Heavy Toll
Phone Industry Faces Upheaval As Ways of Calling Change Fast Cable,
Internet, Wireless Hurt The Value of Old Networks, Threaten a Business
Model Echoes of Railroads' Ordeal
By KEN BROWN and ALMAR LATOUR
Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
In just over a year, one out of every eight households in the
Portland, Maine, region has signed up for Internet phone service
supplied by Time Warner Inc.'s cable-television unit. For many, the
phone jack in the wall that connects to the phone company's network is
now just a useless hole. Time Warner is rolling out the same service
to millions of consumers nationwide. ...
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