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Crain's New York Business, July, 2004

AT&T pullback aids cable, wireless cable and wireless compa-nies are likely to be the primary beneficiaries of AT&T's decision to de-emphasize residential service. AT&T, which has 13% of the New York City market, said last week that it will no longer add new customers. Analysts say, existing AT&T customers will opt for Internet phone service and wireless companies, which are moving into New York to convince consumers to drop fixed-line service altogether.

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