Like i said before I like the phone line, but if i wanted to get rid of it i would use a black sharpie on the base side of the negative. Sharpie ink sticks well to the base side (no extra tooth needed) and you can remove it if you make a mistake. Use a really pointy sharpie. You will then have to spot the print.
Some people use retouching ink on the emulsion side, but i find the base side a little safer.
to get sharpie from the base side i use a little isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) with a q-tip. I use these sharp q-tip like objects i'm not sure were they are from.
Sometimes you have to rub pretty hard, but it does not matter much since you are on the base side.
The main weakness of the sharpie is that you can not get as fine a point as you would with a pencil, but i find it easier to apply, esp on the base side.
Extremely fine artist brush and Spotone or Opaque. I even use a very fine pointed flat tooth pick, as you don't want to "paint" the stuff on, but apply a series of fine dots. It will not completely hide the wire, but will make it imperceptible, which is the point. To completely spot it out will make it stand out even more on the print. The final step is up to the printer. If it's going to a publisher, they will digitize it anyway, so I would let them do it. Good luck.
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