The world of telecommunications has been changing, but the public expectation that reliable, affordable, basic phone service will be available during this digital transition should not. Access to ...

Some large telecommunication service providers in Kentucky are advocating the complete deregulation of basic telephone service under Senate Bill 135. Gone by mid-2013 would be any obligation on the ...

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 ...

Basic phone service for Verizon customers in New Jersey is going up for the first time since 1985, as the state Board of Public Utilities has approved increasing the rate. The total monthly cost for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rod Hass, who lives in Lovelock, Butte County, drove to Roseville on Wednesday to ask CPUC regulators to protect landline telephone service. He said that landlines were the only communication ...

FRANKFORT — A Kentucky Senate panel on Tuesday approved a bill drafted by AT&T that would further diminish state regulation of the company and allow it to end basic phone service in less profitable ...

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 ...

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 ...

Charlene Hopey has seen firsthand why having a traditional phone landline at her house is beneficial. Hopey, who lives in the Santa Monica Mountains region, has lived through California wildfires and ...