Is It Time for Illinois to Hang Up on Landlines?
Clip: 4/20/2017 | 5m 6s
Proposed state legislation may remove a mandate that requires landline service.
With Chicago residents increasingly forgoing landlines for cellphones and other technology, state legislators are considering freeing AT&T from a longstanding mandate that it offer copper-wire "plain old telephone service."
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Is It Time for Illinois to Hang Up on Landlines?
Clip: 4/20/2017 | 5m 6s
With Chicago residents increasingly forgoing landlines for cellphones and other technology, state legislators are considering freeing AT&T from a longstanding mandate that it offer copper-wire "plain old telephone service."
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