111.   A handful of states have opened their local phone markets to competition, but most have not.

112.   A host of telecom companies are investing billions of dollars in Mexico to offer local phone service, but not all of them will survive.

113.   A multibillion-dollar industry has arisen to connect business customers with long-distance carriers without going through the local phone company.

114.   A major stumbling block has been opposition by long-distance carriers to easy entrance into their market by local phone companies.

115.   A local partner will convert it back to audio and let the local phone company complete the call.

116.   A major part of the law has been delayed by a Kansas City appeals court in response to a lawsuit filed by local phone companies, including Bell Atlantic.

117.   A service providing desktop video conferencing, VISTIUM, is available in cities where the local phone company provides a digital signal service called ISDN.

118.   A telecommunications overhaul bill pending in Congress would introduce competition into the local phone markets across the country for the first time.

119.   A strategy of luring businesses would thrust Comcast into a market traditionally controlled by local phone companies like BellSouth.

120.   A U.S. federal appeals court could decide as soon as tomorrow whether to continue a freeze on contentious new federal rules designed to open local phone markets to competition.