One smaller provider based in New York said he had long ago given up hope of getting a good deal from the phone company.

The standards are by far the strictest in the industry, providers said.

Allowing patients to take home methadone is, in fact, part of the rehabilitation process, providers say.

Indeed, providers say many of the practices now being examined have long been accepted.

That money, providers say, goes disproportionately to the city, where workers are far more likely to be unionized.

But some providers said that community school districts resisted their efforts to visit schools.

I think it's clear that that's not the case, that content providers would say, fine.

Mostly because more providers have said this is their planned road for 4G deployment.

"It is a challenge for you, Hamuta," the provider of the target had said.

The providers say the suspension will cost them $100 million a month.