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

In the Matter of                             )
                                        )
RCN Telecom Services of Connecticut, Inc., et al.,     )    File No. E-98-22
                                        )    File No. E-98-23
               Complainants,            )    File No. E-98-24
                                        )    File No. E-98-25
          v.                            )    File No. E-98-26
                                        )    File No. E-98-27
Bell Atlantic-Delaware, Inc., et al.,             )    File No. E-98-28
                                        )
               Defendants.                   )

                              ORDER

     Adopted:  December 30, 1998  Released:  December 30, 1998

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

     1.   On February 20, 1998, RCN Telecom Services of Connecticut, Inc., RCN Telecom
Services of Delaware, Inc., RCN Telecom Services of Maryland, Inc., RCN Telecom Services of
Massachusetts, Inc., RCN Telecom Services of New Jersey, Inc., RCN Telecom Services of
Pennsylvania, Inc., RCN Telecom Services of Philadelphia, Inc., RCN Telecom Services of Rhode
Island, Inc., RCN Telecom Services of Virginia, Inc., and RCN Telecom Services of Washington,
D.C., Inc. (collectively, "RCN") filed the above-captioned formal complaints against Bell Atlantic-
Delaware, Inc., Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc., Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc. Bell Atlantic-
Pennsylvania, Inc.  Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Inc., Bell Atlantic-Washington, D.C., Inc., New England
Telephone and Telegraph Company, and New York Telephone Company, (collectively,
"Defendants"), alleging that the Defendants' refusal to provide voice mail service for resale violated
Sections 251(c)(4)(A) and (B) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.  By Order released
March 27, 1998, the Chief of the Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch, Enforcement
Division, Common Carrier Bureau, granted RCN's Motion to dismiss the Formal Complaint against
New York Telephone Company without prejudice. 

     2.   On December 11, 1998, RCN filed a Motion for Leave to Withdraw its Formal
Complaint in all of the above-captioned proceedings.  As of December 29, 1998, no opposition has
been filed to this motion.

     3.   We are satisfied that granting RCN's motion 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.   Thus, the complaints will be dismissed without prejudice.

     4.   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
above-captioned complaints ARE DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE and that these proceedings
ARE TERMINATED.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Alexander P. Starr
                              Chief, Formal Complaints and 
                                Investigations Branch
                              Enforcement Division
                              Common Carrier Bureau