Active: Lumen footprint Connecticut: Active: Verizon footprint Missouri: Active: AT&T footprint West Virginia: Active: Verizon footprint Illinois: Active: AT&T footprint New Mexico: Active: Lumen footprint Arkansas: Active: AT&T footprint California: Confirmed: FCC approved Delaware: Active: Verizon footprint Hawaii: No confirmed program tracked Iowa: Active: Lumen footprint Kentucky: Active: AT&T footprint Maryland: Active: Verizon footprint Michigan: Active: AT&T footprint Mississippi: Active: AT&T footprint Montana: Active: Lumen footprint New Hampshire: Active: Fidium footprint New York: Active: Verizon footprint Ohio: Active: AT&T footprint Oregon: Active: Lumen footprint Tennessee: Active: AT&T footprint Utah: Active: Lumen footprint Virginia: Active: Verizon footprint Washington: Active: Lumen footprint Wisconsin: Active: AT&T footprint Nebraska: Active: Lumen footprint South Carolina: Active: AT&T footprint Idaho: Active: Lumen footprint Nevada: Active: AT&T footprint Vermont: Active: Fidium footprint Louisiana: Active: AT&T footprint Rhode Island: Active: Verizon footprint Washington, D.C.: Active: Verizon footprint DC
  • Confirmed FCC filing or approval
  • AT&T footprint
  • Lumen (CenturyLink) footprint
  • Verizon footprint
  • Fidium (Consolidated Communications) footprint
  • No confirmed program

Select any state for carrier status, deadlines, and affected systems.

Maine

Active: Fidium footprint

Carrier
Fidium Fiber (Consolidated Communications)
Status
Consolidated Communications is retiring legacy copper in favor of its Fidium Fiber brand, offering displaced copper customers fiber upgrades where built, with copper decommissioning following fiber conversion market-by-market.
Key deadline
Market-by-market, tied to fiber buildout
Alternative service offered
Fidium Fiber
Most affected businesses
Rural/small-town businesses awaiting fiber conversion in legacy Consolidated Communications exchanges.

Sources

Status by state

Showing 21 states matching AT&T. Show all states

Copper retirement status for every US state and the District of Columbia.
State Status Carrier Key deadline
Alabama Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Arkansas Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
California Confirmed: FCC approved AT&T Discontinuance on/after Jun 1, 2027
Florida Confirmed: filings underway AT&T Discontinuance target Nov 15, 2026
Georgia Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Illinois Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Indiana Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Kansas Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Kentucky Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Louisiana Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Michigan Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Mississippi Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Missouri Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Nevada Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
North Carolina Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Ohio Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Oklahoma Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
South Carolina Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Tennessee Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Texas Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029
Wisconsin Active: AT&T footprint AT&T Rolling filings through 2029

Key national deadlines

  1. Done

    FCC cuts the required copper-retirement customer notice period from 180 days to 90 days.

  2. Done

    Lumen stops accepting new & move/add/change POTS orders across its 14-state legacy CenturyLink/Qwest territory.

  3. Done

    AT&T stops accepting new copper POTS orders across ~20 states in its ILEC footprint.

  4. Done

    AT&T files FCC discontinuance application covering ~90,000 customers across 18 states.

  5. Done

    FCC grants AT&T's 18-state application, over 30% of its copper footprint outside California.

  6. Done

    FCC adopts the Network and Services Modernization Order (FCC-26-19A1), streamlining Section 214 nationwide.

  7. Done

    AT&T begins physically decommissioning ~500 wire centers (~10% of its footprint).

  8. Done

    FCC approves AT&T's California discontinuance application covering 184,000+ locations.

  9. Upcoming

    Deadline: permanent copper discontinuance for ~90,000 AT&T customers across 18 states.

  10. Upcoming

    Earliest date AT&T can begin discontinuing California copper service (184,000 locations).

  11. Upcoming

    AT&T's target to retire the large majority of its copper footprint outside California.

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