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HEADLINES

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McLeod Reorganizes
Broadwing Wins BOFA Contract
Global Crossing Delays Filing
Talk America Completes Offer
CLEC Rebound
WorldTeq Offers Unlimited
Telecom Top Ten
Cognigen Hits 200,000 Agents
The Concert Is Over
AT&T, Sprint Sue Verizon
LecStar CEO Steps Down
Update on Williams
Free Movie from AT&T

138
SBC Overcharges Consumers
CA Gets Resale Rate Relief
McLeod Shareholder Lawsuit
Net2Phone Losses "Slowing"
Viatel Bankrupt
Wanna Buy a CLEC?
Conestoga Reports Earnings
Lightyear Uses Callvision
IP Services for Carriers
ATN Adds New Programs
Covad is Back
AT&T Freezes Local Rates
McLeod Sells Caprock
Talk America Does About Face
Worldcom Does Study
MWI Offers iCallSmart
MCI Pays $8.5 Million Settlement
Pac Bell Gets "Incentives"
New Study on VODSL
New US Telebrokers Program
Free Long Distance?
Access Power Adds Conferencing
Net2Phone Enhances Service
LINQ Gives Away a Car
No More Slamming Fines
MCI, AT&T Broke Rules
FTC Targets Telemarketers
U S Telebrokers Offers Internap
Dial-Thru Reports Loss
CenturyTel Dumps Wireless Biz
Net2Phone Sues Cisco
MCI to Use Z-Tel
CCC GlobalCom Invades Indonesia
Northpoint Goes Extraterrestrial
MicroCorp Improves Agent Program
VarTec-Excel Update
Telequip Lands Inmate Contract
CWI Upgrades Software
Genesys Consolidating
IDS Offers T-1 Service
D&E Reports Earnings
New Voice-Enabled Email

137
CWI Completes Exodus Purchase
New Telecom Trading Options
New Telecom Consulting Firm
Network Plus Bankrupt
DSL.Net Gets Customers
McLeod Bankruptcy News
AT&T Goes Insane!
Qwest Stands Accused
IDT Buys Trading Company
IXTC Goes to India
Broadwing Sells Bell Directory
New Fraud Software Unleashed
New ILEC Report Available
New Call Accounting Software
MetLife Sues AT&T Wireless
FCC Releases Phone Stats
WorldCom Announces Results
MCI Revenues Down
Prepaid Industry Profiled
Call Solutions Buys Protocall
Carrier1 Suspends U.S. Service
Primus Reduces Debt
DSL.Net Offers T-1 Service
NobelCom.Com Nightmare
Own a Piece of Voicenet!
Telepacific Needs Agents
More Qwest Complaints Filed
Talk America Turns a Profit
Occam Makes Broadband Cheaper
Layoffs at Covista
GTC Quarterlies Are In
VoIP Survey Completed
Dial-Thru: Things Improving
Carrier Adds New Switch
Rack Rates Holding Stable
eLEC Delisted
McLeodUSA 4th Quarter Results Are In
NobelCom.Com Responds
Miss Cleo Behind Bars?
AT&T Expands Local Service
Primus Shows Profit
ITXC Reports Record Revenue
XO Still in Trouble
Talk.com May Be Delisted
Globalstar Bankrupt
Free AT&T Calls in R.I.
HickoryTech Numbers Are In
BellSouth Adds Features
Broadwing Adds Guarantees
New Report on Switches
FTC Targets Cell Phone Scam
Franklin Resumes Trading
Globalstar Investors Hosed
Yahoo! Launches Phone Card
ITC Deltacom Q4 Results
AT&T Sued for Fraud
Big Changes at Net2Phone
ACS Shows Profit
KMC Shutting Down Operations
GC Bankruptcy Challenged
Big Shake Up at VOIP Telecom
Covista Gets Cash Infusion
ILD Lowers Rates
Talk Looking to Buy Notes
IDS Launches Agent Program
New Conferencing Service
Verizon Lowers Wireless Rates
Spiderman Calling Cards
SBC Fined $84,000
Verizon Gets Green Light
Telstar Signs Sprint Deal
Commworks Offers New Service
SNET Choses Info Directions
Kill the Bill!!!
