The California Public Utilities Commission has rejected AT&T’s bid to end landline service in rural parts of the state, a move that could have left thousands of West Marin residents with no way to communicate during emergencies.
The commissioners voted 5-0 to rebuff the company’s request to end its so-called carrier-of-last-resort status, which requires it to provide a landline to anyone who requests one. The commissioners decided that the end of copper-wire phone lines would…