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                                    Before the
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                )
                                )
ICG ACCESS SERVICES, INC.,      )
     Complainant,               )
                                )
          v.                    )            File No. E-96-17
                                )
US WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,   )
     Defendant.                 )
                                 
                                 
                             ORDER

   Adopted:  May 1, 1997                Released:  May 2, 1997

By the Chief, Formal Complaints & Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division, Common Carrier
Bureau:

     1.  On April 21, 1997, ICG Access Services, Inc.  and US West Communications, Inc. filed
a joint motion to dismiss with prejudice the above-captioned complaint.  The parties state that
dismissal of the complaint with prejudice will service the public interest, convenience and necessity.

     2.  We are satisfied that dismissal of the instant complaint with prejudice will serve the public
interest by eliminating the need for further litigation and the expenditure of further time and
resources by the parties and by the Commission. 

     3.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), and 208 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  151, 154(i), 154(j), 208, and the authority
delegated in Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, that the
joint motion to dismiss with prejudice filed by ICG Access Services, Inc. and US West
Communications, Inc. IS GRANTED.

     4.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned complaint IS DISMISSED WITH
PREJUDICE and that this proceeding IS TERMINATED.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Kurt A. Schroeder 
                              Chief, Formal Complaints and
                                Investigations Branch
                              Common Carrier Bureau