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 ...

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 ...

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As the telecommunications industry prepares to switch phone service away from traditional copper landlines, the staff of the Maryland Public Service Commission is telling lawmakers that it is ...

FRANKFORT — A 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 parts of ...