LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan residents have steadily traded their land line phone service for cellphones over the past decade, and now state lawmakers are looking at making it easier for phone companies to quit offering the traditional service.
A Senate bill that would streamline regulations for phone companies ending the service after 2016 passed the House 71-39 Tuesday. It now goes back to the Senate with changes. Republicans control both chambers.
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