[2] Comments of GSA, pp. 10-11.

[3] Id., p. 12.

[4] Id., p. 13-14.

[5] Id., p. 14.

[6] Id., p. 16.

[7] Id., p. 3.

[8] See, e.g., Comments of CompTel, p. 4; AdHoc Telecommunications Users Committee ("AdHoc"), p. 10; America's Carriers Telecommunications Association ("ACTA"), pp. 3-4.

[9] Comments of CSE Foundation, p. 14.

[10] Comments of OPUC, p. 4.

[11] Comments of GSA, p. 7.

[12] Id., pp. 7-8.

[13] See, e.g., Comments of Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel ("OCC"), p. 12; WorldCom, Inc., d/b/a LDDS WorldCom ("LDDS WorldCom"), p. 8; Florida Public Service Commission ("Florida"), pp. 14-15.

[14] Comments of MoPSC, pp. 6-7 (footnotes deleted).

[15] Comments of GSA, pp. 8-10.

[16] See, e.g., Comments of Pacific Telesis Group ("Pacific"), p. 18; GTE Service Corporation ("GTE"), pp. 9-10; People of the State of California and the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California ("California"), p. 9.

[17] Comments of USTA, p. 18.

[18] See, e.g., Comments of Ameritech, p. 12; National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates ("NASUCA"), p. 17; BellSouth Corporation and BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. ("BellSouth"), p. 14.

[19] Comments of Ameritech, p. 12.

[20] Comments of Citizens, pp. 12-13.

[21] Comments of GSA, pp. 10-11.

[22] Comments of NCTA, p. 6.

[23] 1996 Act, [[section]] 254 (b)(3).

[24] Comments of GSA, p. 12.

[25] Id., p. 13.

[26] See, e.g., Comments of American Association of Retired Persons ("AARP"), Consumer Federation of American ("CFA") and Consumers Union ("CU"), pp. 14-16; Alaska Public Utilities Commission ("Alaska"), pp. 19-20; New York State Department of Public Services ("NYDPS"), pp. 3-5.

[27] See, e.g., Comments of BellSouth, pp. 10-14; Ameritech, pp. 21-22; AT&T Corp. ("AT&T"), pp. 15-18.

[28] Comments of SWBT, p. 6 (footnote deleted).

[29] Comments of Bell Atlantic, p. 13.

[30] Remarks by Commissioner James H. Quello before the USTA, October 12, 1994.

[31] Comments of GSA, p. 13.

[32] See, e.g., Comments of U S West, Inc. ("U S West"), pp. 8-11; MFS Communications Company, Inc. ("MFS") pp. 18-19; Sprint Corporation ("Sprint"), pp. 8-15.

[33] See, e.g., Comments of Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company ("CBT"), pp. 9-10; Staff of Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission ("IURC Staff"), p. 8; Western Alliance ("Alliance"), pp. 4-6.

[34] Comments of SWBT, pp. 14-16.

[35] Comments of JSI, p. 10.

[36] Comments of GSA, p. 14.

[37] See, e.g., Comments of Telecommunications Resellers Association ("TRA"), p. 6; State Commissions of Maine, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah, Vermont and West Virginia ("Commenting States"), p. 22; New York State Consumer Protection Board ("NYCPB"), p. 10.

[38] See, e.g., Comments of BellSouth, pp. 15-16; NYNEX Telephone Companies ("NYNEX"), p. 24; U S West, p. 17.

[39] 1996 Act, [[section]] 254 (d) (emphasis added).

[40] Comments of GSA, pp. 15-16.

[41] See, e.g., Comments of NYNEX, p. 10; Rural Telephone Coalition ("RTC"), p. 17.

[42] Comments of SWBT, p. 16.

[43] Comments of GTE, p. 11.

[44] See, e.g., Comments of ALTS, p. 12; Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. ("Time Warner"), pp. 10-11; MCI Telecommunications Corporation ("MCI"), pp. 18-19.

[45] Comments of GSA, p. 16.

[46] Comments of NARUC, p. 3. (footnote deleted).