# Iowa Utilities Board v. F.C.C.

> Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · October 14, 1997 · 120 F.3d 753

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## Case

- **Full name:** Iowa Utilities Board, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Worldcom, Inc. Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of the Southern New England Telephone Company, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North Tate Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group, Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Worldcom, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Ameritech Corporation, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Us West, Inc., Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Livingservices for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Gte Service Corporation Gte Alaska, Incorporated Gte Arkansas, Incorporated Gte California, Incorporated Gte Florida, Incorporated Gte Midwest, Incorporated Gte South, Incorporated Gte Southwest, Incorporated Gte North, Incorporated Gte Northwest, Incorporated Gte Hawaiian Telephone Company, Incorporated Gte West Coast, Incorporated Contel of California, Inc. Contel of Minnesota, Inc. Contel of the South, Inc., Rock Hill Telephone Company Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Rural Telecommunications Group Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company, the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies, Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission U.S. West Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc., Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of People of the State of New York the Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce,division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Rural Telecommunications Group Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Sbc Communications, Inc. Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Pagingnetwork, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Geld Information Systems Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Louisiana Public Service Commission, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Userscommittee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Rural Telecommunications Group Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Florida Public Service Commission, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc. Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc., Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of the People of the State of California the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum,,, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc., Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall,, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of United States Telephone Association, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California, City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc., Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Rural Telephone Coalition, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Mississippi Public Service Commission, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc, Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Missouri Public Service Commission, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Alltel Telephone Services Corporation, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Worldcom, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumer's Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Aliant Communications Co., Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Worldcom, Inc. Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumer's Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of North Carolina Utilities Commission, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission, United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Worldcom, Inc. Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumer's Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Virginia State Corporation Commission, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Worldcom, Inc. Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumer's Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf of Georgia Public Service Commission, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Maryland Public Service Commission Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Arkansas Public Service Commission Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Ameritech Corporation Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Western Alliance Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii American Public Communications Council, Inc. Icg Telecom Group, Inc. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Southern New England Telephone Company the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Gte Service Corporation Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Inc., Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, At&t Corp. Competitive Telecommunications Association Mfs Communications Company, Inc. Airtouch Communications, Inc. Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. Sprint Spectrum, L.P. National Cable Television Association, Inc. MCI Telecommunications Corporation Sprint Corp. Cox Communications, Inc. Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Western Wireless Corporation American Communications Services, Inc. Kmc Telecom, Inc. The Competition Policy Institute Association for Local Telecommunications Services Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Gst Telecom, Inc. Acc Corp. General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association Consumer Federation of America Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Information Technology Industry Council America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Rural Telecommunications Group Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems Pronet, Inc. Winstar Communications, Inc. U.S. One Communications Services Comcast Corporation Frontier Corporation Anaheim, California Public Utilities Department City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Cable & Wireless, Inc. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Worldcom, Inc. Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal, Consumer's Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Honorable Ted Stevens Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Honorable Trent Lott Honorable Edward J. Markey, Amici on Behalf Of
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- **Decided:** October 14, 1997
- **Citations:** 120 F.3d 753
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 27 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Reversed in part, on other grounds by At&T Corp. v. Iowa Utilities Board, 525 U.S. 366 (1999).
- Negative treatments: 2
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/744536

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that “the state commissions’ plenary authority to accept or reject these [interconnection] agreements necessarily carries with it the authority to enforce the provisions of agreements that the state commissions have approved”

## Opinion text

120 F.3d 753
67 USLW 3153 , 1997-2 Trade Cases P 71,876 ,
8 Communications Reg. (P&F) 1179
IOWA UTILITIES BOARD, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Paging Network, Inc.; Nextwave
Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business Association; Worldcom,
Inc.; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public Utility
Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Oregon Public Utility
Commission; North State Telephone Company; Western
Alliance; Independent Telephone and Telecommunications
Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company; Concord Telephone
Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company; Public Utilities
Commission of the State of Hawaii; American Public
Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom Group, Inc.;
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Southern New England
Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc Coalition of
Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies; Pacific
Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition; Kentucky
Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation Commission;
Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming; Rhode
Island Public Utilities Commission; Public Service
Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama Public
Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North tate Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; The Ad
Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
state of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable
Daniel K. Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott;
Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of
Respondent.
BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group, Petitioners,
SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public Service
Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone Association;
Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL Telephone
Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation; Oregon Public
Utility Commission; North State Telephone Company; Western
Alliance; Independent Telephone and Telecommunications
Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company; Concord Telephone
Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company; Public Utilities
Commission of the State of Hawaii; American Public
Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom Group, Inc.;
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Southern New England
Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc Coalition of
Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies; Pacific
Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition; Worldcom,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Kentucky Public Service
Commission; Kansas Corporation Commission; Public Service
Commission of the State of Wyoming; Rhode Island Public
Utilities Commission; Public Service Commission of
Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama Public Service
Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg; New
Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public Service
Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.;
The Competition Policy Institute; Association for Local
Telecommunications Services; Cellular Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Paging Network, Inc.; Small
Cable Business Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office
of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
AMERITECH CORPORATION, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Oregon Public Utility
Commission; North State Telephone Company; Western
Alliance; Independent Telephone and Telecommunications
Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company; Concord Telephone
Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company; Public Utilities
Commission of the State of Hawaii; American Public
Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom Group, Inc.;
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Southern New England
Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc Coalition of
Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies; Pacific
Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition; Kentucky
Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation Commission;
Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming; Rhode
Island Public Utilities Commission; Public Service
Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama Public
Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
US WEST, INC., Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US Telephone Association; Arkansas
Public Service Commission; ALLTEL Telephone Services
Corporation; Ameritech Corporation; Oregon Public Utility
Commission; North State Telephone Company; Western
Alliance; Independent Telephone and Telecommunications
Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company; Concord Telephone
Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company; Public Utilities
Commission of the State of Hawaii; American Public
Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom Group, Inc.;
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Southern New England
Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc Coalition of
Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies; Pacific
Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition; Kentucky
Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation Commission;
Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming; Rhode
Island Public Utilities Commission; Public Service
Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama Public
Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living;Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
GTE SERVICE CORPORATION; GTE Alaska, Incorporated; GTE
Arkansas, Incorporated; GTE California, Incorporated; GTE
Florida, Incorporated; GTE Midwest, Incorporated; GTE
South, Incorporated; GTE Southwest, Incorporated; GTE
North, Incorporated; GTE Northwest, Incorporated; GTE
Hawaiian Telephone Company, Incorporated; GTE West Coast,
Incorporated; Contel of California, Inc.; Contel of
Minnesota, Inc.; Contel of the South, Inc., Petitioners,
Rock Hill Telephone Company; Bell Atlantic Corporation;
Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific Telesis Group; SBC
Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public Service Commission;
US West, Inc.; US Telephone Association; Arkansas Public
Service Commission; ALLTEL Telephone Services Corporation;
Ameritech Corporation; Oregon Public Utility Commission;
North State Telephone Company; Western Alliance;
Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance;
Roseville Telephone Company; Concord Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; Utah Department
of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities; Public Service
Commission of Utah; Public Service Commission of the State
of South Carolina; Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging
Forum, Inc., doing business as National Silver Haired
Congress; U.S. Coalition on Aging; College for Living;
Council of Silver Haired Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of
Area Agencies on Aging; Missouri Association for the Deaf;
Missouri Council of the Blind; Presidents' Club for
Telecommunications Justice; Paraquad, Rural Advocates for
Independent Living; Services for Independent Living;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado;
Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department
of Public Utility Control; New York Telephone Company; New
England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Allied Associated Partners;
Geld Information Systems; Pronet, Inc.; Winstar
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Rural
Telecommunications Group; Excel Telecommunications, Inc.;
Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network, Inc.; Nextwave Telecom,
Inc.; Small Cable Business Association; Metrocall, Inc.;
Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY; New England Telephone and
Telegraph Company, Petitioners,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company, The Ad Hoc Coalition
of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies, Pacific
Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition; Kentucky
Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation Commission;
Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming; Rhode
Island Public Utilities Commission; Public Service
Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama Public
Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control,
Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications; L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
CINCINNATI BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; U.S. West Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc., KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; The Public Service
Commission of the State of New York, Petitioners,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce,Division of Public
Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah; Public
Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Allied Associated Partners;
Geld Information Systems; Pronet, Inc.; Winstar
Communications, Inc.; U.S. One Communications Services;
Comcast Corporation; Frontier Corporation; Anaheim,
California Public Utilities Department; City of Long Beach,
California; City of Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless,
Inc.; National Association of State Utility Consumer
Advocates; Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.;
Personal Communications Industry Association; Rural
Telecommunications Group; Excel Telecommunications, Inc.;
Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network, Inc.; Nextwave Telecom,
Inc.; Small Cable Business Association; Metrocall, Inc.;
Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
SBC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; Maryland Public Service Commission; US
West, Inc.; US Telephone Association; Arkansas Public