FCC Releases Phone Statistics
Increased Wholesale Traffic
Telus Signs Billing Deal
GTC Opens New Offices
Vartec-Lightyear Deal Off
FCC Accuses Verizon
Z-Tel Releases Figures

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AT&T, MCI, Sprint Boost Rates
Compass Disconects Customers
More Info On Compass Disconnects
We're Moving!
FCC Fines Junk Faxer $1.1 Million
Pat Is Back!
Primus in the Black
Simplified Releases Software
We're Back
FCC Fines SBC $6 Million
McLeod Sells Directory Service
New Cordless Phones Unveiled
Sprint Suffers Outage
AT&T Ditches 900 Numbers
Telco Outage in Illinois
Greece Changes Phone Numbers
Sprint Offers Enhanced PCS
Investors Sue XO
SBC Profits Down
Z-Tel Lauds NY PSC Decision
Global Crossing Bankrupt
Opex Changing Rates
Sprint Targets Hispanics
Qwest Earnings Down
FCC Releases Revenue Stats
A New Toll-Free Monopoly?
AT&T Paints a Grim Picture
Level 3 Takes a Bath
Dial-Thru Loses $2.6 Million
Radical New Telemarketing Law?
FTC Targets Crammers
Priceline Adds New Service
McLeod to Reorganize
Broadwing Results In
More Global Crossing News

135
Excite Pulls Plug on AT&T
CWI May Buy Exodus
Verizon Fined $841,294 by FCC
AT&T Shares Down on Rumor
BellSouth Looks for Merger
Tauzin-Dingel Vote Pending
Broadwing Slashes 900 Jobs
Coserv Goes Bankrupt
North Carolina Rates Increasing
Cox to Make Bid for AT&T
Verizon 1 - Consumers 0
Excite@Home/AT&T Broadband FAQ
Inmarsat Offers Free E-Mail
Kentucky Carriers
Louisiana CLECs
CLEC Enters Kansas
Telco Nabs Yahoo! Poster
Tellabs Buying Ocular
@Home Users Get Reprieve
SBC Raises Rates for DSL
Cox Teams with Microsoft?
SBC to Sack 130 Prodigy Employees
Allegiance Completes Network
AT&T Owes City $35,000
Sprint Lands New Contracts
Motorola Halts Pager Production
AT&T Broadband Irks Customers
Globalcom Buys Incomnet
Excite Pulls Plug on AT&T
Wise Net Sold to Rival
Dallas Cowboys Junk Faxes
Excite@Home to Shut Down
Virus Disrupts Cox Broadband
AT&T Gives Away Minutes
WorldCom Buys Rhythms
Ameritech Using Fuzzy Math?
Qwest Wants Rate Hike
Verizon Must Negotiate
T-1 vs. DSL
Dial-Up Making a Comeback
Ameritech Lays Off 90 Workers
BellSouth Adds Some Jobs
EPIK Provides Capacity
Talk America Offers New Deal
SW Bell Disconnects S. Claus
Telecom Flop House
Illinois Low on Phone Numbers
Long Distance Carriers Rated
Big Bucks in DSL?
Ameritech is #1!
Ameritech Boosts Rates
BroadStreet Bites the Dust
Bizarre SW Bell Name Case
Panel Dumps Ameritech
McLeod Sells Dial-Up Business
CWI Purchases PSINet Japan
PRIMUS Ranks High
Arch Goes Bankrupt
Verizon Slashes Jobs
Dangerous Bill Vote Pending
New VoIP "Area Code" Introduced
Pole Fees Reach Supreme Court
More on Broadstreet Closure
Ohio PUCO Passes New Rules
Still a Disaster in NYC
Ameritech Appeals Decision
Competition in Utah
AT&T Offers a Bundle
Foolproof Internet Access
CLEC Faces $100,000+ Fine
Telergy to Shut Doors
Pac Bell Faces Fines
Ameritech Under More Scrutiny
Santa Ana Payphone Nazis
Qwest May Be Improving
Qwest Fined $38 Million!
