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What Is the POTS Shutdown Tracker?

Find Your Wire Center Retirement Deadline

Copper phone lines are being retired across the United States, leaving thousands of government agencies, schools, and businesses scrambling to replace POTS lines before their wire centers go dark. Our POTS Shutdown Tracker maps every wire center closure filing on record, sourced directly from official CLEC Network Disclosure filings.

Search by ZIP code, street address, or state to find out if your location is inside a wire center scheduled for copper retirement. With 1,948 wire centers tracked across 22 states and 1.3 million service addresses in our database, this is the most comprehensive public POTS shutdown tracking tool available.

Currently tracking AT&T wire center closures. Verizon, Frontier, and Lumen wire centers will be added in a future release.

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POTS Shutdown by State: Where Are Copper Lines Retiring?

Copper retirement filings currently cover 22 states. Select your state below to see a full list of wire centers scheduled for shutdown, estimated retirement dates, and how to find a POTS replacement solution.

Frequently Asked Questions About AT&T POTS Shutdowns

What is a POTS shutdown?
A POTS shutdown occurs when a telecommunications carrier officially retires the copper wire infrastructure serving a geographic area. AT&T has filed hundreds of Section 214 discontinuance notices with regulators, signaling its intent to shut down copper phone service at specific wire centers across the country. When a copper retirement occurs when a wire center goes dark, every POTS line, analog fax machine, alarm system, elevator phone, and fire panel connected through that central office must be replaced as part of the copper retirement transition. The copper retirement timeline varies by state and carrier.
How do I know if my location is affected?
Use the interactive map above to search by ZIP code, street address, or state. Our database cross-references 1.3 million AT&T service addresses against 1,948 wire centers scheduled for retirement. If your address appears in our results, you should begin evaluating POTS replacement options immediately.
Which states have the most AT&T wire center closures?
Texas leads with 458 wire centers scheduled for shutdown, followed by Florida (183), Oklahoma (171), Georgia (148), and Missouri (132). However, wire center density varies significantly. A single large wire center in a dense urban area can affect more businesses than dozens of rural wire centers combined.
What should organizations do when facing a POTS shutdown?
The most common POTS replacement strategy for any organization is deploying a cellular-based POTS replacement device at each analog line location. These devices connect to existing analog equipment and route calls over LTE or 5G networks rather than copper. No rewiring required, and most deployments complete in under an hour per line. POTS Link by RCN Technologies specializes in POTS replacement for governments, schools, businesses, and non-profits, including cooperative purchasing through GSA and state procurement vehicles.
How often is this tracker updated?
Our tracker updates daily at 6:00 AM ET, pulling the latest AT&T CLEC Network Disclosure filings. AT&T is required to file network change notices before retiring service at any wire center, giving affected customers at least 180 days to transition.

POTS Link: The Purpose-Built POTS Replacement Service

When AT&T retires your wire center, every analog line, fire alarm panel, elevator phone, fax machine, and security system connected to that copper network needs a replacement. POTS Link by RCN Technologies is the cellular POTS replacement service engineered specifically for organizations that cannot afford downtime or compliance failures.

What POTS Link replaces: Fire alarm communication paths, elevator emergency phones, access control systems, intrusion alarms, fax lines, analog modems, Centrex lines, and blue light emergency phones.

Code compliance, verified: POTS Link is validated for compliance with NFPA 72 (fire alarm and signaling systems), ASME A17.1 (elevator emergency communications), UL 864, and E911 requirements under Kari’s Law and RAY BAUM’s Act. Available on GSA Schedule, NASPO ValuePoint, Sourcewell, and OMNIA Partners for government procurement.

No rewiring. No disruption. POTS Link plugs into your existing analog equipment. Most installations deploy in under an hour per line. Our 24/7 NOC monitors every device in the field and dispatches support before problems become outages.

Talk to a POTS Replacement Specialist (865) 293-0350

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