The State That Wouldn’t Hang Up: California’s Fight to Keep the Old Phone Network Alive

Truth on the Market · Jul 2, 2026

In 1877, Thomas Doolittle strung the first hard-drawn copper telephone wire in Ansonia, Connecticut, replacing the iron lines that had carried Alexander Graham Bell’s earliest calls. Nearly 150 years later, most of the country is finally retiring the last copper in its telephone networks, replacing it with fiber-optic cable and wireless connectivity.  California, naturally, has ... The State That Wouldn’t Hang Up: California’s Fight to Keep the Old Phone Network Alive The post The State That Wouldn’t Hang Up: California’s Fight to Keep the Old Phone Network Alive appeared first on…