URGENT DEADLINE TO PROTECT SURVIVAL OF LANDLINE PHONE, WIRED DSL INTERNET & LIFELINE PROGRAM
ACTION ITEM!
We use ethernet cable in our home and don’t have internet. We use Comcast but are concerned about this AT&T action, and want to protect Landlines, wired internet, for AT&T and Comcast in this area.
URGENT DEADLINE TO PROTECT SURVIVAL OF LANDLINE PHONE, WIRED DSL INTERNET & LIFELINE PROGRAM
ATT has sent petition “ to retire and discontinue Copper Landline phone service or POTS= Plain Old Telephone Service.” The termination of the copper landline would also discontinue the Wired DSL internet service, since DSL wired internet relies on a landline phone connection.
ATT’s plan is to transition all landline phone services into wireless based phones, cell phones, computer phones, VOIP phones, wifi wireless modem phones, mobile phones as the only available phone internet service provided to the public.
ATT has also applied to discontinue its participation in the Lifeline credit program that makes phone, internet services affordable and available to thousands of people.
The CPUC commission will decide on June 30, 2023 on wether to reject or approve ATT’s petition to retire the copper landline and Lifeline program.
Investment and survival of copper landline phone equipment & services and in a wired infrastructure is a large part of the solution to prevent the increased installation of cell towers with a wireless infrastructure.
CONTACT THE CPUC BEFORE FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2023 TO ASK THE CPUC TO DENY & REJECT ATT’S APPLICATION TO RETIRE, STOP COPPER LANDLINE PHONE, DSL WIRED INTERNET SERVICES & THE LIFELINE SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
FOR ANY OF THE BELOW REASONS, YOU REQUIRE COPPER LANDLINE, WIRED DSL INTERNET OR THE LIFELINE PROGRAM ASK THE CPUC TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND INVEST IN THOSE SERVICES AND FOR THE CPUC TO DENY ATT’S APPLICATION TO RETIRE THOSE SERVICES OR THE LIFELINE PROGRAM.
REFER TO A2303003:
1. Comments can be sent to the Public Advisor's office at public.advisor@cpuc.ca.gov ,
2. Or leave comments in the CPUC site and in the attached PDF format at this link here:
:https://apps.cpuc.ca.gov/c/A2105007
put re A2303003 in THE subject line.
3. And/ Or CONTACT CPUC at the addresses, phone numbers listed below
publicadvisor@cpuc.ca.gov
1-866-849-8390
415 703-1584
415 703-2074
4. CPUC ADA OFFICE-
415 703-2782
1 800 649-7570
publicadvocatesoffice@cpuc.ca.gov
1. If you are a person who for any reason requires copper landline phone, wired DSL internet as the only usable, safe, reliable, phone, internet service.
2. Or if you require the permanent protection of accessible, affordable copper landline, wired DSL internet as an ADA or medical/ health accommodation.
3. Or If you can NOT use wireless, wifi, smart technology, Modem based phones, cell phones, computer, mobile or VOIP phones, wifi modems or wireless internet.
4. Or if the copper landline phone, wired DSL internet equipment, services are required for your situation, area, family, job, county, community, etc
5. Or you or your family, community, area will be adversely affected survive without permanently available, affordable copper landline phone services, wired, DSL internet
6. Or you require the survival of the Lifeline subsidy program in order to have phone, internet use.
7. You, your community, your area require investment in preserving copper landline phone with a wired infrastructure. You or your region will be negatively affected by the plan to implement a wireless infrastructure for phone, internet.
:There are a few dozen CPUC commissioners on the CPUC website. Not clear which ones to contact who will make the decision on the current ATT petition to retire the copper landline and the Lifeline subsidy program. If anyone has that information please post it here.
Thank you.
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SAVE LANDLINES - in an’ emergency’ ‘they' can take out your cellphones
the only reliable communication besides a drum is YOUR LANDLINE
during one of the last ‘pge emergency ‘ ‘power outages’ we had people- 100’s of people who went downtown to be near FFX town hall where they got an emergency generator to go so people could have ‘wifi’ -- what if they couldn’t get downtown?
how about the next lockdown - this is such a simple step
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