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• SBC stops funding schools program: phone company had provided $45 million to CILC dating to Ameritech days.

  - 2004-06-07

  A 10-year-old not-for-profit that provides videoconferencing services primarily to schools is losing millions of dollars in support from SBC Indiana, its only funding source. A 10-year-old not-for-profit that provides videoconferencing services primarily to schools is losing millions of dollars in support from SBC Indiana,...

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• Customers Unhappy with Ameritech Phone Cards for Class Action Settlement.

  - 2003-01-16

  By Keith Benman, The Times, Munster, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Keith Benman, The Times, Munster, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• SBC, competitors battle over use of shared phone lines.(Business)

  - 2002-11-27

  Byline: S. A. Mawhorr Daily Herald Business Writer If you owned a grocery store, would you allow competitors to fill your shelves with their goods and then steal your customers away with prices lower than yours? SBC Ameritech Illinois says something like...

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• Phone competition, broadband could make for changes.(Special Report)(Michigan's telecommunications market; high-speed Internet access)

  - 2002-11-11

  Byline: Amy Lane Michigan's telecommunications map could be in for substantial change in 2003. Projects are under discussion to expand high-speed Internet access in Southeast Michigan and elsewhere and fortify and expand state government's broa Byline: Amy Lane ...

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• SBC dials wrong number in quest for rate increase.(Brief Article)

  - 2002-09-23

  Stung by the first pinprick of competition, erstwhile local telephone service monopolist SBC Ameritech is howling for the balm of regulatory intervention. Executives of SBC Ameritech's Texas-based parent, SBC Communications Inc., are trying to put Stung by the first pinprick of competition, erstwhile...

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• AT&T Says Ameritech Phone Deal Cramps Local Competition in Illinois.

  - 2002-09-10

  By Jon Van, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Jon Van, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• Phone rate hike sought; Ameritech's competitors' access fee would double.(SBC Ameritech Michigan hopes to increase wholesale rates)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-09-02

  SBC Ameritech Michigan has asked state regulators' permission to more than double the wholesale rate it charges competitors, saying it needs the additional revenue to cover the costs of giving competitors access to its lines. The company filed a r SBC Ameritech Michigan...

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• Tech Watch: Ameritech has new line on generating interest.(financing for telephones)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-08-12

  A telephone company selling telephones wouldn't appear to be headline material. Unless, that is, the company is SBC Ameritech, the telephone monopoly that people love to hate. Consumer advocates are crying foul over the 18% annual rate the Texas-b A telephone company selling...

  Tags: Ameritech, company, finance, financing, phone, SPSS Inc., WorldCom Inc.

• Phone Bills to Rise Again in Willoughby, Ohio, Area.

  - 2002-06-28

  By Dave Truman, The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 28--Local telephone bills will rise again beginning Tuesday. The Federal Communications Commission has issued a ruling that allows companies like Ameritech Ohio and Alltel to increase the monthly ...

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• Local service providers facing tough times; Battle for customers getting ugly.(Brief Article)

  - 2002-02-25

  When Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, forcing phone companies to open their networks to local service competitors, there was a frenzy on Wall Street. ``Between 1996 and 2000, if you had `telecom' next to your name, you got funde When Congress...

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