“Traditional landline telephone service is the most dependable communications tool currently available in rural communities and is vital to reliably accessing 9-1-1,” he said. “It is ...

We have zero cell service at [our rural] home address,” one Mendocino ... sometimes via an underground route, a landline to a telephone exchange — compared with cell towers.

San Mateo County supervisors this week unanimously opposed AT&T’s effort to eliminate landlines in much of the county, arguing that the move would be detrimental to residents in rural ... provide ...