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Students Face Long Distance Choice

AT&T Breakup Means More, Better Options

By James E. Schwartz

While Harvard students have been involved with divestiture from South Africa in recent weeks by April 20 they will have so deal with a divestiture clear to home that of American Telephone and Telegraph from its regional divisions.

As a result of the Justice Department's successful breakup of the telecommunications titan in 1984, consumers now have more choices available for-and more decisions to make about what long-distance company they want.

At Harvard, students will have to pick from among nine different companies which hope to lure customers away from AT&T Customers can choose a company as

How much does it cost to make a 10-minute phone call from Cambridge to New York City at 6 p.m., a weeknight? Allnet: 42.30  MCI: $2.21 AT&T: $2.62  SBS skyline: $ 2.70 First Phone Link Service: $1.64 GIE Sprint: $2.08  ITT: $1.96 US Telecommunications: $2.75

How much does it cost to make a 10-minute call from Cambridge to Los Angeles at 5 p.m. Saturday? Allnet: $1.86  MCI: $1.76 AT&T: $1.96  SBS Skyline: $1.70 First Phone Link Service: $1.64 GTE Sprint: $1.67  ITT: $1.67 US Telecommunications: $3.14

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