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

In the Matter of                )
                                )
Investigation of Bell Atlantic's                  CC Docket No. 96-165)
New Expanded Interconnection    )
Offerings                       )
                                )
Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies) Transmittal No.1085 
Revisions to Tariff F.C.C. No. 1)
                                                                                                                                               
                              ORDER
                     Adopted:  October 27, 1998;
     Released:  October 27, 1998

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

     1.    On October 13, 1998, Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies filed Transmittal No. 1085 to revise
its Tariff F.C.C. No. 1.  Transmittal No. 1085, currently scheduled to become effective on October 28, 1998,
proposes to introduce Secured Collocation Open Physical Environment (SCOPE) and Shared Physical
Collocation Arrangements as optional features to its existing Collocated Interconnection Service;  modify
the limitations on Physical Collocation by decreasing the minimum collocation area and removing the
requirements that collocators enclose their collocation area in a cage; and revises the listing of Telephone
Company central offices available for Physical, SCOPE, or Virtual collocation arrangements.  MCI
Worldcom filed a petition against Bell Atlantic's Transmittal No. 1085 on October 20, 1998.

     2.     Transmittal No. 1085 raises the same issues regarding rate levels, rate structures, and terms and
conditions of physical and virtual collocation services as those that are subject to the investigation of Bell
Atlantic's new expanded interconnection offerings.  Therefore, Transmittal No. 1085 is suspended  for one
day and will be subject to the investigation initiated in the Bell Atlantic Tariff Suspension Order.  Any rates
proposed in this transmittal will be subject to an accounting order to facilitate any refunds that may later
prove necessary.

     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 authority delegated under Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91 and 0.291, the revisions to Bell Atlantic Tariff F.C.C. No. 1, filed
under Transmittal No. 1085, ARE SUSPENDED for one day from the effective date and included in the
investigation.

     4.      IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Bell Atlantic SHALL FILE tariff revisions within five
business days of the release date of this Order to reflect this suspension.







     5.          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 204(a) of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  204(a), Bell Atlantic shall keep accurate account of all earnings, costs, and
returns associated with the rates that are the subject of this investigation, and of all amounts paid thereunder
and by whom such amounts are paid. 

     6.       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, for the above purposes, we waive Sections 61.56, 61.58,
and 61.69 of the Commission 's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  61.56, 61.58, and 61.59.  Bell Atlantic should cite the
"DA" number of the instant Order as the authority for this filing.


                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                         Jane E. Jackson
                         Chief, Competitive Pricing Division
                         Common Carrier Bureau