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 5, 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: Application pending at the FCC Alaska: No confirmed program tracked Arizona: Active: Lumen footprint Colorado: Active: Lumen footprint Florida: Confirmed: filings underway Georgia: Application pending at the FCC Indiana: Application pending at the FCC Kansas: Application pending at the FCC Maine: Active: Fidium footprint Massachusetts: Active: Verizon footprint Minnesota: Active: Lumen footprint New Jersey: Application pending at the FCC North Carolina: Application pending at the FCC North Dakota: Active: Lumen footprint Oklahoma: Application pending at the FCC Pennsylvania: Active: Verizon footprint South Dakota: Active: Lumen footprint Texas: Application pending at the FCC Wyoming: Active: Lumen footprint Connecticut: Active: Verizon footprint Missouri: Application pending at the FCC West Virginia: Active: Verizon footprint Illinois: Active: AT&T footprint New Mexico: Active: Lumen footprint Arkansas: Application pending at the FCC California: Confirmed: FCC approved Delaware: Application pending at the FCC Hawaii: No confirmed program tracked Iowa: Application pending at the FCC Kentucky: Active: AT&T footprint Maryland: Active: Verizon footprint Michigan: Active: AT&T footprint Mississippi: Application pending at the FCC Montana: Active: Lumen footprint New Hampshire: Active: Fidium footprint New York: Active: Verizon footprint Ohio: Active: AT&T footprint Oregon: Active: Lumen footprint Tennessee: Application pending at the FCC Utah: Application pending at the FCC Virginia: Application pending at the FCC Washington: Active: Lumen footprint Wisconsin: Application pending at the FCC Nebraska: Active: Lumen footprint South Carolina: Application pending at the FCC Idaho: Active: Lumen footprint Nevada: Active: AT&T footprint Vermont: Active: Fidium footprint Louisiana: Application pending at the FCC Rhode Island: Application pending at the FCC 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.

Alaska

No confirmed program tracked

Carrier
None tracked
Status
No confirmed carrier retirement filing or footprint-level program is tracked for Alaska yet. National FCC rule changes (Mar 2025 and Mar 2026) apply here too, so filings could emerge as carriers expand their retirement schedules.
Key deadline
None announced
Alternative service offered
Not applicable
Most affected businesses
Monitor. No specific businesses flagged yet.

Status by state

Showing 14 states matching Lumen. Show all states

Copper retirement status for every US state and the District of Columbia.
State Status Carrier Key deadline
Arizona Active: Lumen footprint Lumen (CenturyLink) Full retirement filings expected 2026-2029
Colorado Active: Lumen footprint Lumen (CenturyLink) Full retirement filings expected 2026-2029
Idaho Active: Lumen footprint Lumen (CenturyLink) Full retirement filings expected 2026-2029
Iowa Application pending at the FCC CENTURYLINK Discontinuance on/after Apr 20, 2026
Minnesota Active: Lumen footprint Lumen (CenturyLink) Full retirement filings expected 2026-2029
Montana Active: Lumen footprint Lumen (CenturyLink) Full retirement filings expected 2026-2029
Nebraska Active: Lumen footprint Lumen (CenturyLink) Full retirement filings expected 2026-2029
New Mexico Active: Lumen footprint Lumen (CenturyLink) Full retirement filings expected 2026-2029
North Dakota Active: Lumen footprint Lumen (CenturyLink) Full retirement filings expected 2026-2029
Oregon Active: Lumen footprint Lumen (CenturyLink) Full retirement filings expected 2026-2029
South Dakota Active: Lumen footprint Lumen (CenturyLink) Full retirement filings expected 2026-2029
Utah Application pending at the FCC CENTURYLINK Discontinuance on/after Apr 20, 2026
Washington Active: Lumen footprint Lumen (CenturyLink) Full retirement filings expected 2026-2029
Wyoming Active: Lumen footprint Lumen (CenturyLink) Full retirement filings expected 2026-2029

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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