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Local Phone Service

Written by Greg Brown Residential phone service in the United States used to be pretty predictable. AT&T, known as Ma Bell, was the de facto phone monopoly. Phones were indestructible, residential phone service adequate and prices, well, high.The states and, later, the U.S. Congress took a hatchet to AT&T, ushering in a new era of competition -- and confusion -- for consumers. Ma Bell was busted into regional pieces. Prices for residential phone ... Read more