CPUC Issues Proposed Decision Rejecting AT&T’s Application to Abandon Traditional Landlines

On Friday, May 10th, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released a Proposed Decision dismissing AT&T’s Application with prejudice to be relieved of its “Carrier of Last Resort” (COLR) status, which ensures the availability of basic “plain old telephone service” (POTS) to any residential or business customer in its service territory. POTS has a uniform set of minimum service standards and regulations that does not extend to new technologies that provide similar service, such as wireline VoIP.

Here's a link to the full ruling: 

https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M531/K085/531085885.PDF