Important Steps for Consumers and Companies When Service is Ending
- You are a consumer and your phone company mailed you a letter informing you that it plans to discontinue your service soon. What should you do? Answer
- You run or represent a phone company that is planning to discontinue domestic telecommunications service. What must you do to comply with FCC rules? Answer
- You are an attorney or a trustee in a bankruptcy case involving a discontinuance of domestic telecommunications service. What do you need to know? Answer
Below are public notices soliciting comment on applications by carriers planning to discontinue domestic telecommunications service. Consumers and others need information in these public notices to file comments on a proposed discontinuance. Any filings for the emergency discontinuance, reduction or impairment of domestic services are also included below.
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2021
12/17/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: WCB Terminates Proceeding for CenturyLink Section 214 Application
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1601 Docket 21-298
12/14/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: AT&T Domestic Non-Dominant Services Discontinuance Application Grant
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1554 Docket 21-296 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1709
12/8/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application To Grandfather Domestic Legacy Voice And/Or Low Speed Data Services
Applicant(s): AT&T Services, Inc. (AT&T), on behalf of its affiliates
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1527 Docket 21-452 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1737
12/8/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Emergency Discontinuance Application of AT&T Is Not Deemed Granted
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1525 Docket 21-468 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1739
12/1/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): MCI Communications Services LLC, MCImetro Access Transmission Services of Virginia, Inc., and MCImetro Access Transmission Services LLC (MCI), AT&T Services, Inc. on behalf of its affiliate, SBC Long Distance, LLC d/b/a AT&T Long Distance, Hearsay Social, Inc. and Consolidated Communications Enterprise Services, Inc. d/b/a Consolidated Communications
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1495 Docket 21-429, 21-464, 21-465 & 21-457 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1729, 1733, 1735 and 1738
11/15/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): CenturyLink Communications, LLC, a Lumen company (CenturyLink)
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1435 Docket 21-430 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1730
11/5/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): CenturyLink Communications, LLC, a Lumen company (CenturyLink)
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1392 Docket 21-404 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1725
10/22/2021
ORDER: WCB Extends Comment Deadlines for CenturyLink Section 214 Application
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1326 Docket 21-298
10/15/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): Level 3 Telecom of Oregon, LLC, a Lumen company, Level 3 Telecom of Washington, LLC, a Lumen company
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1302 Docket 21-389, 21-390 and 21-392 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1721, 1722 and 1733
10/8/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): CenturyLink Communications, LLC, a Lumen company (CenturyLink)
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1264 Docket No. 21-379 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1718
10/4/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1247 Docket No. 21-298 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1710
9/30/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): AT&T Services, Inc., on behalf of its affiliate, AT&T Corp. and AT&T Services, Inc., on behalf of its affiliate, AT&T Corp.
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1236 Docket No. 21-372 and 373 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1716 and 1717
8/31/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): Level 3 Telecom of Nevada, LLC, a Lumen company
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1081 Docket No. 21-173 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1685
8/27/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: CenturyLink Emergency Discontinuance Application Not Deemed Granted
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1065 Docket No. 21-235 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1714
8/25/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Domestic Discontinuance Application Not Automatically Granted
Applicant(s): AT&T Services, Inc., on behalf of its affiliate, AT&T Corp.
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1048 Docket No. 21-296 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1709
8/24/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): Windstream New Edge, LLC, a subsidiary of Windstream Services, LLC, McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Windstream Services, LLC (Windstream) and American Telephone Company, LLC; Cavalier Telephone Mid-Atlantic, LLC; McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, LLC; PAETEC Communications of Virginia, LLC; Talk America, LLC; and Windstream NuVox, LLC, subsidiaries of Windstream Services, LLC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1041 Docket No. No. 21-255, 21-258 and 21-276 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1695, 1698, and 1704
8/23/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): TDS Metrocom, LLC (TDS)
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-1033 Docket No. 21-273 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1702
8/2/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): CenturyLink Communications, LLC, a Lumen company (CenturyLink)
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-942 Docket No. 21-309 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1712
7/30/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic, Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications And/Or Interconnected VOIP Service
Applicant(s): XO Communications Services, LLC (XO)
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-935 Docket No. 21-278 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1705
7/27/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): AT&T Services, Inc., on behalf of its affiliate, AT&T Corp.
