text: So Long, Long Distance (The Motley Fool) The Motley Fool - The Olympic Games are now history, but not AT amp;T's (NYSE: T - News)  #36;25 million ad campaign to redefine its image. After years of getting clobbered by the regional Bell companies such as BellSouth (NYSE: BLS - News), Verizon (NYSE: VZ - News), Sprint (NYSE: FON - News), and MCI (Nasdaq: MCIP - News), the company has turned its business focus from traditional phone service to networking.