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In the long run, AT&T, the regional phone companies and the American public will probably adjust to the new world of phone service more easily than they thought last week. H. Trevor Jones, president of PacTel Communications Systems, which is part of the new Pacific Telesis company, which covers California and Nevada, sees a parallel with the 1940s, when utilities stopped supplying light bulbs and people had to buy their own.
Said Jones: "Customers will adapt. They historically have.'' — By John S. DeMott. Reported by Thomas McCarroll/New York and Conan Putnam/Chicago