These charges currently appear on both local bills and the long-distance bills.

When he asks why she is crying, she replies, "Have you seen our long-distance bill?"

They shut off our phone service so we all had to sit down and thrash out about three months' worth of unpaid long-distance bills.

The plan would result in, for instance, $1.20 in city tax on a $30 long-distance bill.

But since she acquired a Teleblocker six weeks ago, the long-distance bills have dropped by about 20 percent.

We have to keep an eye on him or else we'll go broke with the long-distance bills.

But the total annual long-distance bill had dropped to $150,000.

AT&T's customer representatives respond to questions over the phone about long-distance bills, rates, service problems and the like.

The woman replies, "Have you seen our long-distance bill?"

That translates into reductions in residential long-distance bills of 5 percent to 15 percent, the company said.