AT&T applies to end obligation to service landlines in California
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Re: AT&T applies to end obligation to service landlines in California
#2Didn't they get paid too much by the government to install those lines?
Re: AT&T applies to end obligation to service landlines in California
#3If someone wants to remove the old lines from the pole to the house, who would do that now? I don't use my landline anymore and trying to cleanup the clutter of old lines.
Re: AT&T applies to end obligation to service landlines in California
#4That's going to be hard for people on criminal home confinement. Those anklets connect to a base station that connects only to an analog land line. Most of those things are obsolete technology.
Re: AT&T applies to end obligation to service landlines in California
#5If someone wants to remove the old lines from the pole to the house, who would do that now? I don't use my landline anymore and trying to cleanup the clutter of old lines.
Wirecutters should do the job I think?
Re: AT&T applies to end obligation to service landlines in California
#6If someone wants to remove the old lines from the pole to the house, who would do that now? I don't use my landline anymore and trying to cleanup the clutter of old lines.
When some branches brought mine down in a storm, I cut mine off on the house side, spooled it up secure with electrical tape, and hung it low on the pole on the street side. Probably shouldn't disconnect it at their box but past there it's yours if you own the house.
Re: AT&T applies to end obligation to service landlines in California
#7That's going to be hard for people on criminal home confinement. Those anklets connect to a base station that connects only to an analog land line. Most of those things are obsolete technology.
Don’t they have a few GPS-only units now where all the hardware is in the ankle bracelet? I work criminal-law-adjacent and I feel like I see booths for them at conventions. If so, this sounds like a great opportunity for more vendor grift… I mean government thrift.
Re: AT&T applies to end obligation to service landlines in California
#8If someone wants to remove the old lines from the pole to the house, who would do that now? I don't use my landline anymore and trying to cleanup the clutter of old lines.
I have some coax going to my house left over from some predecessor to Comcast. It's not attached to anything, and it's sagging.
Re: AT&T applies to end obligation to service landlines in California
#9That's going to be hard for people on criminal home confinement. Those anklets connect to a base station that connects only to an analog land line. Most of those things are obsolete technology.
Wow. Fascinating (and extremely important) edge case.
Out of curiosity, what led you to knowing this?
Re: AT&T applies to end obligation to service landlines in California
#10Have California cell networks gotten to the point where they'll be able to handle the mass calling that follows disasters? Curious how people will contact emergency services and friends/family in the critical time following an earthquake/fire/etc.