71.  A new report says U.S. phone companies want to raise the price of basic local service.

72.  A similar shakeout is expected among local service companies.

73.  A switching office for local service was badly damaged by falling debris and burst water pipes.

74.  A relative handful of business customers were being courted by new companies, but the vast majority of consumers and companies still had no choice in local service.

75.  About one in four high speed trains were running on the inter-city routes while most local services were cancelled.

76.  Advised by Salomon Smith Barney from the outset, McLeodUSA bought and resold local service from regional Bells and long-distance service from WorldCom.

77.  British Telecom and MCI are renegotiating terms because MCI said it lost hundreds of millions trying to expand into providing local service.

78.  British Telecom and MCI are renegotiating terms because MCI lost hundreds of millions trying to expand into providing local service.

79.  But during the lockout, some advertisers shifted their commercial purchases to other programs on NBC, TNT, TBS and the local FSN services like the MSG Network.

80.  But he declined to comment on whether MCI would retrench in local service.