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