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 Consumer  Expenditures  for  Telephone  Service  •  According  to  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  (BLS)  figures,  monthly  expenditures  on  telephone 
 service  (which  includes  wireline,  wireless,  and  data  services)  by  households  with  telephone  service  rose  $3.09,  from  $73.  08  in  2000  to  $76.17  in  2001,  an  increase  of  4.2%.  Telephone  service 
 continues  to  comprise  approximately  2%  of  household  expenditures. 
 •  According  to  BLS  figures,  urban  households,  who  spent  $927  on  telephone  service  during  the  year  2001,  continue  to  spend  more  on  telephone  service  than  do  rural  households,  who  spent  $825 
 on  telephone  service  during  the  year  2001. 
 •  According  to  data  for  the  year  2002  provided  by  TNS  Telecoms,  households  spent  $436  on  local  service  (up  from  $426  in  2001),  $149  on  long  distance  service  (down  from  $176  in  2001), 
 and  $417  on  wireless  service  (up  from  $351  dollars  in  2001),  for  a  total  annual  expenditure  of  $1,001  on  telephone  services  (up  from  $953  in  2001). 


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