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                        Before the 
             FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                   Washington, D.C. 20554
                              
  
  
  
  In the Matter of                     )
                                        ) CC Docket No. 97-240 
  Expanded Interconnection Services  )                  
                                        )                  
                                        )
  Citizens Telecommunications Companies       )     Transmittal No. 81
  Revision to Tariff F.C.C. No. 1                       )               
                                     )                   
  
                           ORDER
  
  Adopted:  August 31, 2000                    Released: September 1, 2000
  
  By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau
  
  1.  On August 17, 2000 Citizens Telecommunications Companies (Citizens) filed
  Transmittal No. 81 to revise Tariff F.C.C. No.1, Access Services.  Citizens is proposing
  to establish Citizens Telecommunications Companies (CTC) GROUP # 4 for exchanges
  recently acquired from GTE  Telephone Companies in Nebraska and Minnesota. Included
  in this GROUP #4, among other things, are rates for Expanded Interconnection Service in
  the newly acquired areas.
  
  2.  Transmittal No. 81 raises the same issues regarding rate levels, rate structures,
  and terms and conditions of collocation services as those that are subject to the
  investigation of Citizens' Tariff F.C.C. No. 1, Access Service, Expanded Interconnection
  Services offering. Therefore, with respect to the rates,  terms and conditions for
  Expanded Interconnection Services, Transmittal No. 81 is suspended for one day and will
  be subject to the investigation initiated in the Matter of Citizens Telecommunications
  Companies Revisions to Tariff F.C.C. No.1. 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 the authority
  delegated pursuant to Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. 
  0.91, 0.291, the revisions to Citizens' Tariff F.C.C. Nos. 1 applicable to Expanded
  Interconnection Service offerings filed under Transmittal No. 81, ARE SUSPENDED for
  one day from the effective date and an investigation of the referenced transmittal is
  instituted and incorporated within CC Docket No. 97-240.
  
  4.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Citizens Telecommunications Companies
  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 Sections 4(i) and 204(a) of the
  Communications Act of 1934, as amended 47 U.S.C.  154(i) and 204(a), Citizens
  Telecommunications Companies shall keep accurate account of all amounts received by
  reason of the rates that are subject of this investigation.
  
  
                           FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
       
       
       
       
                           Jane E. Jackson
                           Chief, Competitive Pricing Division
                           Common Carrier Bureau