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

In the Matter of                   )
                                )
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY,   )
INDIANA BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, )
INCORPORATED, MICHIGAN BELL     )
TELEPHONE COMPANY, THE OHIO     )
BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY,         )
WISCONSIN BELL, INC.,           )  
                                )
     Complainants,              )
                                )
     v.                         )  File No. E-98-35
                                )
AT&T CORP.,                     )
                                )
     Defendant.                    )                             

                              ORDER


Adopted:  November 17, 2000                             Released:  

                        November 20, 2000

By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Market  Disputes  Resolution   Division, 

Enforcement Bureau:

     ????????????????????????1.     On October 23, 2000, Illinois 

Bell  Telephone   Company,   Indiana  Bell   Telephone   Company, 

Incorporated, Michigan  Bell  Telephone Company,  The  Ohio  Bell 

Telephone Company, and Wisconsin Bell, Inc. (Ameritech) and  AT&T 

Corporation (AT&T)  filed  a  Joint  Motion  to  Dismiss  Without 

Prejudice (Joint Motion) in this proceeding. On November 6, 2000, 

at the request of Commission  staff, Ameritech and AT&T filed  an 

amended Joint  Motion to  Dismiss. Ameritech's  formal  complaint 

alleges that AT&T's ``Shared Customer-Provided Access'' policy is 

unreasonable, discriminatory, and anticompetitive in violation of 

sections 201, 202, 203, and  251(a) of the Communications Act  of 

1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 201, 202, 203, and 251(a).  In the 

Joint Motion, the parties  state that the  issues raised in  this 

proceeding have been resolved in a mutually satisfactory manner.

     2.   We are  satisfied that  granting the  Joint Motion  and 

dismissing this  complaint  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),  201,   202,  203,  and   251(a)  of   the 

          Communications Act of  1934, as amended,  47 U.S.C.  §§ 

          151, 154(i), 154(j), 201, 202, 203, and 251(a), 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 

          Joint Motion to Dismiss Without Prejudice IS GRANTED.

     4.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Motion to  Dismiss 

          filed November 6, 2000 is DENIED AS MOOT.

     5.   IT  IS   FURTHER  ORDERED   that  the   above-captioned 

complaint IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE and that the  proceeding 

IS TERMINATED.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION  




                         Frank G. Lamancusa
                         Deputy Chief, Market Disputes Resolution 

                         Division
                         Enforcement Bureau