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1.Prior to , only one company offered telephone services in

the United States Now, there are many companies to choose

from that offer reasonable telephone service rates

disaggregation

disillusionment

deregulation

decoupling

2.I got charged a long-distance for a call to a friend three

miles away I tried to fight it but the telephone company said

that he is part of a different network and they won't reverse the

charges What a rip-off!

toll

fee

debenture

credit

3.I am getting my phone up at the beginning of next week

Until then, you can call my parents and they will give me the

message

fixed

jacked

linked

hooked

4.AT&T used to have a over the telephone industry until

deregulation One could only get service from them They are

still one of the largest telephone companies but they aren't the

only service provider anymore

jurisdiction

ownership

monopoly

ruling

5.Hi, Operator I would like to a call to an old army friend

of mine who lives in St Louis If I give you his name, can you

look up his telephone number and connect me to him?

place

construct

create

link

6.I want to go into the field once I am done with school I

want to work with either a telephone company or an internet

service provider The work seems interesting, the pay is good

and one can find work in a lot of nice locations

teleconferencing

telecommunications

teleporting

telepathy

7.Please hold that thought, Karen I want to hear what you have

to say but I have to go my telephone quickly I am

expecting an important call

recall

meet

answer

join

8.Did you check the answering machine? You did? Were there

any for me that I need to respond to tonight?

novels

transcriptions

statements

messages

9.That jerk When I called the company to explain that they

billed us incorrectly, he refused to take the charge off of the bill

When I tried to argue that we never ordered the services that

appeared on the bill, he up on me

close

shut

clicked

hung

10.Bruce? I am sorry to interrupt I have a call on the other line

Will you please for a moment?

stay

suspend

break

hold