A local telephone service provider typically provides and bills for regional toll calls.

本地电话服务供应商会专门提供长途业务并收费。

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Many telephone plans bundle "free" unlimited long-distance service with local calling service.

在市话服务中，有许多电话计划都包括“免费”无限制长途电话服务。

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He had a public telephone service, so local housekeepers and delivery folk were constantly hovering around his little shop waiting for the phone and chatting with Old Liu.

他有一部公用电话，所以这一带的家庭主妇和送货员，经常逗留在他的小店里等电话，跟老刘聊天。

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Cable is cheaper and faster than phone lines, and more cable companies will also offer local telephone service.

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Likewise, traditional local and long-distance telephone service over the copper network is being displaced by better technology from cable and fiber.

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And growing beyond 10, 000 or so subscribers means quickly (and expensively) adding more local access numbers (POPs), telephone lines and modems while managing to keep service levels acceptable.

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