HR 1542 is Dead!
Covad Goes Un-Bankrupt
Pac Bell Accused of Cramming
KPMG Disputes Ameritech Claims
PSC Punishes Ameritech
New Area Codes to Appear
Qwest Axes 7,000 More Jobs
AT&T Keeping Broadband Unit
Art Brothers is Mad
Touch America in Big Trouble
BellSouth to Axe 1,200
Avista Dumps Customers
Telecom Confidential - Changes At The Digest
Telecom Confidential - Today's Telecom News
Telecom Confidential - Today's Telecom News
Telecom Confidential - Today's Telecom News

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AT&T Breakin' the Law
Qwest Stock in Toilet
Verizon Exiting Kentucky
Ameritech Faces Prosecution
Telergy Files for Bankruptcy
Verizon Faces New Lawsuit
Qwest Halts All Construction
Williams Losses Widen
Just Say "No" to Cellular
AT&T Reports Disappointing Quarter
Alltel Reports Profit
Consumers Wary of BellSouth Promises
Terrorism Hurts Verizon
Citizens Closes Call Center
ITC Revenues Improving
Telequip Sells to AT&T
More Miss Cleo Phone Hell
CLEC Disconnects Customers
FTC Goes After Crammers
Sprint Local Goes Digital
Regulators Scrutinize Verizon
ZeroPlus Investors S.O.L.
Report: Competition is Good
New Florida Area Code
Houston, We Have a Problem...
Williams Celebrates Losses
A Neat Telephone Story
D&E Gets New CEO
Story of AFN
Military Emergency Warning System
A Tale of Two Crossings
Qwest Dumps Fee Proposal
SBC/Pac Bell Snub Regulators
ITC Goes with edocs
Verizon Eyes Rhode Island
Dots Replacing Dashes
Farmstead Buying the Farm
Justice Dept. Slams BellSouth
Bankrupt CLEC Gobbled Up
Telephone Customer "Hijacked"
Encouraging News?!!?
Ricochet Parent's Assets Sold
Public Blasts Verizon
Missouri Analyzes Loopholes
Here We Go Again...
Misplaced Loyalty?
Net2Phone Announces Layoffs
Pac-West Reports $26.8 Million Loss
Collect Calls from Hell
Telecom Equipment Auctions
Adelphia Cuts Bait
Tauzin Unleashes New Bill
CLEC Sacks 94 Employees
FCC to Set National Standards
Collect Call$ from Pri$on
PTek Reports Q3 Results
Last Mile Via Natural Gas Lines
Guide to Prepaid Phone Cards
Sprint to Raise Local Rates
Qwest Customer Service = Hell
Flag Telecom in the Black
Telecom Companies to Merge
PayStar Unveils MAXCash
Prepaid Phonecard Fees to Skyrocket
WorldCom is #1
More Profits... Less Service
General Datacomm CEO Dies
Rural ILECs Making Money
PaeTec Offers Private Branding
New Fiber Ring Being Deployed
Qwest Claims Service Improved
Telecom Confidential - PaeTec Hijacked by Spammers
Dialpad Shutting Down?
SW Bell Ordered to Pay $3.5 Million
Talk America Loses in Arbitration
Colorado Lowers Resale Rates
Globalstar to Go Bankrupt
SBC Begins Layoffs
Breaking Up the Bells
Teleconferencing on the Rise
Global Crossing Losing Money
California Town Shuns Payphones
WorldCom Deploys Fixed Wireless
Sprint May Expand Calling Areas
Nortel Delivers Long, Fat Pipe
Monopoly Redux?
