AT&T's recent request to end its obligations to provide service for traditional landlines in several California regions does not mean the company is walking away from providing landline service, a ...

Fewer telephone companies are offering basic landline service because the utilities say the copper wire infrastructure is old and expensive to maintain and the demand for landlines is low as ...

Many residential landline customers also rely on copper ... cost more than the traditional basic phone service and require good cell or internet service and electricity, advocates have said.