What AT&T and Verizon Knew About Toxic Lead Cables for Decades

Re:What AT&T and Verizon Knew About Toxic Lead Cables for De... by Aloha on Monday July 17, 2023 @03:40PM (#36762991)

There are also just so few customers left too.

For me as a phone nerd who would prefer to have a landline, but no longer have a good justification for it, and frankly I'm unsure if I even have a good drop anymore to my house (its not had service since 2010 - before I owned it).

I keep thinking I should reach out to AT&T and try to order services, but I just never quite get around to it.

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Re:What AT&T and Verizon Knew About Toxic Lead Cables for De... by toast0 on Monday July 17, 2023 @04:30PM (#36763625)

Be prepared for sticker shock too. I recently set up my MIL with a CenturyLink landline here in WA, and it's $60/month. I could save a couple bucks a month if I declined long distance, but not many afaik. My California landline was less than $15/month with taxes when I turned it off, that was with no long distance and metered local calling (which was fine for me, I mostly wanted it for incoming calls and calls to toll free customer service).

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Re:What AT&T and Verizon Knew About Toxic Lead Cables for De... by Aloha on Monday July 17, 2023 @04:51PM (#36763895)

Oh yeah, I looked up the rate catalog, 50+ a month with unbundbleable LD

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