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Verizon wants to hang up on landlines, but some Minnesotans aren’t so sure

Verizon says the change is part of a broader shift away from aging copper lines, while some residents say the phones still work better than cell service.

Summary by Chippewa Herald
Steve Bradley’s mustard-yellow rotary telephone is about 50 years old. But it still works — and, sometimes, much better than his cellphone. Though most of Scandia, Minn., is connected to high-speed fiber-optic cables, Bradley and his neighbors living in the…

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Star Tribune broke the news in Minneapolis, United States on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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