Service providers ditch landline voice, unprofitable areas

Telecom providers and cable companies are ditching areas where they no longer want to serve customers. Nebraska Technology and Telecommunications just filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to discontinue all its voice and data services in the states of Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota. The discontinuance will affect approximately 3,756 customers. NT&T said it is forced to discontinue services in these states because Lumen Technologies notified it that it will no longer provide wholesale local exchange service for local calls or wholesale interexchange service for long-distance calls.