CPUC May Vote Next Month on AT&T Landline Exit
The California Public Utilities Commission may vote Aug. 4 on a proposed decision to authorize AT&T to discontinue residential landline service in Frontier Communications territory, CPUC Administrative Law Judge Anne Simon said Thursday. The proposal in docket R.21-05-007 would also…
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allow AT&T to relinquish eligible telecom carrier designation and discontinue its California LifeLine service provider status because it will no longer have residential customers in the state. CPUC staff "approved of all measures taken by AT&T in relation to its Exit Plan, its Customer Notices, and the migration of its customers, and no one asserts that the AT&T’s customers were not successfully migrated,” said the draft. “Additional measures are not required here to meet the public interest.” The carrier delayed migration amid consumer advocate concerns last year (see 2108260049). Also, the CPUC released a proposal to extend until June 30, 2023, the statutory deadline in its emergency disaster relief proceeding (docket R.18-03-011).