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AT&T Gets FCC Approval for Calif. Copper Retirement

The agency is still considering whether to preempt the state’s own rules and allow the discontinuance to move forward

Jake Neenan

Jake Neenan

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AT&T Gets FCC Approval for Calif. Copper Retirement
Photo of telephone company linemen repairing landlines after a 2023 tornado in Rolling Fork, Miss. by Rogelio V. Solis/AP

WASHINGTON, July 6, 2026 – On June 29, the Federal Communications Commission cleared AT&T’s request to discontinue copper voice services at more than 184,000 locations in California.

The company’s request for the agency to override the state’s copper retirement rules — and thus allow the discontinuance to move forward with just the FCC approval — is still pending.

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