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 ...

BALTIMORE (AP) -- 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 telephone service costs can be about $15 per month, and a significant portion of Verizon’s more than 2 million customers have basic telephone service over a “bundle” of communications services, ...

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 ...

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 ...

California regulators on Thursday rejected AT&T's request to no longer be legally required to provide basic telephone — landline — services to those who need them. Previous coverage in the video ...

If you still have old-style, home telephone service with copper wires in Connecticut, congratulations! You’re one of about 220,000 customers of that historic service of Southern New England Telephone ...