81.   Executives at MCI noted that the company had offered access to the Internet for more than a year, mostly to business customers.

82.   For consumers and business customers, the coming changes could mean lower prices and a broader variety of services, as companies compete to attract subscribers.

83.   For the foreseeable future, business customers will constitute the only real market for DSL, he said.

84.   For the next four months Avantel will offer services to pilot business customers only through its own network.

85.   For investors, the deal is expected to improve earnings growth because it gives AOL access to lucrative business customers, who prefer Netscape.

86.   For many large business customers, the effect of the past two weeks has been even more dramatic.

87.   HARDWARE DELL POSTPONES CUSTOMER MEETINGS In the wake of the terror attacks, Dell Computer postponed two conferences with business customers in New York and San Francisco.

88.   Having already established itself as one of the top Internet service providers for consumers, MindSpring Enterprises is turning its attention to small business customers.

89.   Heller, who came to the Phoenix area four years ago, says business customers now account for nearly half of her practice.

90.   Her firms plans to enter the Bay State later this year, but only to reach business customers.