AT&T Begins Shutdown of Copper Landlines

It is a dead technology, but still. AT&T landline shutdown begins in Middle Tennessee

Starting this Sunday, AT&T will begin shutting down landline services across several Middle Tennessee communities after receiving permission from the Federal Communications Commission.

Hat tip to Miguel Gonzalez and End of an Era... what unintended consequences will we have?

Copper was the standard for SHTF situations and now that will be a thing of the past.

I have to think about this going forward. When I first moved to the edge of nowhere, my choices for internet were extremely limited. I even had extremely slow, phone company service for a while. I now have cable internet. Fiber recently became available, but the cable is competitive on price, and it is more than I need right now.

That is because I am slowly being surrounded by somewhere. Maybe I should have moved to the middle of nowhere.

Landlines were never the panacea that Miguel sees them as. They were centrally controlled, at least as much as cellphones. Radio has always been the best backbone for an after-the-end-of-the-world communications plan.

Still, I expect there will be fallout.