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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

                                        DA 97-1233
In the Matter of                        )                                                             
                              )    
Local Exchange Carriers'                )
Payphone Functions and Features              )    CC Docket No. 97-140       
                                   )    
The Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies        )    
Revisions to Tariff F.C.C. No. 1             )    Transmittal No. 966
                                   
                        SUSPENSION ORDER
                                
        Adopted: June 11, 1997; Released: June 11, 1997

By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

          1.   On June 9, 1997, The Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies (Bell Atlantic)
filed the above transmittal in two parts.  In response to the Suspension Order  released in this
Docket, Part I of this transmittal advanced by one day the effective date of Bell Atlantic
Transmittal No. 962 and implemented our one-day suspension of the effective date of that
transmittal.  This part became effective the day it was filed. 

          2.   In Part II of this transmittal, Bell Atlantic proposes to adjust a rate that it
states was incorrectly displayed in its earlier Transmittal No. 962.  We find that the proposed
rate adjustment in Part II of the above transmittal raises the same issues of lawfulness as Bell
Atlantic Transmittal No. 962.  Accordingly, we suspend Part II of the above transmittal for
one day, institute an investigation of that part of the transmittal, consolidate that investigation
with the pending investigation of Bell Atlantic Transmittal No. 962, and impose an accounting
order.     

          3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 204(a) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  204(a), and Section 0.291 of the
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.291, the rate adjustment to The Bell Atlantic Telephone
Companies Tariff F.C.C. No. 1 filed under Transmittal No. 966 IS SUSPENDED for one day
from the effective date and an investigation of that part of the transmittal IS INSTITUTEDand consolidated with the investigation initiated in the Suspension Order, DA 97-1149,
released June 2, 1997, as corrected June 5, 1997. 
          
          4.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 204(a) of the
Communications Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  204(a), The Bell Atlantic Telephone
Companies SHALL KEEP ACCURATE ACCOUNT of all earnings, costs, and returns
associated with the rate adjustment that is subject to this investigation, and of all amounts paid
thereunder and by whom such amounts are paid.

          5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that The Bell Atlantic Telephone
Companies SHALL FILE tariff revisions within five business days from the release of this
Order to accomplish this suspension.  For these purposes, we waive Sections 61.56, 61.58,
and 61.59 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  61.56, 61.58, and 61.59.  The Bell
Atlantic Telephone Companies should cite the "DA Number" of this Order as the authority for
making these changes.

          
                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
     
          

                         James D. Schlichting
                         Chief, Competitive Pricing Division
                         Common Carrier Bureau