11.   And like Verizon, SBC has gotten almost nowhere providing comprehensive long-distance services to business customers.

12.   And MCI Communications Corp. and Cablevision Systems Corp. have begun setting up their own facilities to offer local phone service, primarily to business customers.

13.   And phone systems, as well as Internet services, are something the Staples business customer is clamoring for, he said.

14.   And MCI is offering both long-distance and local phone service for business customers.

15.   And other upstart companies increasingly are challenging big carriers like Bell Atlantic by offering voice and data services directly to business customers.

16.   And though the companies are hardly household names, together they promise to be a new giant in the lucrative market of providing communications services to business customers.

17.   Another major reason is that large business customers have been demanding choice to get lower prices.

18.   As a result, Pratt doubts that many business customers will trust their important voice communications to the Internet anytime soon.

19.   As the chief executive of GlobalLink Technologies, a small Internet service provider in Fort Worth, he will focus more heavily on business customers.

20.   At first, these added listings will be available to business customers only..