FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 6, 2000

   STATEMENT OF FCC CHAIRMAN WILLIAM E. KENNARD REGARDING CONSENT
           DECREE BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND MCI WORLDCOM

     Today MCI agreed to pay the largest slamming payment in the history of the Commission
and to substantially change their behavior toward their customers.

     This action puts the entire industry on notice that consumers should not be hoodwinked
over the phone.  We have zero tolerance for slammers.

                            - FCC -