Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C. 20554
     
                                 
     In the Matter of           )
                                )
     Armstrong Communications, Inc.)         CCBPol No. 97-6
     Petition for Relief Pursuant to Section)
     252(e)(5) of the Telecommunications)
     Act of 1996 and Request for)
     Additional Relief          )
                                 
     
     
                    ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION
                                
                                
     Adopted:  June 23, 1999            Released:  June 24, 1999
     
     By the Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau:
     
               1.   The Common Carrier Bureau has before it a Petition for Reconsideration
     filed February 23, 1998, by Armstrong Communications, Inc. (Armstrong).
        Armstrong requests reconsideration of a January 22, 1998, order by the Bureau
      denying Armstrong's original petition.
       The Armstrong Petition requested that the Commission direct Citizens, pursuant to sections
     251(b) and (c) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the Act), to provide Armstrong with
     interconnection and to negotiate in good faith the terms and conditions of an interconnection
     agreement consistent with those sections.  In addition, or in the alternative, Armstrong requested
     that the Commission preempt the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Commission pursuant to
     section 252(e)(5) of the Act with respect to Armstrong's pending request for interconnection
     with Citizens.
     
               2.   The Bureau properly decided Armstrong's section 252(e)(5) petition for
     the reasons stated in its Memorandum Opinion and Order.  Armstrong raises no new facts
     or arguments in its petition for reconsideration, and therefore on reconsideration, there is
     no reason to disturb our initial decision.
     
     
               3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Petition for Reconsideration filed
     February 23, 1998 by Armstrong Communications, Inc. IS DENIED.
     
                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
     
     
     
                              Robert C. Atkinson
                              Deputy Chief
                              Common Carrier Bureau