41.   Armstrong said the joint venture will test local phone service in one or two cities later this year and expand the test next year.

42.   As a result of sweeping changes in the communications business, local phone companies will soon offer long-distance service.

43.   As a result, several phone companies are in discussions with the local phone companies in Medellin, Cali and Bogota.

44.   As it waits to lay its own cables in Paris and Zurich, MFS is providing services using lines from local phone companies.

45.   As long-distance companies watched their revenue shrivel, the regional Bells and other local phone companies managed to survive.

46.   As the ink on the new law was drying, MCI said it would become the first U.S. long-distance company to offer local phone service in Boston.

47.   As the local phone companies lose some customers to new rivals, the subsidy structure will have to be reset, and some rates could actually rise.

48.   As the local phone giants have made those investments, they have argued that their DSL systems should not be subject to unbundling requirements.

49.   As these and other bypass arrangements divert access charges away from local phone companies, it will become harder to subsidize rural customers.

50.   As the cable companies complete the upgrade of their systems, they will begin offering local phone service, and Sprint is entitled to a slice of that revenue.