11.   In that case, customers could find it hard to get a new line installed or to even get needed repairs.

12.   In February, Piltel and Philcom signed an agreement to explore ways of sharing facilities and cutting the cost of installing phone lines.

13.   Instead, the bosses agreed to pump at a slackened rate while rushing to install a line to bypass the leaky section.

14.   It would also cause delays in repairing telephone service and installing new lines.

15.   Liftoff was postponed after workers discovered a coolant line had been installed without thermal insulation.

16.   Lefkowitz tried a year ago to get a high-speed ISDN Internet phone line installed in his home in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles.

17.   Ms. Lucas was reluctant to have a second line installed.

18.   New York Wired will issue a payment once NYNEX verifies the phone lines are installed, Bellafiore said.

19.   One frustrated customer is Jeremy Smith, who has been trying to get a DSL line installed in his San Mateo home for three weeks.

20.   One hundred and fifty extra telegraph lines were installed, enough in those days to service a city of one million people.