FCC RELEASES REPORT ON TELEPHONE LINES AND OFFICES CONVERTED
TO
                              EQUAL ACCESS


     The FCC has released a staff report entitled Telephone Lines
and Offices Converted To Equal Access.

     Equal access allows customers to place long distance calls
with the interexchange carrier of their choice without the need
to
dial as many as 14 extra digits.  

     At the end of 1993, Bell Operating Companies had converted
99.6% of their lines to equal access.  Other companies had
converted 89.1% of their lines.  Overall, 97.1% of the nation's
lines have been converted to equal access.

     The report also contains historical information on the
number
of lines converted to equal access.  There is also a table
showing,
by state, the local exchange companies and their lines with and
without equal access for year ended December 31, 1993.

      Attached to the summary is a customer response survey form,
upon which recipients and users of the report are encouraged to
record their comments and suggestions.  The survey is part of the
Industry Analysis Division's ongoing effort to improve its
publications and thereby better serve the public.

     The report is available for reference in the Industry
Analysis
Division's Reference Room, Common Carrier Bureau, 1250 23rd
Street,
N.W., Plaza Level.  Copies may be purchased by calling
International Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS) at (202)
857-3800. 
The report can also be downloaded from the FCC-State Link
computer
bulletin board system at (202) 418-0241 [BBS file name EQACC-
94.ZIP].


   FCC


     For additional information, contact Katie Rangos of the
Common
Carrier Bureau's Industry Analysis Division, (202) 418-0940.