AT&T asks a court and the FCC to block California phone requirements.
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AT&T asks a court and the FCC to block California phone requirements.
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AT&T sued California yesterday over the state’s refusal to let the carrier stop providing phone service to all potential customers in its wireline network territory. AT&T is also asking the Federal Communications Commission to declare that California cannot enforce its rules and to let AT&T stop providing service to about 199,000 phone customers.
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