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                                                  DA 95-1151





                                                  May 25, 1995

MFS Communications Company, Inc. Files Motion For Declaratory Ruling Proscribing
Discriminatory Application Of Local Exchange Carrier Nonrecurring Charges 


                       Pleading Cycle Established


COMMENTS:  June 26, 1995

REPLY COMMENTS:  July 11, 1995


     On May 15, 1995, MFS Communications Company, Inc. (MFS) filed a motion
pursuant to Section 1.2 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.2, requesting that the
Commission issue a Declaratory Ruling concerning nonrecurring charges that local exchange
carriers ("LECs") impose upon customers that attempt to switch from LEC-provided services
to services offered by collocated competitive access providers ("CAPs").  MFS specifically
requests that the Commission: (1) Clarify that LECs may not impose multiple voice grade (or
DSO) nonrecurring charges when high capacity entrance facility or interoffice transport
circuits are rerouted to expanded interconnection arrangements; (2) Require all LECs to
extend their nonrecurring charge waiver policies to customers that reroute circuits to a
collocated CAP's facilities; and (3) Require that the Commission refine its expanded
interconnection rules to require that LECs unbundle their nonrecurring charges into separate
components. 

     Interested parties may file comments on MFS' motion no later than June 26, 1995. 
Replies to the comments may be filed no later than July 11, 1995.  

     An original and four copies of all comments and replies must be filed in accordance
with Section 1.51(c) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.51(c).  In addition, one copy
of each pleading must be filed with International Transcription Service (ITS), the
Commission's duplicating contractor at its office at 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 140
Washington D.C. 20037 and one copy with the Chief, Tariff Division, room 518, 1919 M
Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20554.

     For further information, contact Daren Benzi, Tariff Division, Common Carrier
Bureau, (202) 418-1557.
                                                  
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