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-919 Docket No. 21-296 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1709
7/27/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): AT&T Services, Inc., on behalf of its affiliates
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-918 Docket No. 21-292 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1708
7/23/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic, Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications And/Or Interconnected VOIP Service
Applicant(s): Level 3 Telecom of California, LP, a Lumen company
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-894 Docket No. 21-246 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1693
7/20/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic, Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications And/Or Interconnected VOIP Service
Applicant(s): DeltaCom, LLC and Windstream NuVox, LLC, subsidiaries of Windstream Services, LLC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-868 Docket No. 21-257 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1697
7/9/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services in Response To Copper Retirement(s)
Applicant(s): Cavalier Telephone Mid-Atlantic, LLC, Choice One Communications of New York., and Cavalier Telephone, LLC, subsidiaries of Windstream Services, LLC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-820 Docket No. 21-274 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1703
7/6/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications And/Or Interconnected VOIP Services
Applicant(s): Windstream Norlight, LLC, a subsidiary of Windstream Services, LLC, and McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, LLC, and Windstream NuVox, LLC, subsidiaries of Windstream Services, LLC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-797 Docket No. 21-256 and 21-259 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1696 and 1699
7/2/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications And/Or Interconnected VOIP Services
Applicant(s): Cavalier Telephone Mid-Atlantic, LLC, Cavalier Telephone, LLC, subsidiaries of Windstream Services, LLC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-791 Docket No. 21-260 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1700
6/23/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): DeltaCom, LLC, McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, LLC, Windstream New Edge, LLC and Windstream NuVox, LLC, subsidiaries of Windstream Services, LLC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-743 Docket No. 21-261 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1701
6/15/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): Level 3 Telecom of Tennessee, LLC, a CenturyLink Company, Level 3 Telecom of Mississippi, LLC, a CenturyLink Company, Level 3 Telecom of Arkansas, LLC, a CenturyLink Company
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-698 Docket No. 21-158, 21-159 & 21-160 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1679, 1680 and 1681
6/1/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant: AT&T Services, Inc., on behalf of its affiliate, BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. d/b/a AT&T Long Distance
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-639 Docket No. 21-223 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1691
5/28/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): AT&T Services, Inc., on behalf of its affiliate, BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC, d/b/a AT&T Alabama, AT&T Florida, AT&T Georgia, AT&T Kentucky, AT&T Louisiana, AT&T Mississippi, AT&T North Carolina, AT&T South Carolina, and AT&T Tennessee; Illinois Bell Telephone, LLC, d/b/a AT&T Illinois; Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated, d/b/a AT&T Indiana; Michigan Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Michigan; Nevada Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a AT&T Nevada; The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a AT&T Ohio; Pacific Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a AT&T California; Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a AT&T Arkansas, AT&T Kansas, AT&T Missouri, AT&T Oklahoma, and AT&T Texas; and Wisconsin Bell, Inc, d/b/a AT&T Wisconsin
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-633 Docket No. 21-222 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1690
5/28/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): MCI Communications Services LLC; MCImetro Access Transmission Services of Virginia, Inc.; MCImetro Access Transmission Services Corp. (collectively MCI) and Verizon Long Distance LLC (Verizon LD)
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-632 Docket No. 21-163 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1684
5/18/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant(s): MCI Cavalier Telephone Mid-Atlantic, LLC, Cavalier Telephone, LLC, PAETEC Communications, LLC, PAETEC Communications of Virginia, LLC, and US LEC of Virginia, LLC, subsidiaries of Windstream Services, LLC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-586 Docket No. 21-183 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1688
