1 Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Comments on NPRM, FCC, CC Docket No. 96-45, April 12. 1996, p. 4.

2 Ameritech, Comments on NPRM, FCC, CC Docket No. 96-45, April 12. 1996, p. 21.

3 FCC, Overview of the Telecommuncations Act of 1996, Internet, WWW.fcc.com//., p. 1.

4 NPRM, para. 113, p. 52.

5 FCC Overview, , op. cit. p. 1.

6 Ameritech, op. cit., p. 15.

7 IBID.

8 Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, op. cit., Attachment 2.

9 IBID., p. 28.

10 IBID., p. 4.