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


In the Matter of                 )
                                )
Commonwealth of Virginia State   )
Corporation Commission,          )    E-99-01 and 99-01A
                                 )
      Complainant,               )
                                )
v.                               )
                                )
MCI Telecommunications           )
Corporation,                     )
      
      Defendant.




                              ORDER


Adopted: September 19, 2000                                 
Released: September 20, 2000

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

               On October 7, 1998 and December 20, 1999, the 
Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission (VSCC) 
filed the above-captioned formal complaints (First and Second 
Complaints) against MCI Telecommunications Corp. (MCI) pursuant 
to section 208 of the Telecommunications Act of 1934, as amended 
(Act) .  47 U.S.C. § 208.  In the First and Second Complaints, 
VSCC alleged, among other things, that MCI's assessing its 
Federal Universal Service Fee and National Access Fee, in part, 
on the basis of charges incurred by Virginia customers in using 
the services of a Virginia intrastate toll carrier violated 
sections 2(b), 201, and 203 of the Act.  47 U.S.C. §§ 2(b), 201 
and 203.

               By Joint Motion For Dismissal filed September 8, 
2000, the parties state that they have now settled the matter in 
controversy, and that all matters pending in the First and Second 
Complaints have been resolved, and request that the Commission 
dismiss with prejudice the First and Second Complaints.

               We are satisfied that dismissing the First and 
Second Complaints 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 the Commission.

               Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 
4(i), 4(j), and 208 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 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 dismiss the above-captioned complaints IS GRANTED.

               IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to sections 4(i), 
4(j), and 208 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 
U.S.C. §§ 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 above-captioned complaints are 
DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and these proceedings ARE TERMINATED.

          
                                         FEDERAL   COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION



                                                  Alexander    P. 
Starr
                                                  Chief,   Market 
Disputes Resolution Division
                                                      Enforcement 
Bureau