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Texas Digital Divide: Telephone Competition Promise Falls Short

telcompete.pdf | 306.2 kB
February 1, 1999
New telephone companies in Texas are not competing to provide local phone service
to the average household. Although the phone book lists dozens of companies as
“Local Service Alternatives,” most of the companies surveyed by Consumers Union
Southwest Regional Office do not provide basic service to the average person.

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