McCaw's New Calling WHERE Through his Nextlink Communications, McCaw has local telephone infrastructure in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington, Utah, and Nevada, with capability to service 4.2 million business lines. WHAT Nextlink uses its network to offer alternative local telephone service, which it bundles with long-distance service. Its services are typically 10% to 15% cheaper than Baby Bell rates. HOW McCaw recruited three AT&T execs to form OneComm, which will help speed up Nextlink's expansion into local service. OneComm will raise money and make acquisitions to quickly assemble competitive local phone operations across the country. DATA: NEXTLINK COMMUNICATIONS INC., ONECOMM Return to main story

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