5/12/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicant: Wes-Tex Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-563 Docket No. 21-150 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1678
5/7/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications And/Or Interconnnected VOIP Services
Applicants: DeltaCom, LLC, subsidiary of Windstream Services, LLC, McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, LLC, subsidiary of Windstream Services, LLC, Windstream Norlight, LLC, subsidiary of Windstream Services, LLC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-544 Docket No. 21-101, 21-103 and 21-184 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1671, 1673, 1689
4/30/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services In Response To Copper Retirement(s)
Applicants: Broadview Networks, Inc., Cavalier Telephone Mid-Atlantic, LLC, Choice One Communications of Pennsylvania, Inc., Conversent Communications of Massachusetts, Inc., CTC Communications Corp., PAETEC Communications, LLC and US LEC of Pennsylvania, LLC, subsidiaries of Windstream Services, LLC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-505 Docket No. 21-182 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1687
4/30/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Grandfather Domestic Legacy Voice And/Or Low Speed Data Service(s)p>
Applicants: Sandhill Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-504 Docket No. 21-174 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1686
4/30/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services As Part Of A Technology Transition
Applicants: Phillips County Telephone Company
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-503 Docket No. 21-113 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1676
4/20/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Services
Applicants: CTC Communications Corp. and Windstream New Edge, LLC, subsidiaries of Windstream Services, LLC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-456 Docket No. 21-89 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1669
4/13/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications And/Or Interconnected VOIP Services
Applicants: Broadview Networks, Inc., PAETEC Communications, LLC, and Windstream New Edge, LLC, subsidiaries of Windstream Services, LLC and Conversent Communications of Maine, LLC, subsidiary of Windstream Services, LLC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-421 Docket No. 21-88 and 21-90 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1668 and 1670
4/6/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Service(s) In Response To Copper Retirements
Applicants: AT&T Services, Inc., on behalf of its affiliates, Teleport Communications Group Operating Companies, Teleport Communications America, LLC, and TC Systems, Inc.
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-403 Docket No. 21-104 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1674
4/2/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications And/Or Interconnected VOIP Services
Applicants: ADeltaCom, LLC and Windstream Nuvox, LLC, subsidiaries of Windstream Services, LLC and AT&T Services, Inc., on behalf of its affiliate, AT&T Corp. and AT&T Communications of Virginiap>
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-389 Docket No. 21-102 and 21-109 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1672 and 1675
3/10/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Service(s) In Response To Copper Retirements
Applicants: Broadview Networks, Inc. and Cavalier Telephone Mid-Atlantic, LLC, subsidiaries of Windstream Services
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-293 Docket No. 21-38 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1666
3/10/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Service(s) In Response To Copper Retirements
Applicants: Cavalier Telephone, LLC; Choice One Communications of Pennsylvania, Inc.; DeltaCom, LLC; McleodUSA Telecommunications Services, LLC; Talk America, LLC; Windstream Communications, LLC; and Windstream New Edge, LLC, subsidiaries of Windstream Services, LLC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-290 Docket No. 21-37 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1665
2/12/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Service(s) In Response To Copper Retirements
Applicants: Qwest Corporation d/b/a CenturyLink QC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-167 Docket No. 21-35 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1664
1/7/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE: Comments Invited On Section 214 Application(s) To Discontinue Domestic Non-Dominant Carrier Telecommunications Service(s) In Response To Copper Retirements
Applicants: Windstream Services II, LLC, Choice One Communications of Maine, Inc., Conversent Communications of Maine, LLC. and CTC Communications Corp., Windstream Services II, LLC and McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, LLC, Windstream Services II, LLC and Windstream NuVox, LLC
Word | Acrobat | DA No. 21-20 Docket Nos. 20-408, 20-409 and 20-4110 Comp Pol. File Nos. 1658, 1659 and 1660