61.   But in recent years business customers have become more common.

62.   But in Manhattan, the company is limiting itself to the relatively narrow business of providing so-called alternative access services between business customers and long-distance carriers.

63.   But more mature patrons as well as business customers often prefer establishments where they can converse easily.

64.   But most of those companies set their sights on business customers.

65.   But so far, it has offered the service only to business customers in Seattle, and the company has declined to say how many have actually signed up.

66.   By building its own network, Qwest said it is less dependent on other companies, such as Southwestern Bell, in serving business customers.

67.   But, he acknowledged, business customers would get the advantages earlier because they have more options to drive down costs.

68.   Chicago-based Ameritech Corp., for example, lets business customers purchase an extra line of text in the white pages.

69.   Compuserve briefly tried to compete in that market last year with a service called Wow, but shut it down after only seven months to focus on business customers.

70.   CompuServe finally abandoned the U.S. consumer market to competitors in November, deciding to focus on business customers and the International market.