AT&T to offer local phone service

ATLANTA - AT&T Corporation said Tuesday it will begin offering local residential phone service in most of Georgia. <br> <br> The move makes AT&T the second major phone company to roll out residential service in Georgia, the home of BellSouth Corporation, which controls more than 90 percent of the residential market. <br> <br> AT&T will offer the service in 72 markets covering about 70 percent of Georgians, although it will be available only as part of other calling packages that include long-distance service. <br> <br> Previously, the company sold local service in Georgia only to businesses and to cable customers in metro Atlanta.

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