[2] The Bell Atlantic telephone companies ("Bell Atlantic") are Bell Atlantic-Delaware, Inc.; Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc.; Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc.; Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc.; Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Inc.; Bell Atlantic-Washington, D.C., Inc.; and Bell Atlantic-West Virginia, Inc.

[3] A second fund, for schools and libraries, is discussed in Attachment B. In addition, programs offering assistance to low-income households would remain in effect, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. ' 254(j).

[4] Report No. DC 96-75 at 5 (rel. Aug. 1, 1996).

[5] Id.

[6] For this purpose, the term "LEC" includes all those exchange carriers that are subject to the Commission's Part 36 jurisdictional separations rules, including average schedule companies.