AT&T will continue providing landlines to people across California following a state utilities commission decision.
California regulators rejected a bid by AT&T that would have ended landline phone service in many parts of California. Photo by Yannick Peterhans, USA Today Network via ReutersThe California Public Utilities Commission rejected the telecom’s bid to stop providing service in many parts of the state.
that means it covers most major cities, rural communities, and the land of more than 100 tribal governments. To find out if your home is in that areaMore than a dozen speakers during the public comment period at today’s meeting supported keeping AT&T’s carrier-of-last resort designation and landlines. Previously, more than 5,000 public comments were written in response to AT&T’s application and nearly 6,000 people attended eight public forums held earlier this year.
Steve Hogle lives in rural Sonoma County and told the commission today that spotty cell phone coverage was a danger to his family during the
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