Buffalo Targets "Illegal" Payphones
Cox Offers Local Loop Service
Payphone Ponzi Scheme Collapses
Wireless Agent Faces Charges
Yahoo! to Offer SBC DSL
BT Sells Clear to Telstra
Teligent Sacks 300 Employees
McLeod Revenues Increase
EPIK Sacks 100 Employees
Elcotel Reports $556,000 Loss
Circling Like Vultures
Too Many Players...
Ameritech Ordered to Pay "Millions"
Verizon Gets Green Light
CWI to Buy Exodus
Viasource in Bankruptcy
AT&T Faces New Lawsuit
BellSouth Details Job Cuts
Birch Announces Q3 Results
Net2000 is Dead
Cavalier Buys Net2000
Williams Lawsuit Dismissed
SBC Gets the Nod in Two States
SBC Wastes No Time
MCI Selling Residential Dialtone
AT&T Broadband Lawsuit
Lucent Sells Cabling Unit
Grande Expands in Texas
Telecom Confidential - Capsule Screw-Job
Touch America in Big Trouble
Telecom Lobbyist Scumbags
24% Alaska Rate Hike Approved
Blame It on Grubman
I-Link Announces Results
Telefiesta Cards Go Dead
Celebs to Rescue Telergy
Avista May Be Sold
Qwest is Improving
Silly 90# Urban Legend
Florida PSC News
New Undersea Cable Lit Up
SBC Buys Political Clout
XO Not KO'd Yet
BTI CFO Steps Down
Competition Thrives in Memphis
"Qwest Irresponsible and Unpatriotic"
NJ Lowers Local Rates
D&E to Acquire Conestoga
Verizon Offers Employee Buyouts
LD Getting Cheaper
Prepaid Wireless Not Popular
Cellular Plans are "Lopsided"
Qwest Offers Back Door DSL
AT&T Bait-and-Switch Plan?
BellSouth Pays Franchise Fees
D&E Deal Could Fall Through
Lawsuit Over Yellow Pages Goof
NC Residents May Get a Break
Florida Regulators Mull Decision
AT&T Customers Feel Abandoned
AT&T Works to Rebuild Network
Paystar Buys Competitor
Telecom Confidential - Capsule Unscrewed?
AT&T Gets High Marks
Clarent May Be Delisted
AOL Signs New Deals
SBC Doesn't Mail Anthrax
Telecom Agent Sues GTC Telecom
GTC Responds to Lawsuit
AT&T Being Sued by Workers
TAA Launches Free Websites
TAA Launches Free Websites
Broadwing "Reorganizing"
Phone Prankster Gets Caught
Minutes Trading Expanded
Mexican Phone Calls Blocked

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Customer Sues AT&T for Fraud
Ameritech to Lower Rates
Another Investor Sues Qwest
Resellers Lower Expectations
Local Competition Dwindling
AT&T Buys Excite Broadband Assets
"Dead Spot Bill" is Dead
Layoffs at BellSouth?
Qwest Stock Tumbles
VoIP Dialtone in Maine
Qwest Rethinks Accounting Methods
WorldCom Lays Off 1,000
Nortel to Cut 19,000 Jobs
Midwest Toll-Free Service Interrupted
More Info on Toll-Free Nightmare
Cognigen Restructures Stock
Qwest Adding New Charge
McLeod Lays Off Workers
Dial-Thru Acquires Rapid Link
Carriers Stall on E911
Terrorism? No... Just Incompetence
AT&T Raises Local Rates
I-Link Delisted from NASDAQ
Qwest's Bogus Wireless Offer
BellSouth Gets Green Light
AT&T to Slash Costs
Sprint Unveils Fancy New Phone
A CLEC that is Expanding
Verizon Screws Up Phonebook
Deaf Customers Ignored
Attacks Hurt Verizon
Cirus Looking for Agents
Norstar Goes with Costguard
Ameritech to Pay Another Settlement
Cirus Contracts Cancelled
SBC DSL Anti-Competitive
Mexican Billionaire Snubs SBC
Nextel Stock Surges
Another Call for Competition
ClearPath Enters Texas
Broadwing Goes International
New Anti-Fraud Telecom Bill
CWI Lays Off Hundreds
Ohio May Get More Competition
BellSouth to Pay US LEC $31 Million
AT&T Wireless Buys TelCorp
Williams Stock... Going Up
Level3 Stock... Going Down
TELECOM CONFIDENTIAL - Clearpath Vs. Clearpath
Telecom in Supreme Court
ClearPath Looking for Agents
New Report Trashes CLEC Industry
Judge Hears SWBell/Charter Dispute
Intelsat Announces Layoffs
Z-Tel Offers Business Service
Level3 Plans Debt Buyback
Companies May Profit from Disaster
SBC Ads May Be Misleading
Carriers Slinging Mud in Texas
Long Distance on Electric Bills?
