From my old email records, it looks like I didn’t have DSL until 2007. During the 2nd Gulf War, I was able to watch video on what I think was a 14.4kbps modem. I definitely did not have 56K yet ...

The carrier reasoned that plain old telephone service is, well, old, and demand is low. Only about 5% of the households AT&T serves use copper-based landlines, a company spokesperson said.

Verizon, one of several corporate heirs to the old Bell system telephone monopoly and the one doing business here, didn‘t respond to questions from The Republican over the past few weeks.

Before telephone wires were coated in plastic, they were originally protected by a layer of lead. Lead-sheathed cables were largely phased out in the 1950s, but in Portland’s oldest ...

About 30 years ago, American Telephone and Telegraph ended its telegraph services. Now AT&T is taking aim at “plain old telephone service.” The Dallas-based telecom giant has applied to the ...

The carrier reasoned that plain old telephone service is, well, old, and demand is low. Only about 5% of the households AT&T serves use copper-based landlines, a company spokesperson said.