AT&T plans to eliminate its traditional landline phone service across nearly all U.S. states in its service area by 2029, according to an official announcement. The telecom company has said its copper ...

BALTIMORE — Maryland Public Service Commission staff members say basic telephone service shouldn't be abandoned as the telecommunications industry prepares to switch phone service away from ...

BE IMPACTED. WE’RE TWO MILES OUT OF NEVADA CITY. YEAH, WE’RE KIND OF PRETTY MUCH STRANDED OUT HERE WITHOUT A LANDLINE TO WENDY COSBY. OH, BROTHER. HER LANDLINE IS HER LIFELINE. WHEN WE NEED BASIC ...

FIVE. RIGHT NOW, AT&T HAS REQUESTED TO WITHDRAW HIS CALIFORNIA’S CARRIER OF LAST RESORT. IT’S A STORY KCRA THREE INVESTIGATES HAS BEEN FOLLOWING CLOSELY AND NOW THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia program is helping low-income residents stay connected. The State Corporation Commission says the Lifeline program makes basic wireline telephone service more ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. A Washington ...

The guarantee of landline telephone service at almost any address, a legal right many Americans may not even know they have, is quietly being legislated away in our U.S. state capitals. AT&T and ...

Marin County supervisors say they will continue to oppose legislation that would result in most California landline customers losing their service, barring key changes to the bill. The supervisors ...

California regulators on Thursday rejected AT&T's request to no longer be legally required to provide basic telephone — landline — services to those who need them. Previous coverage in the video ...