{"id":51808,"date":"2024-07-01T15:13:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T22:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/state-bill-affecting-santa-clara-county-landlines-pulled-after-backlash\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:13:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T22:13:04","slug":"state-bill-affecting-santa-clara-county-landlines-pulled-after-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/state-bill-affecting-santa-clara-county-landlines-pulled-after-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"State bill affecting Santa Clara County landlines pulled after backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"
A state bill that would have let AT&T off the hook for emergency landline service \u2014 circumventing state regulators and affecting remote pockets of Santa Clara County \u2014 is on hold after public backlash. Assembly Bill 2797 has been pulled from the California Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee meeting slated for Tuesday. It comes after the bill \u2014 originally about horse racing \u2014 was gutted and amended to give telecommunications companies another way out of their \u201ccarrier of last resort\u201d duty if they submit a notice showing a lack of customers or that alternative services are available. Critics said…<\/p>\n