AT&T is getting out of the home phone business.
The company yesterday said it is going to end landline service in 20 states, including Wisconsin, by 2029. AT&T said the copper wire service is both expensive and outdated. The company says fewer and fewer people have landlines in their homes, though a 2022 survey said as many as 360 thousand people in Wisconsin still use their landlines. AT&T says it will offer landline users a system that allows them to plug their home phone into a cellphone connection, and continue to use the phone they’re familiar with.
