• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / News / Iowa Utilities Board deregulates land-line phone service

Iowa Utilities Board deregulates land-line phone service

August 10, 2017 By O. Kay Henderson

More and more Iowans are getting rid of their “land lines” and the Iowa Utilities Board has issued an order that deregulates that original form of phone service.

The Iowa Utilities Board decision means it will no longer require telephone companies to offer land-line service statewide. Most state standards for the quality and customer service provided to Iowans who still have a land-line are being shelved. State regulators say there’s effective competition for phone service now from mobile wireless, internet and cable providers.

The director of the Iowa Office of Consumer Advocate says wifi and cellular service is unable available in some areas of the state and the switch may harm elderly and rural Iowans.

According to the latest data from 2015, nearly 55 percent of Iowans lived in a “cell phone only” household. The analysis indicates about four-and-a-half percent of the households in Iowa were land-line only two years ago, and it’s likely even lower today.

Iowans with land-line service may continue to file customer service complaints with the Iowa Utilities Board about dropped calls and problems connecting.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt, Technology Tagged With: Utilities

Featured Stories

Final employee who was there at the launch of the Iowa Lottery to retire

No more USPS mail in Iowa prisons; inmates to get copies of mail

State officials warn of influx of fake prescription drugs laced with fentanyl

‘Brain-eating amoeba’ discovered in Taylor County lake

Cedar Rapids therapist’s relationship with student leads to years in prison

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa State basketball builds on its identity

Vance provides leadership for ISU defense

Knee injury sidelines Iowa’s Feuerbach

Iowa State’s McDonald has unfinished business

Hawkeyes open fall camp

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2022 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC