California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton on Monday urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to rescind approval of AT&T’s plan to update service for thousands of customers in the state. 

In late June, the FCC advanced AT&T’s plan to end landline service via copper wiring to around 184,000 residential customers, a move that overrode opposition from state regulators and Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta. While the company has argued that the development is needed to modernize infrastructure, that no customer will lose voice or 911 service, and that residents in impacted areas will receive robust wireless coverage, Hilton warned that “millions of people, especially seniors and rural residents, are now at SERIOUS risk.”