11.   Also included in the service is the MSN messenger, and a phone service is on the way.

12.   Although PacTel would be the parent of both subsidiaries, Pac Bell Communications would be separate and distinct from Pacific Bell, which provides local phone service.

13.   Also, Roof said, the company is in the process of selling its Wickenburg exchange to Citizens Telecom, which provides phone service to many rural Arizona communities.

14.   Also up in the air are related rules on how to sustain phone service to poor and rural customers and link schools and libraries to the Internet.

15.   Although the recently enacted Telecommunications Reform Act is silent on Internet phone service, it does direct the FCC to create policies that encourage competition and dismantle regulations.

16.   Although Ameritech signed a deal with MFS, it has failed to come to terms with Time Warner, which is eager to offer residential phone service in Ohio.

17.   Although digital loop carriers have been around for years, they were originally designed only to provide regular phone service to outlying areas.

18.   Ameritech Corp., GTE Corp. and Sprint Corp. met or beat first-quarter earnings estimates as they benefited from sales of enhanced phone services including caller ID.

19.   Although Smets says he wants to keep his options open, those options are limited to broadband or dial-up phone service.

20.   Among their options are cellular-type phone services, radar services, data delivery, and wireless Internet access.