FCC 97-157
| Commenter | Abbreviation |
| Aliant Communications | Aliant |
| Ameritech | |
| AT&T Corp./MCI (Joint Comments) | AT&T/MCI |
| Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies and NYNEX (Joint Comments) | |
| BellSouth Corporation, Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. | BellSouth |
| GTE Service Corporation | GTE |
| Pacific Bell | |
| Pacific Telecom, Inc. | |
| Rural Telephone Coalition | RTC |
| Rural Utilities Service | RUS |
| Southwestern Bell Telephone Company | |
| Sprint Corporation | Sprint |
| Strategic Policy Research | |
| Public Utilities Commission of Texas | Texas PUC |
| U S West, Inc. | U S WEST |
| United States Telephone Association | USTA |
| WorldCom, Inc. | WorldCom |