February 29, 1996


Mr. Michael Wade
President
Database Service Management, Inc.
6 Corporate Place
Room PYA - 1F286
Piscataway, NJ  08854-4157

Dear Mr. Wade:

     On January 25, 1996, the Common Carrier Bureau directed
Database Service Management, Inc. (DSMI) to place in
"unavailable" status those 888 numbers identified by 800
subscribers as numbers that those subscribers may want to
replicate in 888.  The purpose of the Bureau's Order was "to
assure interim protection for all equivalent 888 numbers
designated by current 800 subscribers by setting those 888
numbers aside during the initial 888 reservation period."  The
Bureau did not decide whether these numbers ultimately should be
afforded any permanent special protection or right.  Rather, the
Bureau merely deferred any decision about the permanent
protection pending a resolution of that issue by the full
Commission in CC Docket No. 95-155.

     Disputes have now arisen regarding whether certain 888
numbers should have been made "unavailable" as a result of the
Bureau's Order.  Some 800 subscribers have indicated that DSMI or
their Responsible Organizations ("RespOrgs") erroneously omitted
from the list of "protected" numbers certain numbers identified
by the 800 subscribers as numbers that the subscribers wish to
protect in the 888 code.

     To ensure that these subscribers are protected in the manner
contemplated by the Bureau's Order, DSMI is directed to
reclassify as "unavailable" a number not set aside in this
category and subsequently identified by an 800 subscriber or its
RespOrg as a number that was erroneously omitted from the pool of
"unavailable" numbers as long as that number is still not in
"working" status.  Such a request must be in writing from either:
(a) the 800 subscriber of the 888 number at issue; or (b) such
subscriber's RespOrg, and received by DSMI no later than 11:59
p.m. March 15, 1996, at which time we shall reassess the
situation and determine whether this authority should terminate
or be continued for another specified period.
Mr. Michael Wade
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     We emphasize that a number's classification as "unavailable"
is an interim measure pending a decision by the Commission
regarding the disposition of all numbers classified as
"unavailable" as a result of the Bureau's Order.  If you have any
questions regarding this letter, please call Mary De Luca at
(202) 418-2334.

                                   Sincerely,



                                   Regina M. Keeney
                                   Chief, Common Carrier Bureau