Oak Park’s elderly population will be affected by a recent FCC decision that approves deregulation (https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-grants-relief-outdated-burdensome-phone-industry-regulations), allowing telecom companies to replace copper wire landline phone service with internet-based phone service. According to the FCC order, the existence of landline service is preventing us from transitioning to the next generation of communication technology because it requires […]
