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




In the Matter of                             )
                                                       )    File No. ENF-97-04
Long Distance Services, Inc.       )
                                                       )    NAL/Acct. No. 716EF0003
Apparent Liability for Forfeiture            )    


                       ORDER OF FORFEITURE
Adopted:  May 7, 1997          ;          Released:  May 8, 1997

By the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau:

                              1.   On December 17, 1996, we released a Notice of Apparent Liability in the above-
captioned proceeding.  We concluded therein that Long Distance Services, Inc. ("LDSI") or its
affiliated companies had apparently changed the primary interexchange carriers ("PICs") designated
by Dr. Stan Altman ("Altman") of New York, New York and Gerrold DeBoe ("DeBoe") of Pompano
Beach, Florida in violation of the Commission's rules and orders.  We found LDSI apparently liable
for forfeiture in the amount of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) for its willful or repeated violations
of the Commission's rules and PIC-change requirements and allowed 30 days from the NAL's release
date for LDSI to respond, either by paying the forfeitureamount or explaining why the forfeiture should be reduced or not imposed at all.  LDSI failed to
provide any response to the NAL.

                              2.   The facts and circumstances leading to the issuance of the NAL are recited therein
and need not be reiterated at length.  This proceeding was initiated by the Altman and DeBoe
complaints, each of which alleged that LDSI had, without authorization, converted the PIC from the
complainants' chosen long distance carrier to LDSI.  Altman and DeBoe stated in their respective
complaints that the letters of agency ("LOAs") used to switch the PICs to LDSI contained forged
signatures and incorrect personal information.  Subsequently, the Enforcement Division of the
Common Carrier Bureau ("Bureau") sent letters to LDSI requesting that LDSI provide specific
information regarding the allegations listed in the Altman and DeBoe complaints.  LDSI did not
respond to the staff's request for the information.  Based upon the information in the Altman and
DeBoe complaints, the Bureau issued an NAL against LDSI pursuant to Section 503(b) of the Act,
for willful or repeated failure to comply with the Commission's PIC-change rules and orders. 

                              3.    In the absence of any information offered by LDSI identifying facts or circumstances
to persuade us that there is any basis to reexamine the NAL, or mitigating circumstances sufficient
to warrant a reduction of the $80,000 forfeiture penalty, the Bureau will enter a forfeiture for said
amount against LDSI for its willful and repeated failure to comply with the Commission's PIC-
change rules and orders.

                              4.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED pursuant to Section 503(b) of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 
503(b), Section 1.80(f)(4) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.80(f)(4), 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 Long
Distance Services, Inc., or its affiliated companies, SHALL FORFEIT to the United States
Government the sum of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) for violating the Commission's rules and
orders governing primary interexchange carrier conversions when it converted or caused a local
exchange carrier to convert the Altman's telephone line on or about July 12, 1996, and the DeBoe's
telephone line on or about March 28, 1996, without their authorization and through the use of
apparently forged LOAs.  Payment shall be made in the manner provided for in Section 1.80 of the
Commission's rules within 30 days from the release of this Order.  If the forfeiture is not paid within
the period specified, the case will be referred to the Department of Justice for collection pursuant to
Section 504(a) of the Communications Act.

                              5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order of Forfeiture shall be sent by
certified United States mail, return receipt requested, to Daniel Fletcher, Phone Calls, Inc. and
Monthly Phone Services, Inc., 201 West Broad Street, Suite 181, Falls Church, Virginia, 22206, and
to Daniel Fletcher, Long Distance Services, Inc., 2117 L Street, N.W., No. 293, Washington, D.C.
20037, and to Daniel Fletcher, P.O. Box 1597, Rowlett, Texas 75030. 



                                                  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                                                  Regina M. Keeney
                                                  Chief, Common Carrier Bureau