We cannot let AT&T abandon its obligation to serve California | Opinion

Source: The Sacramento Bee |  By Mark Toney and Kat Taylor

Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) obligations are legal requirements that ensure every household and business has access to basic telephone service, regardless of location remoteness, unprofitability, or access challenges. Without COLR obligations, telecommunications companies, including AT&T, would have the authority to deploy new fiber and other technologies in affluent communities, while freely neglecting low-income, rural, and tribal communities it deems unprofitable.