AT&T Asks to Discontinue Service on Damaged, Vandalized Copper Lines
A filing details hundreds of outages, with AT&T saying it does not intend to repair affected copper lines.
WASHINGTON, June 23, 2026 – AT&T asked federal regulators Thursday to approve a set of service discontinuances tied to damage across portions of its copper network.
The 500-page filing to the Federal Communications Commission details more than 500 outages in May 2026 alone. AT&T says outages caused by factors such as equipment failure and copper theft have made restoration impractical and uneconomic, and that it does not intend to repair the affected facilities.
