At that time, residential services were added to the outpatient and day treatment programs.

All the major long distance carriers offer their customers calling cards when they sign up for residential service.

On the third offense within the next six months, the customer's residential services are terminated for one year.

It called for returning those patients to their communities, where outpatient or residential services could be provided.

It remains uncertain whether any company will begin offering residential service this year.

And it called for a gradual end to the practice of subsidizing residential service with business services.

Other phone companies have adopted similar approaches to selling residential services.

But cable or phone companies charge $30 to $60 a month for residential broadband service.

But rates for basic residential service have increased substantially in the same period.

But the revenue from local residential services is relatively small - less than $400 million this year.