1.   If you thought choosing a long-distance phone carrier was tough, wait until you select a service provider.

2.   As many European phone carriers struggle with debt, the company is hardly operating in the best climate to raise cash from asset sales.

3.   As part of the package, lawmakers compelled phone carriers to offer Internet discounts to schools and libraries.

4.   A recent survey found that, in Arizona, long-distance phone carriers are responsible for the third-most consumer complaints.

5.   But that scenario depends on the wireless phone carriers providing enough bandwidth to transmit data at speeds users will find compelling.

6.   But SNET, like the hundreds of other non-Bell local phone carriers, has been allowed to sell long-distance service without undergoing such a rigorous federal review.

7.   But the phone carriers are moving quickly to catch up to cable.

8.   Cable companies are beginning to make inroads and have some advantages over phone carriers.

9.   For now, however, phone carriers must rely on a new state law and try to educate local law enforcement officers on the problem.

10.   Getting reception from the wireless GSM phone carrier was not a problem in a metropolitan area , but the sound quality of the actual calls varied.