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                         Before the
              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                   Washington, D.C. 20554

                              )
Sprint Communications              )
     Company, L.P.,                )         
                              )
     Complainant,                  )    
                              )
          v.                  )    File Nos. E-95-42
                              )    
Qwest Corporation,                 )
                                   )
     Defendant.                    )

                              ORDER

     Adopted: October  31, 2000              Released:  
November 1, 2000


By the Deputy Chief, Market Disputes Resolution Division, 
Enforcement Bureau:


     1.   This matter comes before the Commission as a Joint 
        Motion of Sprint Communications Company L.P. and 
        Qwest Corporation To Hold In Abeyance.  The above-
        captioned complaint addresses the defendant's 
        practice of improperly assessing carrier common line 
        charges for interstate calls involving certain 
        optional calling services.  In support of this 
        motion to hold in abeyance, the parties state that 
        they have reached a settlement of all disputed 
        matters addressed in this formal complaint. 

     2.   We are satisfied that granting this motion through 
November 20, 2000, will allow the parties to finalize all 
terms of their settlement, and prepare a joint motion to 
dismiss with prejudice for review and action by the 
Commission.  If the Commission does not receive a joint 
motion to dismiss by that date, Commission staff will resume 
action in this proceeding. 
     3.   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), and 208, and the 
authority delegated in sections 0.111 and 0.311 of the 
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111 and 0.311, that the 
Joint Motion To Hold In Abeyance IS GRANTED to the extent 
discussed above. 
     

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                         Radhika V. Karmarkar
                         Deputy Chief, Market Disputes 
                    Resolution Division
                         Enforcement Bureau