Qwest Has Some Splaining to Do
Carriers Fight BellSouth Entry
BellSouth Wants Into Kentucky
Cable Co. to Offer Dialtone
Feds to Get Special Cellphones
ITXC Sells E-commerce Unit
NextWave Sues AT&T
Everyone Hates Ameritech
Slimeball Junk Faxers
WSN Buys Connect 2 Save
Bad Service Finally Pays
Qwest to Make Major Upgrades
Covista Moving Headquarters
Pensat Files for Bankruptcy
Cognigen Becomes Profitable
Telecom Fire Sale
New Surcharges Hit Consumers
Pay Phone Rates Rise in Texas?
SBC Still Wants Prodigy
BellSouth Boosts Pay Phone Rates
AT&T, BT Silence Concert
Phonecard Sales Dropping
AT&T Lays Off Workers
U.S. Cellular Ditches Customers
Webley Granted Patents
CLEC Elec Reports Loss
DirecTV DSL and Verizon Sign Deal
Info Directions on Inc List
SBC Faces $2.52 Million Fine
Cognigen Stock Splits Today
Judge Yanks BellSouth DSL Ads
AT&T Disconnects Internet Customers
Joe Nacchio Highly Underpaid
More Layoffs at BellSouth
GTC Signs Deal with Best Buy
Carriers Go to Arbitration
Yet Another Telecom Bill
Broadwing Posts Q3 Results
New Software for Carriers
AT&T Screws Missouri Consumers
Sprint Dumps ION, Employees
Great Article on Tariffs
Regulators Block New Qwest Fee
Group Criticizes Ameritech
BellSouth Sacks 3,000 Employees
Verizon Offers DSL Deal
AT&T Internet Goes Prepaid
Pay-Per-Call in Malaysia
Line Detective Snoops on Snoopers
Bandwidth.com Goes VPN
Get Updated on Calling Codes
SBC Buys Rest of Prodigy
Edge2Net Ceases Operations
WorldCom May Issue Refunds
Georgia PSC Investigates WorldCom
Canadian Payphone Rates May Rise
Local Phone Rate Hike in Alaska
SBC to Lay Off Thousands
Lucent Loses $8.8 Billion
AT&T LD Revenues Decline
Verizon Sells Long Distance in PA
CenturyTel Pays Verizon $2.2 Billion
Credit Bureau Sues Avaya
Junk Fax Payback!
Hoosiers Worry About SBC Cuts
Alltel Reaches Settlement
Disposable Cellphones for X-Mas?
Sprint Sued Over Local Service
Net2000 Shrinks Operations
Indiana Regulators Warn SBC
BCE Reports Results
GLDI Reports More Losses
AT&T Dumps Fixed Wireless Service
BTI Buys Back Bonds
Time Warner Telecom Downsizes
AT&T Gives Free Minutes
ePhone Signs New Deal
New Edge Hits Numbers
Net2Phone Ownership Shuffled
Echostar Buys DirecTV
Qwest Backs Down in Colorado
Level3 Announces Layoffs
Phoenix Phone Lines Jammed
Broadband Not Popular?
ACS Posts 3Q Loss of $1.4 Million
Telecom Industry Still in Slump
More Trouble for Qwest
Inmarsat Going "Broadband"
Hospitals Lift Cellphone Bans
Echostar Sues WebTV
Yet More Bad News for Ameritech
More Mexican Digits Coming Soon
Buy a DSL Provider... Cheap!
