1.   Flying under the American Connection brand, those regional carriers pay their pilots significantly less than what American Eagle pilots earn flying similar planes.

2.   Lockheed filed a counter-claim the following year, saying the carriers should pay a part of the tab.

3.   Most over-the-road carriers pay drivers by the mile, meaning the drivers get nothing for the time they spend loading and unloading.

4.   Other fees are access charges that long-distance carriers must pay local phone companies.

5.   Regional and local phone companies want Internet providers to pay the same kind of network-access fees that long-distance carriers must pay.

6.   Satellite carriers have paid much higher rates, based on fair market value.

7.   The biggest cost are the fees that long-distance carriers pay to local phone companies on both ends of the call.

8.   The carrier paid for full-page ads on Wednesday in several newspapers, including the Star-Telegram.

9.   The commission also cut access fees that long-distance carriers pay to local phone companies for completing calls.

10.   The local phone companies have argued that Internet services should have to pay the same access fees that long-distance carriers pay for using the local phone lines.