Here is some recent coverage about AT&T’s attempts to discontinue landline service in California:

150 YEARS AFTER BELL PATENTED THE TELEPHONE, AT&T TO DISCONTINUE LANDLINE ACCESS IN CALIFORNIA

Even in the heart of L.A., they still rely on old-fashioned landlines and don’t want to lose them

Steve Hilton asks Trump’s FCC to stand down in California landline dispute

Landline service could end for good across the Bay Area and California

AT&T wins early approval to end landline service for 184,000 California households

California fires back at AT&T’s bid to get feds to let it stop providing landline service

California says AT&T lied to FCC in attempt to shut off old phone network

Customers worry their landlines are languishing as AT&T escalates bid to drop mandatory service in California

AT&T, blocked by California regulators from scrapping landlines, launches double-barreled appeal at federal level

AT&T’s renewed push to shut down California landline service faces growing backlash

A California Democrat Is Trying to Gut the State’s Broadband Watchdog

AT&T sues California in attempt to shut off old phone network

They rely on landlines for emergencies. AT&T’s political moves in California could take those away

Here are some previous links to media coverage of the threat to landline phones:

ABC7 News Coverage of SF Protest

Maine moves toward making telephone landlines extinct

California Considers Cutting Cord on Landline Service (Radio Segment)

Legislation Could Cut Cord on Minnesota Landline Phone Services (Radio Segment)

AT&T Releases Copper Fog Over California