UBC to Acquire Norstar
Ameritech Cable Website Resurrected
Interview with a... Lobbyist
New VoDSL Website Launched

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Joe Nacchio Behind Bars?
BellSouth Fined $7 Million
USWest Goofs Up
Oregon Pole Fees Revisited
AT&T Screws Consumers - Again
Carriers Battle Bill
Qwest Fixes Code Red Problem
Phone Outage in Topeka, KS
SW Bell Rate Increase Rejected
Regulators Reject Review Proposal
GTC Reports Revenue Gain
ITXC Expects Profits Soon
Stockholder Sues AT&T
The History of Deregulation
US Telebrokers Birthday Bash
AT&T Screws Texas Consumers
Touch America to Be Shut Off?
Verizon Raises Payphone Rates
Qwest Courts Help
WorldCom to Keep Intermedia
Bells Gearing Up for LD
IRS Hotline Goes Porno
Touch America Moves NOC
Net2000 Insiders Buy Stock
Qwest Slashes Workforce
All American Fined $920,000
PlanetOne Hires Rick Ribas
New York Gets Reprieve
Net2000 Signs New Deal
Money Saving Tip
Tradegy in D.C., New York
Disruption of Telecom Service
Long Distance Disrupted
Spammer Parasites Feed on Tragedy
Sprint Details Damage
Angus Website Relaunched
Verizon Details Damage
More Telecom Reports
Wireless Carriers Scrambling
Email Gets Through
Qwest Strikes Out
Cellphone Calls from Airplanes
Hanging Up... Permanently
No Dialtone in California
Pac Bell Repair Sucks
AT&T Equipment Survives Bomb
Verizon Co Basement Flooded
Telemarketers Profit on Tragedy
Qwest Fined $30,000
AT&T Ordered to Halt New Fee
California Passes Telemarketing Law
Maine Ratewatcher Guide Released
Touch America Vote Today
NASDAQ Updates Phone Numbers
Rescuers Collecting Phone Numbers
FEMA Collects 1,000 Phone Numbers
New Alliance is Formed
Verizon Still "Working on It"
Verizon Disconnects 480 Million Lines?
All Qwest Employees Accounted For
Idaho Lowers Surcharge
Top Telecom Sales Companies
Caller ID Snafu
Now I've Seen Everything!
Verizon Sets Up Temporary Switch
Wall Street Service Restored
Qwest Cooking the Books?
Utah Counties Want Qwest Refund
Teleconferencing Business Booming
TAA Online Seminar Thursday
Second Phone Lines Disappearing
Oregon Regulators Cut Rates
Verizon Wireless Expands Footprint
The Wireless Dead Zone
AT&T Loses Switch
Ameritech to Pay $10.5 Million
Talk America and AOL Restructure
Verizon Gets FCC Approval in PA
New Bill Helps Competition
Carriers "Betrayed" by Lawyer
Virginia Consumers Get a Break
Native Americans Overtaxed in New Mexico
I-Link Stockholders Meet
Pac Bell Fined $25.5 Million
Williams and WCom Strike Deal
IDT Details Damages
CLEC Finds a Niche
BellSouth Reviews Advertising
Cognigen Reports Results
WCom Buys Chunk of Rhythms
Pac Bell Sues California!
Survey Says AT&T Still #1
Ameritech Blames Terrorists!
SBC Long Distance Bid Rejected
FTC Settles with Scam Artists?
Ameritech Service "Deteriorating"
Ameritech Fined... Again
Qwest Answers Concerns
BellSouth Offers Phones
AT&T, BellSouth to Merge?
Covista Restores Service
AT&T Wireless Earphone Giveaway
Miss Cleo Fights Back!
Allegiance Stock Going Down...
Birch Offers Residential Dialtone
Net2000 Announces Massive Layoffs
BellSouth "Giving Away" Service
Killer Phone Fires Real Bullets!
