C H I C A G O, March 21 -- Susan Kubira has a cell phone growing out of her ear. Not literally, of course, but Kubira, owner of a small business in the Chicago suburbs, uses nothing but her wireless ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to competition, wireless phones are everywhere, long-distance rates lower, Web connections faster. When it comes to local phone service, however, most Americans do not get to ...

Feb. 12 -- Six years after the Telecommunications Reform Act became law, the number of major local phone companies has decreased by half and consumers are paying 17 percent more for service. Consumer ...