Seagull grew aggressively in its first few years and kept comparable offerings to Deseret Book.

Verizon Wireless offers the only moderately comparable offering, a $15 one-day pass with no specific data limits noted.

The brief life of the Drifter was marked by low sales as competition from comparable offerings from Ford and Holden was stiff.

"We believe our prices are competitive with comparable commercial offerings," said Herb Linnenn, a spokesman for A.T.& T.

The screenwriting sites have many comparable offerings.

Most lens tests today show that their products perform about as well as, and in some cases better than, comparable and often more expensive brand-name offerings.

He said the 25-basis-point premium to comparable offerings was "a concession to the market based on the underlying credit" of Orange County, now below investment grade.

At the time of its introduction, the 470V/6 was less expensive but still faster than IBM's comparable offerings.

Mr. Wine estimated that they are 35 to 40 percent lower than comparable offerings in Manhattan, and he added, "They have waterfront views."

If consumers decide to change providers, comparable offerings are often unavailable and the process of number transfer still takes far too long.