1.   And switching to a competing service should become harder than just switching phones.

2.   As they choose between two or three competing services, a key factor will be a sense that their information is secure, Litan and other analysts believe.

3.   At the same time, to hedge their bets, the founding members began investing money and lending their content to competing online services.

4.   At issue are the fees that dominant local phone companies charge to lease their lines to rivals that want to offer competing services.

5.   Atkin conceded that his vision of a unified electronic market ran counter to the current proliferation of competing electronic services.

6.   Both papers recently began offering similar competing services.

7.   But that has not deterred a new industry from springing up to offer competing services to the long-distance carriers.

8.   But one company is close to offering a competing service, with others on the horizon.

9.   But Schlicht clings to his day job, worried that eBay might eventually offer a competing service that would reduce demand for his product.

10.   But she also pointed out that users with broader interests in medical and scientific developments might prefer the competing service provided by the Dialog Corp. PLC.