Service Commission; ALLTEL Telephone Services Corporation;
Ameritech Corporation; Oregon Public Utility Commission;
North State Telephone Company; Western Alliance;
Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance;
Roseville Telephone Company; Concord Telephone Company;
Rock Hill Telephone Company; Public Utilities Commission of
the State of Hawaii; American Public Communications
Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public
Utilities Commission; Southern New England Telephone
Company; The Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications
Manufacturing Companies; Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota
Independent Coalition; Kentucky Public Service Commission;
Kansas Corporation Commission; Public Service Commission of
the state of Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities
Commission; Public Service Commission of Wisconsin; State
of Texas; Alabama Public Service Commission; Citizens
Telephone Company of Kecksburg; New Mexico State
Corporation Commission; Public Service Commission of the
State of Montana; GTE Service Corporation; Utah Department
of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities; Public Service
Commission of Utah; Public Service Commission of the State
of South Carolina; Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging
Forum, Inc., doing business as National Silver Haired
Congress; U.S. Coalition on Aging; College for Living;
Council of Silver Haired Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of
Area Agencies on Aging; Missouri Association for the Deaf;
Missouri Council of the Blind; Presidents' Club for
Telecommunications Justice; Paraquad, Rural Advocates for
Independent Living; Services for Independent Living;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado;
Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department
of Public Utility Control; New York Telephone Company; New
England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Pronet, Inc.; Winstar
Communications, Inc.; U.S. One Communications Services;
Comcast Corporation; Frontier Corporation; Anaheim,
California Public Utilities Department; City of Long Beach,
California; City of Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless,
Inc.; National Association of State Utility Consumer
Advocates; Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.;
Personal Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; PagingNetwork,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Geld Information Systems; Metrocall, Inc.;
Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission of
Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama Public Service
Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg; New
Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public Service
Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum, L.P.; National Cable Television
Association, Inc.; MCI Telecommunications Corporation;
Sprint Corp.; Cox Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular
Systems, Inc.; Western Wireless Corporation; American
Communications Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The
Competition Policy Institute; Association for Local
Telecommunications Services; Cellular Telecommunications
Industry Association; GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.;
General Communication, Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers
Association; Consumer Federation of America; Ad Hoc
Telecommunications UsersCommittee; Information Technology
Industry Council; America's Carriers Telecommunication
Association; Jones Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications,
Inc.; Teleport Communications Group, Inc.; Allied
Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems; Rural
Telecommunications Group; Pronet, Inc.; Winstar
Communications, Inc.; U.S. One Communications Services;
Comcast Corporation; Frontier Corporation; Anaheim,
California Public Utilities Department; City of Long Beach,
California; City of Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless,
Inc.; National Association of State Utility Consumer
Advocates; Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.;
Personal Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc.; doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc., Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
The PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA; The Public Utilities
Commission of the State of California, Petitioners,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Council of the Blind; Presidents' Club for
Telecommunications Justice; Paraquad, Rural Advocates for
Independent Living; Services for Independent Living;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado;
Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department
of Public Utility Control; New York Telephone Company; New
England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,,,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc., Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall,, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
UNITED STATES TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Industry Association; GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.;
General Communication, Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers
Association; Consumer Federation of America; Ad Hoc
Telecommunications Users Committee; Information Technology
Industry Council; America's Carriers Telecommunication
Association; Jones Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications,
Inc.; Teleport Communications Group, Inc.; Rural
Telecommunications Group; Allied Associated Partners; Geld
Information Systems; Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications,
Inc.; U.S. One Communications Services; Comcast
Corporation; Frontier Corporation; Anaheim, California
Public Utilities Department; City of Long Beach,
California, City of Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless,
Inc.; National Association of State Utility Consumer
Advocates; Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.;
Personal Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc., Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
RURAL TELEPHONE COALITION, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado;
Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department
of Public Utility Control; New York Telephone Company; New
England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of the State of Colorado;
Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Connecticut, Department
of Public Utility Control; New York Telephone Company; New
England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc,; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
ALLTEL TELEPHONE SERVICES CORPORATION, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; Ameritech
Corporation; Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State
Telephone Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone
and Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone
Company; Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone
Company; Public Utilities Commission of the State of
Hawaii; American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG
Telecom Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities for the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.; Paging Network,
Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business
Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public
Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumer's Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
ALIANT COMMUNICATIONS CO., Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Paging Network, Inc.; Nextwave
Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business Association; Worldcom,
Inc.; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public Utility
Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumer's Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, United States of America,
Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Paging Network, Inc.; Nextwave
Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business Association; Worldcom,
Inc.; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public Utility
Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumer's Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
VIRGINIA STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents.
