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Byline: Martha McKay
Dec. 12--AT&T said Thursday that it plans to offer consumers Internet-based telephone service, a technology that threatens to change the face of the nation's telecommunications industry.
The Bedminster (NJ)-based telephone giant joins a fast-growing group that includes former Baby Bell Qwest Communications and cable powerhouse Time Warner Cable, which both announced plans this week to sell Internet-based phone calls, also referred to as voice-over-Internet Protocol, or VoIP.
AT&T -- the nation's largest long-distance phone provider -- said it plans to introduce a VoIP package of unlimited local and long-distance service to consumers at a lower price than traditional phone service beginning in the first…