AT&T will have to continue operating landlines in California despite its wish to cut off the less lucrative line of business, the California Public Utilities Commission has ruled.
On March 3 last year, AT&T sent in a request to CPUC to get its status as a COLR dropped in areas where the company argued locals had options other than its landlines, such as voice-over-IP phone services and mobile cellular networks operated by AT&T itself as well as Verizon and T-Mobile. AT&T's request completely after hearing more than 5,000 public comments and conducting an in-depth analysis of AT&T's case.
This sentiment was shared by many other locals, who may have poor accessibility to cellular networks because of"changes in terrain, dense foliage, geographic or structural obstacles and other characteristics that limit wireless signal propagation," according to CPUC.
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