91.   Verizon has had fierce battles with Pennsylvania state regulators, who once seriously considered ordering the company sliced into separate wholesale and retail businesses to promote competition.

92.   What the superhighway bill now before Congress is really designed to do is promote competition through deregulation.

93.   When the government sold the utilities to investors, it kept them separate to promote competition.

94.   When the government sold the utility industries to investors, it kept them separate to promote competition.

95.   When the state recently adopted rules to promote more competition, Southwestern Bell challenged them in court.

96.   With IBM and Lotus, the government will probably conclude that this will be promote competition.

97.   Yet it is tough to shake the feeling that the legal action has less to do with promoting competition than with preserving the status quo for independent bookstores.

98.   Over time, the US Telecommunications Act is expected to promote competition in all telecommunications industry sectors.

99.   Osiptel President Jorge Kunigami said Thursday that increased powers will allow the agency to enforce regulations, levy fines and promote competition in the telecommunications sector.

100.   Others question whether the plan is feasible, worthwhile or does anything to promote competition.