COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Customers in some parts of Ohio might be unable to get basic landline phone service under a bill moving through the state legislature, a group of consumer advocates warned on ...

Fiber Phone users get all the basic landline features -- such as call waiting, caller ID, unlimited local and nationwide calling, and 911 services -- but with a few Google-esque perks.

Currently, phone companies have to provide basic landline service to Ohioans even when such connections are unprofitable. The companies want to be freed from that responsibility, which they say ...

Basic landline service also allows many consumers to choose a less expensive package of cell phone minutes, which helps the family budget. About Frontier Communications ...

Similar increases can now be expected for basic home phone service that a broad social consensus has long agreed should be readily available to all.