in the U.S. Nearly 95% of these were digital, and the RBOCs served a total of some 132 million access lines (out of a total of about 174 million access lines in service across the U.S.). Of these 174 million access lines in the U.S., the CLECs are believed to serve only about 5 million, which leaves around 37 million served by the ILECs, including GTE, Sprint, and others....
