https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/02/27/congressional-leaders-from-california-send-letter-asking-cpuc-reject-att-request/

MONTEREY – AT&T, the multinational communications company, has requested to be relieved of its Carrier of Last Resort obligations in certain areas of California ending access to landline services for many residents, but a delegation of Congressional members is urging the California Public Utilities Commission to reject that ask.

In a letter to CPUC President Alice Bushing Reynolds, the members, including Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, say that AT&T’s application to cease landline service in the communities of their constituencies “threatens public safety in an area plagued by earthquakes, severe storms, floods and fires and that has a geography that often disrupts cellular service for days, if not weeks, at a time.”