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Paging Network, Inc.; Nextwave
Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business Association; Worldcom,
Inc.; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public Utility
Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumer's Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable Daniel K.
Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott; Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific
Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; Maryland Public
Service Commission; US West, Inc.; US Telephone
Association; Arkansas Public Service Commission; ALLTEL
Telephone Services Corporation; Ameritech Corporation;
Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone
Company; Western Alliance; Independent Telephone and
Telecommunications Alliance; Roseville Telephone Company;
Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company;
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii;
American Public Communications Council, Inc.; ICG Telecom
Group, Inc.; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission;
Southern New England Telephone Company; The Ad Hoc
Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies;
Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition;
Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama
Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of
Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public
Service Commission of the State of Montana; GTE Service
Corporation; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of
Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah;
Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina;
Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, Inc., doing
business as National Silver Haired Congress; U.S. Coalition
on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired
Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging;
Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the
Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice;
Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services
for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation
Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Utility Control; New York
Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of
America, Respondents,
AT&T Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association;
MFS Communications Company, Inc.; Airtouch Communications,
Inc.; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; Sprint Spectrum,
L.P.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications Corporation; Sprint Corp.; Cox
Communications, Inc.; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.;
Western Wireless Corporation; American Communications
Services, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; The Competition Policy
Institute; Association for Local Telecommunications
Services; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association;
GST Telecom, Inc.; ACC Corp.; General Communication,
Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Consumer
Federation of America; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users
Committee; Information Technology Industry Council;
America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Jones
Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport
Communications Group, Inc.; Rural Telecommunications Group;
Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems;
Pronet, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; U.S. One
Communications Services; Comcast Corporation; Frontier
Corporation; Anaheim, California Public Utilities
Department; City of Long Beach, California; City of
Manassas, Virginia; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Time
Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal
Communications Industry Association; Excel
Telecommunications, Inc.; Paging Network, Inc.; Nextwave
Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business Association; Worldcom,
Inc.; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public Utility
Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal,
Consumer's Utility Counsel Division, Georgia Governor's
Office of Consumer Affairs; Honorable John D. Dingell;
Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher;
Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner,
Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.; Honorable Ernest F.
Hollings; Honorable Ted Stevens; Honorable
Daniel K. Inouye; Honorable Trent Lott;
Honorable Edward J. Markey,
Amici on Behalf of Respondent.
Nos. 96-3321, 96-3406, 96-3410, 96-3414, 96-3416, 96-3418,
96-3424, 96-3430, 96-3436, 96-3444, 96-3450, 96-3453,
96-3460, 96-3507, 96-3519, 96-3520, 96-3603, 96-3608,
96-3696, 96-3708, 96-3709, 96-3756, 96-3901, 96-3906 and 96-3982.
United States Court of Appeals,
Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 17, 1997.
Decided July 18, 1997.
As Amended on Rehearing Oct. 14, 1997.
Diane Carol Munns (argued), Des Moines, IA, for State Commissioners (Iowa Utilities Board; Md Public Service; APSC; HUC; MPUC; KPSC; KCC; PSCW; AL Public Service; NMSCC; MPSC; PSC; PCC; CUC; COPUC; People of the States of New York, Public Service, New York; SD Public Service; NC Utilities; CA Public Utilities; MS Public Service; MO Public Service; PS Public Utility).
William P. Barr (argued), Stamford, CT, for Bell Atlantic Corp.; Bellsouth Corp.; Pacific Telesis; SBC Communications; US West; GTE; Ameritech; and NYNEX.
