Lumen Moves to Terminate Some Legacy Services

Lumen Technologies asked the FCC for authority to halt offering low-bandwidth interstate private line services and to grandfather current customers getting those services. That would mean existing customers can’t order new services or change or move the service they’re getting, and “only disconnects will be accepted,” said an undocketed filing Friday. Lumen said it notified existing customers of the service change in a letter sent Tuesday, which told them it would take effect June 1. The letter was attached to the filing.

“The public convenience and necessity will not be adversely affected by the grandfathering of the Affected Services, as existing customers have been given significant notice of these changes, and potential customers of these services can seek alternative service arrangements that offer the same or superior capabilities, such as Lumen’s Ethernet services and similar services offered by numerous other providers,” Lumen said.