1.   Ameritech is in the thick of a battle for local phone service customers in Chicago.

2.   And some consumer groups argue that a change would mean higher rates for regular phone customers.

3.   Andrew Jarecki, the chief executive of Moviefone, said the system would ask phone customers of the two theaters where they would like to sit.

4.   At the same time, their local phone customers may be poached by other phone companies.

5.   Bell Atlantic and Nynex do not serve the same households, so there will be no immediate effect on competition for the business of local phone customers.

6.   Bell Atlantic wants to provide long-distance services to its local phone customers.

7.   A probably harmless shen is one played by the phone customer who dialed a California number during the last big earthquake.

8.   AirTouch Communications Inc. said third-quarter earnings more than doubled, paced by a record number of new wireless phone customers in its international operations.

9.   But for Internet enthusiasts, the all-you-can-eat price plans are prompting residential phone customers to add second and third phone lines.

10.   But MCI admits that most local phone customers wanted the flat rate plan.