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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (4923)	8/9/1999 9:38:00 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

WorldCom, perhaps knows better than me and you. Worldcom?s deputy chairman words: ?our religious focus on the business customer? has been to deliver the most lucrative market for the smallest investment. The company has already wired up 52 city centres in the United States; once it covers 85, it will have access to three-quarters of America?s business telecommunications network. This to skim the cream of the market. The business potential is very big. The number of businesses employing T1 speeds or above, which ùamounted to only 16% of all businesses in 1997, will surge to 50 % by 2001 in the wake of growing dependence on telecommunications for everything from electronic mail to electronic commerce. Source: Yankee Group. Businesses with fewer than 100 employees spend 43.6 billion on local telephone services and $10 billion on long distance services. 80% of the carriers' revenue is generated by business users. 20% remaining is generated by home users.