Fewer telephone companies are offering basic landline service because the utilities say the copper wire infrastructure is old and expensive to maintain and the demand for landlines is low as ...

Fewer telephone companies are offering basic landline phone service as the utilities say the copper-wire infrastructure is old and expensive to maintain, and the demand for landline phone service ...

Many residential landline customers also rely on copper ... cost more than the traditional basic phone service and require good cell or internet service and electricity, advocates have said.