Verizon Provides Free Tapes
No Strike at BellSouth

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Essential.com Sells Out
More Cities Suing Qwest
Top Local Providers Rated
Global Crossing Reports Loss
BellSouth Does it Again
Investors Keen on Williams
New Modem Standard Being Ignored
VC Direct Service Launched
Drancis Buys RSL Unit
New Bill Would Split RBOCs
BellSouth Workers May Strike Tomorrow
Omaha Area Hit with Outage
Payphone Provider Sues Global Crossing
No More In-Flight Phones
Sprint Hit with $200,000 Fine
BellSouth Strike Averted
BellSouth Faces More Scrutiny
Let Me Restate That...
Nickels and Dimes of LD Service
Ohio: Hotbed of Competition?
WorldCom Ousts Execs
FDNI to Expand
AT&T Gets More Complaints
Software Helps with Area Codes
BellSouth Split in Florida Possible
Southwestern Bell LD Bid Unraveling
Odd Tax Law Irks Cities
ILEC Bought by Competitor
Telscape Equipment "Damaged"
Death, Taxes, and Long Distance?
Investors Balk at Two Telcos
Landline Telcos in No Danger
Calling at Taxpayer's Expense
Democrats Have Huge Phone Bills
Winstar Out of Bankruptcy?
Paystar Eyes "Global Dominance"!
Qwest, MSN DSL Service Disrupted
Senator Targets Telco Fees
Talk America Losses Skyrocket
BellSouth to Pay $7 Million Fine
Lawsuit Targets Verizon and Union
Citizens Reports Results
Ameritech Pays Up
Covad Out of Debt?
Hoosier Hotline
More Phones in West Virginia
XO Hopes to Stay Afloat
Survey Says... Ameritech Sucks!
Ameritech Improving?
Florida Consumers May Get Refunds
Good News, Bad News in Kansas
Rates in Florida to Rise
Washington Residents Get a Break
Pac-West Regrouping
Telecom Rates Stabilizing
Ameritech in the Bushes
Stick a Fork in Them...
Verizon Sex Chat?
Verizon Hit by Virus
Pac Bell Offers Flat-Rate ISDN
Pac Bell Warns Consumers
AT&T Raises Intrastate Rates
FCC Opens Up New Frequencies
Cellular Outage Hits Washington
Ameritech in the Bushes
AT&T Fined $3.7 Million in Texas
BellSouth Slow to Pay
Qwest Irks Oregon Regulators
Ameritech Defies Call on Progress
AT&T Stuck on CSX "Toll Bridge"
Alltel Wants CenturyTel
More Outages Hit Ameritech
Z-Tel Loses $108 Million
Qwest Dumping Internet Customers
Florida Consumers to Get Refunds
Free AT&T Minutes in Pennsylvania
NJ Residents Hate Verizon
Verizon Contract Expires Tonight
Brother, Can You Spare... Voicemail?
Ameritech Refunds "Worthless"
Covad Goes Chapter 11
Qwest Playing "Chicken"
Telecom Providers Get Complaints
Get Your Refund, Now!
Qwest Fined for Telemarketing
BellSouth Keeping Payphones
Taking a Bite Out of Phonecards
Verizon Raising Rates
Adelphia Shows Quarterly Loss
Showdown in Bismarck
Back by Popular Demand
Dial 9278 for Profits
AT&T Screws NJ Consumers
Talk America in More Trouble
CenturyTel Axes Cheap Calls
Oklahoma Needs Advice
Broadwing Cuts 80 Jobs
Rave Doesn't Get Rave Review
AT&T Has No Shame
PlanetOne Offers Online Quotes
CenturyTel Sues Alltel
Qwest Won't Give Refunds
Overview of Telecom Shakeout
AT&T Broadband Getting More Complaints
Pac Bell Must Cease and Desist
Huge Security Lapse at Verizon
Qwest Suffers Fiber Cut
Attorney General After Qwest
Pacific Bell Roasted
MCI Wants a Break in Texas
Verizon Lawsuit Settled
AT&T Criticizes Bells
BCE Sells Excel to VarTec
Prepaid Depot Informs Investors
DirecTV Strikes Deal with Qwest
HBS Buys OAN
More on the Excel-VarTec Deal
No Money Down for Excel
Agent Appreciation Month
Local Phone Outage in Tulsa
Worst Service Anywhere
Porn Lines in Madagascar
SW Bell Sued Over Ads
BTI Hires New CEO
Williams Denies Rumor
Pac-West Cuts 200 Jobs
BellSouth Divestment?
