AT&T Switching off 700,000 POTS lines per month

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AT&T Switching off 700,000 POTS lines per month, and now BT Openreach has started. The demise of POTS lines and the corresponding PSTN has been well underway for years in the U.S.A., with only 20% of Americans left relying exclusively on POTS. As a result of maintenance costs, AT&T has just asked the FCC for […]