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


In the Matter of                )
                                )            CC Docket No. 99-274
                                )          
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company)              Transmittal No. 2773
Revisions to Tariff F.C.C. No. 73)
                                )
Pacific Bell                    )            Transmittal No. 2067
Revisions to Tariff F.C.C. No. 128)
                                )
Nevada Bell                     )            Transmittal No. 276
Revisions to Tariff F.C.C. No. 1)



                    PARTIAL SUSPENSION ORDER


   Adopted:  August 24, 1999                      Released:  August 24, 1999


By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.   On August 12, 1999, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWBT), Pacific Bell, and
Nevada Bell filed Transmittal Nos. 2773, 2067, and 276 respectively, to revise their Tariffs F.C.C. Nos. 73,
128, and 1, respectively.  All are currently scheduled to be effective August 27, 1999.  These Transmittals
introduce a new Volume Discount Plan for SWBT's, Pacific Bell's, and Nevada Bell's ADSL Service.

     2.   The revised tariff pages submitted under these Transmittals contain the following statements:

                              In addition, the services offered under the ADSL-VDP are
               provided on a wholesale basis to carriers and non-carriers,
               and are priced on such basis.  The ADSL-VDP is not
               offered at retail, and accordingly, the Telephone Companies
               do not believe that the rates therein are subject to the rate
               provisions of Sections 251(c)(4) and 252 (d)(3) of the
               Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 251 (c)(4), 252 (d)(3), and
               thus has priced them under that belief.

We find that this language raises a significant question of lawfulness and warrants a full five-month statutory
suspension pending investigation, pursuant to section 204 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. 
Since this is a partial suspension, suspending only that language set forth supra, the remainder of each of these
tariffs are hereby allowed to go into effect.  We will identify specific issues for this investigation and establish
a pleading cycle in a future designation order.  We note that the issue of the applicability of resale discounts
to advanced services offered as exchange access services is currently being considered in the Wireline
Advanced Services proceeding.   This Partial Suspension Order is not intended to prejudge or resolve any
matters at issue in that rulemaking proceeding.  This tariff investigation will be conducted in coordination with
further proceedings in Docket No. 98-147.

     3.   Pursuant to Sections 1.200 and 1.1206 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.200 and
1.1206, this proceeding will be conducted as a permit-but-disclose proceeding in which ex parte
communications are permitted subject to disclosure.  Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded
that memoranda summarizing the presentations must contain summaries of the substance of the presentations
and not merely a listing of the subject discussed.  More than a one or two sentence description of the views and
arguments presented is generally required.  See 47 C.F.R.  1.1206(b).  Other rules pertaining to oral and
written ex parte presentations in permit-but-disclose proceedings are set forth in 47 C.F.R.  1.1206(b).

     4.   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 Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.
 0.91, 0.291, the language filed under Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Transmittal No. 2773, Pacific
Bell Transmittal No. 2067, and Nevada Bell Transmittal No. 276, as set forth in paragraph 2, supra, IS
SUSPENDED for five months from the effective date and an investigation IS INSTITUTED.

     5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Pacific Bell,
and Nevada Bell SHALL FILE tariff revisions, to become effective on one days' notice, within five business days of the release date of this Order to reflect this suspension.  SWBT, Pacific Bell, and Nevada Bell
should cite the "DA" number of this Order as their authority for making the filing.


          
     


                              FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION



                              Jane E. Jackson
                              Chief, Competitive Pricing Division
                              Common Carrier Bureau