Thomas P. Hester, Kelly R. Welsh, John T. Lenaham, Ameritech Corp., Chicago, IL, Stephen M. Shapiro, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, Kenneth s. Geller, Donald M. Falk, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, on the brief for Ameritech Corp.
Maureen E. Mahoney (argued), Washington, DC, for USTA and Rural Telephone.
Mark R. Kravitz (argued), New Haven, CT, for North State Telephone; Concord Telephone; Rock Hill Telephone; Roseville Telephone; SNET; Cincinnati Bell; Pacific Telecom; ALLTEL Telephone Services; Aliant Communications Co.; New York Telephone; New England Telephone.
Christopher J. Wright (argued), Washington, DC, for Federal Communications Commission.
Bruce J. Ennis (argued), Washington, DC, and David W. Carpenter (argued), Chicago, IL, for intervenors Aging Forum, U.S. Coalition on Aging, College for Living, Council for Silver Haired Legislatures, Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging, Missouri Association for the Deaf, Missouri Council for the Blind, President's Club for Telecommunications Justice, Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living, Services for Independent Living, Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies, American Electric Power Co., AT&T Corp., MCI, ACC, ACTA, Comcast, Cable & Wireless, Allied Communications, CTA, Excel, GST, Cox, GCI, ICG, KMC, MFS, National Cable Television, Nextlink, Sprint Corp., CTRA, Teleport, Vanguard Cellular, US One, Western Wireless, Winstar, Worldcom, Western Alliance, Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Competition Policy, RTG, ProNet, PageNet, SCBA.
Glenn B. Manishin (argued), Washington, DC, for intervenor Consumer Federation of America.
Irwin Popowsky (argued), Harrisburg, PA, for intervenor National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates.
Robert A. Long (argued), Washington, DC, for intervenor CMRS Providers.
Walter Steimel, Jr., Marjorie K. Conner, Shirley S. Fujimoto, Thomas P. Steindler, Thomas J. Navin, Karl R. Moor, Washington, DC, Suzanne Alldredge, Birmingham, AL, Christine M. Gill, Kris Anne Monteith, Washington, DC (on the brief), for intervenors American Electric Power Serivce Corporation, Commonwealth Edison Company, Northern States Power Company, and Pennsylvania Power Company.
Rodney L. Joyce, Washington, DC, J. Thomas Nolan, Kensington, MD (on the brief), for Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies.
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Allan Kniep, Richard G. Morgan, Suellen L. Young, Arthur H. Stuenkel, Mark Fogelman, San Francisco, CA, Cindy Miller, Brenda H. Cole, Washington, DC, Clarence M. Nagao, Honolulu, HI, Stephen H. Kukta, Amy E. Dougherty, Lexington, KY, Richard A. Drom, Norristown, PA, Charles D. Gray, Sacramento, CA, James Eldon Wilson, Montgomery, AL, Peter Arth, Jr., Sacramento, CA, Anthony M. Marquez, Denver, CO, Richard Bellack, Alan Gantzhorn, Sr., Atlanta, GA, David J. Heinemann, Topeka, KS, William L. Willis, Austin, TX, John A. Garner, J. Bradford Ramsay, Washington, DC, Oakley W. Melton, Jr., Montgomery, AL, Edward W. O'Neill, Robert Vandiver, Michael J. Bowers, Atlanta, GA, Thomas K. Bond, Atlanta, GA, Eva Powers, Wichita, KS, Deborah T. Eversole, Frankfort, KY (on the brief), for State Commission parties.
