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


                              )
Illinois Bell Telephone Company,        )
Inc., et al.,                      )
                              )
     Complainants,                 )    
                              )
          v.                  )    File No. E-98-50  
                              )    
                              )
Frontier Communications            )
Services, Inc. et al.,                       )    
                              )
     Defendants,                   )
                              )
                              )
Pacific Bell, et al.,                   )
                              )
     Complainants,                 )    
                              )
          v.                  )    File Nos. E-98-54-60 
                              )    
                              )
Frontier Communications            )
Services, Inc. et al.,                  )    
                              )
     Defendants                    )


                              ORDER

     Adopted: October 27, 2000               Released: 
October 30, 2000 

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


     1.   This matter comes before the Commission as a Joint 
Motion of Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Inc. et al. and 
Pacific Bell, et al. (SBC) and Frontier Communications 
Services, Inc. et al. to Dismiss With Prejudice (Joint 
Motion). The above-captioned complaints addressed the 
defendants' alleged nonpayment of per-call payphone 
compensation. 

     2.   We are satisfied that granting this motion to 
dismiss 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.

     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 Dismiss With Prejudice IS GRANTED.

     4.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned 
complaints ARE  DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and that the above-
captioned proceedings ARE  TERMINATED.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




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