Oct 9, 2026 · 10 min · 10 segments
On this *West Virginia Morning*, Barbara Kingsolver is one of Appalachia’s foremost writers. She’s written a string of bestsellers, like *The Poisonwood Bible* and *Demon Copperhead*, which won her…
Teresa WillsHost
Chris SchultzEric Douglas
Maria Young
State officials are speaking out against a proposal to end landline phone service in West Virginia.
Verizon is asking the Federal Communications Commission for authority to discontinue plain old telephone service, or POTS, in nine states, including West Virginia and Washington, DC.
The company claims the service's copper infrastructure is too slow to meet modern needs, is many decades old, costly to maintain, and vulnerable to damage and theft with an ever-shrinking customer base.
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia is filing comments with the FCC to ensure that customers using traditional copper landline telephone services will not be adversely affected if the proposal goes through.
According to a study by the Chamber of Commerce, more than half a million adults in West Virginia have landlines in their homes.
Nationally, seniors are the most likely age group to still have a landline phone, with half of Americans 65 and over having one in their home.
For West Virginia Public Broadcasting, I'm Chris Schultz in Morgantown.
State officials are speaking out against a proposal to end landline phone service in West Virginia.
Verizon is asking the Federal Communications Commission for authority to discontinue plain old telephone service, or POTS, in nine states, including West Virginia and Washington, DC.
The company claims the service's copper infrastructure is too slow to meet modern needs, is many decades old, costly to maintain, and vulnerable to damage and theft with an ever-shrinking customer base.
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia is filing comments with the FCC to ensure that customers using traditional copper landline telephone services will not be adversely affected if the proposal goes through.
According to a study by the Chamber of Commerce, more than half a million adults in West Virginia have landlines in their homes.
Nationally, seniors are the most likely age group to still have a landline phone, with half of Americans 65 and over having one in their home.
For West Virginia Public Broadcasting, I'm Chris Schultz in Morgantown.
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