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Ward W. Wueste, Jr., Stamford, CT, Thomas B. Weaver, St. Louis, MO, Mark L. Evans, Washington, DC, Geoffrey M. Klineberg, Washington, DC, Laurence H. Tribe, Cambridge, MA, James R. Young, Michael E. Glover, Arlington, VA, Liam S. Coonan, San Antonio, TX, Martin E. Grambow, Washington, DC, Michael J. Zpevak, St. Louis, MO, James W. Erwin, St. Louis, MO, John H. Harwood II, Washington, DC, Mark D. Roelig, Robert B. McKenna, Denver, CO, William B. Barfield, Atlanta, GA, M. Edward Whelan, Los Angeles, CA, Jordan B. Cherrick, St. Louis, MO, Michael K. Kellogg, Howard A. Shelanski, Berkeley, CA, Jonathan S. Massey, Washington, DC, Edward E. Young, III, James D. Ellis, Los Angeles, CA, Robert M. Lynch, San Antonio, TX, Durward D. Dupre, St. Louis, MO, Stephen B. Higgins, St. Louis, MO, William T. Lake, Washington, DC, Jonathan J. Fankel, Dan Poole, Walter H. Alford, Atlanta, GA, M. Robert Sutherland, Atlanta, GA, Paul T. Cappuccio, Washington, DC, Steven G. Bradbury, Washington, DC, Patrick F. Philbin, Lance Liebman, New York City, Richard W. Odgers, San Francisco, CA, Marlin E. Ard, San Francisco, CA, John W. Bogy, San Francisco, CA, Margaret E. Garber, Washington, DC (on the brief), for petitioners Regional Bell Companies and GTE.
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David J. Newburger (on the brief), St. Louis, MO, for Consumer Interest Intervenors.
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Saul Fisher, New York City, Joseph Di Bella, Earle H. O'Donnell, Donna M. Attanasio, Noel S. Symons, Washington, DC (on the brief), for Petitioners NYNEX Telephone Companies.
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Mark R. Kravitz, New Haven, CT, Jeffrey R. Babbin, New Haven, CT, Daniel J. Klau, Hartford, CT, Robert A. Mazer, Washington, DC, Albert Shuldiner, Washington, DC, Jerry W. Amos, Greensboro, NC, James H. Jeffries IV, Greensboro, NC, Diane Smith, Washington, DC, Carolyn C. Hill, Washington, DC, Donn T. Wonnell, Vancouver, WA, Douglas E. Hart, Cincinnati, OH, Jack B. Harrison, Cincinnati, OH, Thomas E. Taylor, George Petrutsas, Paul J. Feldman, Freehold, NJ, M. John Bowen, Jr., Columbia, SC, Margaret M. Fox, Columbia, SC, Madelyn M. DeMatteo, New Haven, CT, Alfred J. Brunetti, New Haven, CT (on the brief), for Southern New England Telephone Company; Aliant Communications Company; ALLTEL Telephone Services Corp.; Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company; Concord Telephone Company; North State Telephone Company; Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Rock Hill Telephone Company; Roseville Telephone Company.
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Gary M. Epstein, Washington, DC, James H. Barker, Washington, DC, David Cosson, Lakewood, CO, L. Marie Guillory, Margot Smiley Humphrey, Washington, DC, Mary McDermott, Keith Townsend, Atlanta, GA, Lisa M. Zaina, Washington, DC (on the brief) for intervenor U.S. Telephone Association and Rural Telephone Coalition.
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Benjamin H. Dickens, Jr., Washington, DC, Gerard J. Duffy, Patterson, NY (on the brief), for intervenor Western Alliance.
8
Suzi Ray McClellan, Rick Guzman, Austin, TX (on the brief), for intervenor Texas Office of Public Utility.
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John Windhausen, Jr. (on the brief), Silver Spring, MD, for intervenor Competition Policy Institute.
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Glenn B. Manishin, Washington, DC, Christy C. Kunin, Washington, DC, Martha S. Hogerty, Elise P.W. Kiely, Washington, DC, Michael F. Dandino, Kansas City, MO, Philip F. McClellan, Craig S. Lambeth, Harrisburg, PA (on the brief), for intervenor Consumer Federation of America and National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates.
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David A. Gross, Ernest A. Young, Michael F. Altschul, Leonard J. Kennedy, Michael D. Hays, Laura H. Phillips, Washington, DC (on the brief), for intervenor CMRS Providers.
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Christopher C. Cinnamon, Lansing, MI, Eric E. Breisach, Kalamazoo, MI, James H. Geary, Kalamazoo, MI (on the brief), for intervenor Small Cable Business Association.
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Joel I. Klein, Catherine G. O'Sullivan, William E. Kennard, Nancy Garrison, John E. Ingle, Laurence N. Bourne and David G. Ellen, Washington, DC, James M. Carr, Susan L. Fox, Waukesha, WI, K. Michele Walters and Nancy L. Kiefer, Washington, DC (on the brief), for respondents.
