AT&T executives maintain that the company will continue to support traditional POTS voice lines in Illinois for those consumers who want them regardless of a new state law.
Just last week, the Illinois Legislature voted to allow AT&T to disconnect its remaining 1.2 million POTS voice customers statewide when lawmakers overrode Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto and approved the telecom modernization bill last week, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
However, AT&T still needs the FCC’s blessing before it can make any change to the state’s POTS network.
