WordNet
n. a public utility that provides telephone service [syn: telephone company, telephone service, phone company, telco]
Usage examples of "phone service".
If the phone service isn't restored by nightfall, though, I'll probably be begging you for a fruit jar.
Dave Lopez, President of SWB, whose cold, callous, indifference and lack of empathy when I became behind on my phone bill resulted in the termination of my phone service for three weeks, my poor old mother thinking I was dead, and the interruption of our investigation, which they were fully aware of.
First and foremost she needed to get power restored to the house, then phone service, though they could make do with cellular service.
The aged false hero of France had been assured that all proper arrangements would be made for his woman once phone service had been restored to the big island.
Besides that, there were other mechanical problems: no water, no ice, no phone service, and finally the discovery of two Secret Service men in the room right next to me.
Then he shut down Andy's phone service so he couldn't call anyone else for help.
Neither the power supply nor the estate-specific networking arrangements had been affected by the careful severance of outgoing and incoming phone service.