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Mark C. Rosenblum and Roy E. Hoffinger, Basking Ridge, NJ, Robert H. Bork, Washington, DC, David W. Carpenter, Chicago, IL, Peter D. Keisler and Bruce J. Ennis, Jr., Washington, DC, Richard J. Metzger, Arlington, VA, Emily M. Williams, Thomas F. O'Neil III, Elmhurst, IL, Anthony C. Epstein, Donald V. Verrilli, Jr., Mark D. Schneider, , Dana Frix, James S. Blaszak, Janine F. Goodman, Curtis T. White and Myrna Peralta, Washington, DC, Edward Hayes, Jr., Charles H. Helein, Robert M. McDowell and Harisha J. Bastiampillai, McLean, VA, Philip V. Permut, Brad Mutschelknaus, Edward A. Yorkgitis, Leonard J. Kennedy, Michael D. Hays and Laura H. Phillips, Washington, DC, Genevieve Morelli, Alexandria, VA, Werner K. Hartenberger, J.G. Harrington and Thomas K. Crowe, Washington, DC, Michael B. Adams, Jr., Arlington, VA, James Jackson, Russell M. Blau, Washington, DC, Martin J. Toft, St. Louis, MO, Albert H. Kramer, Robert F. Aldrich, Cindy Z. Schonhaut, Mary C. Albert, Andrew D. Lipman, Daniel L. Brenner and Neal M. Goldberg, Washington, DC, David L. Nicoll, Daniel M. Waggoner, Seattle, WA, Leon M. Kestenbaum, Jay C. Keithley, H. Richard Juhnke, Howard J. Symons and Sara F. Seidman, Washington, DC, Alaine Miller, Columbus, OH, R. Bruce Easter, Seattle, WA, Charles C. Hunter, Catherine M. Hannon, J. Manning Lee, Staten Island, NY, Raymond G. Bender, Jr., Washington, DC, Roy L. Morris, Cambridge, OH, Louis Gurman, Washington, DC, Timothy R. Graham, New York City, Robert G. Berger, Highland, IN, Joseph Sandri, Washington, DC, Richard L. Fruchterman III (on the brief), for intervenors MCI Corp.; ACC Corp.; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee; Allied Communications Group; Cable & Wireless; America's Carriers Telecommunications Association; Comcast Corp.; Competitive Telecommunications Association; Cox communications, Inc.; EXCEL Telecommunications, Inc.; GCI; GST Telecom, Inc.; ICG Telecom Group, Inc.; KMC Telecom, Inc.; MFS Communications, Inc.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; Nextlink Communications, LLC; Sprint Corporation; Telecommunications Resellers Association; Teleport Communications, Inc.; US One Communications; Western Wireless Corporation; Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.; Winstar Communications, Inc.; Worldcom, Inc.
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Before BOWMAN, WOLLMAN and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.
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HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
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When Alexander Graham Bell, after spilling sulfuric acid on himself, first transmitted the words, "Mr. Watson, come here; I want you," across a rudimentary phone line in 1876, 1 he could not have possibly imagined that his invention would explode into the current technologically-advanced, multi-billion dollar telecommunications industry. Nor could he have foreseen the amount of legislation, regulation, and litigation that his invention would generate.
I. Background
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One hundred twenty years after Bell's discovery, Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 2 (the Act), which was designed, in part, to erode the monopolistic nature of the local telephone service industry by obligating the current providers of local phone service (known as "incumbent local exchange carriers" or "incumbent LECs") to facilitate the entry of competing companies into local telephone service markets across the country. Specifically, the Act forces an incumbent LEC (1) to permit a requesting new entrant in the incumbent LEC's local market to interconnect with the incumbent LEC's existing local network and thereby use the incumbent LEC's network to compete with the incumbent LEC in providing telephone services (interconnection); (2) to provide its competing telecommunications carriers with access to individual elements of the incumbent LEC's own network on an unbundled basis (unbundled access); and (3) to sell to its competing telecommunications carriers, at wholesale rates, any telecommunications service that the incumbent LEC provides to its customers at retail rates, in order to allow the competing carriers to resell the services (resale). 3 47 U.S.C.A. § 251 (c)(2)-(4) (West

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