KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES. TONIGHT, A MAN SAYS HE’S HOPEFUL FOR A PERMANENT FIX FOR A BASIC UTILITY. AND IT’S OLD SCHOOL, BUT IT’S HIS LIFELINE. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER MATT FLENER EXPLAINS. 20 YEARS AGO, ...

Michelle Plombon’s landline in St. Paul has gone silent since last November, the day before Thanksgiving. Nearly three months and counting. “There’s my phone, deader than a doornail,” she explains.

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. RIGHT NOW AT SIX, KCCI IS GETTING RESULTS FOR A DES MOINES WOMAN WHO SAYS SHE’S BEEN WITHOUT HER LANDLINE PHONE FOR MONTHS. 83 YEAR OLD DOROTHY BUDD SAYS CENTURYLINK ...

A home phone could be the only thing keeping you connected to the world when there's a massive mobile outage. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in ...

Charlene Hopey has seen firsthand why having a traditional phone landline at her house is beneficial. Hopey, who lives in the Santa Monica Mountains region, has lived through California wildfires and ...

ARE TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE PHONE ACCOUNTS. ONE DAY, THE PHONE WORKED. WE’VE HAD THAT PHONE NUMBER OVER 40 YEARS, AND THE NEXT DAY IT WAS GONE. I WENT TO USE THE TELEPHONE AND THE TELEPHONE WAS DEAD.