The regional Bell phone companies, long dismissed as laggards stuck with a declining fixed-line businesses, are coming back into favor again. The companies have gained the upper hand in their battle with the country's long-distance carriers, and are now stealing momentum from the cable industry in the fight for broadband customers. On Monday, Time Warner Cable, the country's second-biggest cable operator, said it would introduce a broadband service that is six megabits a second. Bells Are Catching Up in Battle for Broadband | 
