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

In the Matter of                )
                                )
Petition for Commission Assumption of)       CC Docket No. 97-163
Jurisdiction of Low Tech Designs, Inc.'s        )
Petition for Arbitration with Ameritech  )
Illinois Before the Illinois Commerce  )
Commission                      )
                                )
Petition for Commission Assumption of)       CC Docket No. 97-164
Jurisdiction of Low Tech Designs, Inc.'s )
Petition for Arbitration with BellSouth )
Before the Georgia Public Service )
Commission                      )
                                )
Petition for Commission Assumption of)       CC Docket No. 97-165
Jurisdiction of Low Tech Designs, Inc.'s )
Petition for Arbitration with GTE South )
Before the Public Service Commission )
of South Carolina               )
                                
                    ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION

     Adopted:  April 9, 1999                 Released:  April 13, 1999

By the Commission: 

     
1.  The Commission has before it a Petition for Reconsideration filed November 7, 1997, by Low
Tech Designs, Inc. (LTD).   LTD requests review of a October 8, 1997, order by the
Commission denying LTD's petitions for "assumption of jurisdiction" of arbitration proceedings
pursuant to section 252(e)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

     1.  The Commission properly decided LTD's section 252(e)(5) petitions for the reasons
stated in our Memorandum Opinion and Order.  LTD raises no new facts or arguments in its
petition for reconsideration, and therefore there is no reason to disturb our initial decision.

     2.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Petition for Reconsideration filed November 7,
1997, by Low Tech Designs, Inc. IS DENIED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                         
                              Magalie Roman Salas 
                                                            Secretary