AT&T’s attempt to abandon traditional landline customers in rural California failed last year, when state regulators unanimously rebuffed the company’s effort to withdraw.
Now it’s trying again.
The telecommunications company is pursuing two avenues that could end its status as a so-called carrier of last resort, which requires it to provide a traditional copper-wire landline to anyone who requests one. One route would require pushing a bill through the legislature. The other would entail…