DSL Via Retail
AT&T Retiring "Dumb Phones"
Qwest Sues Touch America
GTE Fraud Ring Uncovered
Payphone Investment Scam Busted
Kansas Rates Going Up
Teleglobe Lays Off Workers
Teligent May Stop Service

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Citizens Buys Frontier
WA Residents Lose Dial Tone
Qwest Wants Pole Fees Lowered
AT&T to Eliminate LD Charges?
Competition for Baby Bells?
McLeod Wants ILEC Fines Raised
Vartec Telecom Eliminates 225 Jobs
Virginia Balks at Separation
Talk America Hit with Bad Debt
Dialing for Dollars
ISPs Complain About SBC
A $34,000 Long Distance Headache
Carriers Give Consumers Notice
AT&T Wireless Raises Canadian Stake
Marconi Sacks 8% of Workforce
ELI Delisted from Nasdaq
AT&T Screwing Florida Consumers
WCOM Steamrolls Over Landowner
Qwest Lines Up... for Now
FDN is History
Tachion Closes Doors
AT&T Spins Off Wireless Unit Today
Hostile Takeover of AT&T
AT&T to Discontinue Coin Service
AT&T Balks at Comcast Bid... for Now
Marconi CEO Resigns Post
Alcatel to Buy Marconi?
SBC Raises Payphone Rates
Free Long Distance Calls!
Cincy Bell Denied Rate Hike
Stats on Telecom Usage
Chicago Gets Huge Phone Bill
WCOM Lawsuit Goes Federal
Landmark Telecom Legislation
Consumer Group Blasts Ameritech
CLEC Offers Agent Program
Powell Meets with CLECs
AT&T Irks Local Customers
Tachion is Dead
Insight Offers Advice
GTC Introduces TariffLink
Epicus Adds 1,000 CLEC Customers
BellSouth Fined $7 Million
Illinois Scrutinizes Ameritech
Sprint Offers Free LD
AT&T a Takeover Target
Ameritech Can't Find Customers
Verizon Under Investigation in NY
Two-Second AT&T Call Costs $14.68
BellSouth to Pay WCom $10 Million
Free Paging Service Launched
Malone Leaves AT&T Early
AT&T Broadband Faces Lawsuit
STAR Disconnects Wholesale Customers
Group Protests Pac Bell LD Plans
New War on Pole Fees
Ameritech Pays $500,000 Settlement
CAPUC Toughens Rules
Wisc. Works on Competition
Judge Approves SW Bell Settlement
Colorado Adds No-Call List
Ameritech Under Fire in Indiana
BellSouth Given Ultimatum
Ameritech Gives Credits
Arkansas Gets New Area Code
The Death of Payphones
SBC Vies for Missouri
AT&T: a New Beginning?
Where's the Beef?
Ameritech "Shrinks" Phone Book
Qwest to Raise DSL Rates
WorldCom Lawsuit on Hold
Pac-West Founder Steps Down
MCI Takes to the Streets
Capsule, Covista to Merge
Consumers Rate the Carriers
CAACO Sues Ameritech
Telecom Confidential - Essential.Com Files for Bankruptcy Protection
AT&T Rejects Comcast Bid
Telecom Fraud in Texas
RBOCs Gaining LD Market Share
I-Link Beats Delisting
Demonstration at BellSouth
CLECs Outperform ILECs
Level3 Shows Improvement
Illegal Payphones in Buffalo
Georgia Gets New Area Codes
Broadwing Reports Growth