AT&T cell outage has some dreading possible end of landlines in Illinois
CHICAGO -- Could Illinois soon hang up on the landline? State legislation was passed to pave the way for providers like AT&T to end servicing traditional copper landlines. But with a major cellphone outage last week impacting thousands of AT&T users, some are ringing the alarm on the future use of the landline. Nearly three quarters of adults now live in households without a landline.
'The outage last week of cellular service is a perfect example of why some people really like the reliability of landline phones,' said Jim Chilsen, director of communications for the Citizens Utility Board. For many, the outage was a minor inconvenience. But AT&T also operates First Net – a communication network used by some first responders. It went down too. 'We can't transmit,' said Southfield, Michigan Deputy Police Chief Jeff Jagielski.
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