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



In the Matter of

Operator Communications, Inc.
d/b/a/ ONCOR Communications, 

          Complainant,

     v.

Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc.,
Bell Atlantic-Washington, D.C., Inc.
Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc.,
Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Inc.,
Bell Atlantic-West Virginia, Inc.,
Bell Atlantic-Delaware, Inc.,
Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc.,
New England Telephone & Telegraph
Company,
New York Telephone Company, and 
Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc.
 

          Defendants.
          

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File No. E-98-11














                                
                             ORDER

   Adopted: March 24, 2000              Released: March  27, 2000

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

  1. This matter comes before the Commission on the Joint Motion of ONCOR
  Communications (ONCOR), and Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc., Bell Atlantic-Washington,
  D.C. Inc., Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc., Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Inc., Bell Atlantic-West
  Virginia, Inc., Bell Atlantic-Delaware, Inc., Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc., New England
  Telephone and Telegraph Company and New York Telephone Company (collectively, Bell
  Atlantic) to Dismiss ("Joint Motion").  

  2. The above-captioned formal complaint relates to ONCOR's allegation that Bell
  Atlantic violated sections of the Communications Act and the Commission's slamming rules in
  connection with the switching of the presubscribed long distance carrier of Bell Atlantic
  payphones. 

  3. We are satisfied that dismissing the complaint with prejudice will serve the public
  interest by promoting the private resolution of disputes and by eliminating the need for further
  litigation and the expenditure of further time and resources of the parties and of this
  Commission.

  4. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 201, 202, 208, 258,
  and 276 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  151, 154(i), 154(j),
  201, 202, 208, 258, and 276, and the authority delegated in sections 0.111 and 0.311 of the
  Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.111, 0.311, that the parties' Joint Motion To Dismiss IS
  GRANTED. 

  5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned complaint IS DISMISSED
  WITH  PREJUDICE and that this proceeding is TERMINATED.



                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                              
                              
                              
                              Glenn T. Reynolds
                              Chief, Market Disputes Resolution Division
                              Enforcement Bureau