31.   And the blockbuster announcement also raised questions about the local phone strategies of MCI and Sprint.

32.   And several companies offer high-speed Internet service over local phone lines, including Covad Communications and Northpoint Communications.

33.   And just as the phone companies plan to offer cable service, cable operators are gearing up to provide local phone service.

34.   And still others may package local phone, long-distance, wireless and even cable television programming for a fixed sum.

35.   And so the supposed tidal wave of competition that the law was expected to unleash is barely a ripple for most local phone consumers.

36.   And the Bells are correct in arguing that Internet providers have not paid full freight for using the local phone network as the primary pipeline to their customers.

37.   And the logistical problems in serving many of its customers may help protect it from competition from new local phone companies.

38.   And the cable companies in the Western states where U S West is the local phone company now can offer competing phone service.

39.   And the erratic quality of local phone service limits them even more.

40.   Another standard feature of screen telephones is enhanced call waiting, which is usually called Deluxe Caller ID or Caller ID With Name, by local phone companies.