Word: local
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Other changes included lower international rates. However, the rate to Canada still remains high, so not all countries are affected. The local-use base rate on each line, a subject of student complaint, was also not lowered. UIS officials say that costs from a recent upgrade of phone and data lines on campus prevent them from lowering base rates at this time...
...Avoid the prepsters at a local dive. Cambridge has plenty of smoky, subterranean dens of iniquity and upscale venues where prices and door policies often leave you in the cold. Upstairs at Charlie's Kitchen (10 Eliot...
...breakup of AT&T, has formally applied to the FCC for permission to take on its old Ma and offer long-distance service to its New York customers. The rationale dates back to the 1996 Telecommunications Act, which promised the Baby Bells their shot at one-stop telecom shopping - local, Internet and long-distance service all on one bill from one company - once long-distance carriers like AT&T had had their shot at breaking the Baby Bells' hold on local markets. Bell Atlantic claims that day has arrived (pointing out, for instance, that both MCI and AT&T have...
...They?re early," he says. "AT&T does have the cable networks to offer local phone service over those lines, but it?s a few years away from actually happening. And the lines the Bells have opened up to competition still carry such fees that a long-distance company that uses them can?t offer competitive rates, leaving Bell Atlantic?s home base of New York, for all practical purposes, a one-company market." Reality, however, doesn?t have lobbyists; Bell Atlantic?s have for years been bending over backward to convince New York regulators (on whose go-ahead...
...CELL You're dying to become a cellphone hipster but are stymied by all the different handsets and calling plans. Now perplexed would-be purchasers of cell phones can weigh their choices on two websites: decide.com launched this week, organizes options by city and type of use (for example, local vs. business travel); point.com lets you enter a price limit and offers feature-by-feature comparisons. We found decide.com to be simpler and easier to navigate...