MENDOCINO CO., 6/20/24 – Landline users in Mendocino County can rest easy knowing their telephone service will remain intact after the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) ruled on Thursday, June 20, that AT&T must continue to provide landline service statewide.
The ruling came after AT&T began petitioning the CPUC in March 2023 to be released from providing landline services statewide. The telecommunications giant claimed that landlines were expensive to maintain, outdated and archaic, and that the majority of the 7% of remaining California landline users (an estimated 580,000 households statewide according to the County of Marin) in the state had alternatives, such as cellular access and voice over internet protocol (VoIP).
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