FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	Contact:  William J. Friedman
September 14,2000	(202) 418-2300


Commissioner Gloria Tristani’s Statement
on Open Access Notice of Inquiry


	Washington, D.C. –

I requested that consideration of the Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on open access be delayed 
until the FCC completes its review of the Time Warner - AOL merger.  With this adjudicatory 
matter pending involving open access, further analysis is appropriate prior to issuing an NOI.  
Nonetheless, I think it is high time to proceed with consideration of a national framework on this 
issue, and I look forward to acting on this expeditiously.


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constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).