ANALYSIS: WHO YOU GONNA CALL — California, the home of cutting-edge innovation, is still debating whether to phase out an old ...

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 ...

The cost of landline service and hardware is therefore $544 per year. The average monthly cost of a landline is $42. In terms of the hardware, you probably already own a cordless home phone already, ...

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.