...side is another story. Cable companies are likely to increase their effort to siphon local and long-distance telephone customers and Internet customers away from traditional telephone companies like AT&T. The cable companies also have an...

...right people," he said. At Bailey's Custom Glass and Closets Inc. in Martinez, Christian music is played for telephone customers on hold, and religious pamphlets are displayed in the showroom. "The Lord wouldn't have me put 15 people out...

...acquisition was expected to close by the first half of 2006. San Antonio-based SBC has about 50 million local-telephone customers, mostly in the Midwest and South. It also is a 60 percent owner of Cingular Wireless, which serves more than...

...enter this market. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 has brought widespread choice to tens of millions of local telephone customers across the country, allowing the introduction of many new players with a variety of service and pricing selections...

...Democracy and Technology. Most people may not care and would list their contact information anyway, just like most telephone customers now list their numbers. But Davidson said Internet users ought to have a choice - for instance, they may want...

...Deutsch Telecom is the third largest telecommunications company in the world, with more than 18.6 million mobile telephone customers in Europe. It reported profits of $1.21 billion last year on revenues of $33.14 billion. Reach Frank Witsil...

...ring around the city. Until it is complete, service is not widely available. So far, the company has very few telephone customers. Comcast Headquarters: Philadelphia Services: Cable television, Internet Comment: The company has not announced...

...to offer telephone service, the company says. Knology now has about 1,000 cable television customers, 800 telephone customers and 300 high-speed Internet customers. In contrast, Jones Intercable has about 95,000 cable television customers...

...the better service. Knology In addition to about 1,000 cable television customers, Knology also has about 800 telephone customers and 300 high-speed Internet customers. The company is on schedule and "right on target," Knology general...

...customer satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates for the fourth year in a row. This year BellSouth shared the top honor with Southern New England Telephone. The study is based on responses from 12,185 residential telephone customers.