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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  1201 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 May  31,  2000 


 Marian  Dyer 
 Vice  President  –  Federal  Regulatory 
 SBC  Telecommunications,  Inc. 
 1401  I  Street,  N.  W. 
 Suite  1100 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20005 


 RE:  SBC/  Ameritech  Merger  Order,  CC  Docket  No.  98-  141,  ASD  File  No.  99-  49 
 Dear  Ms.  Dyer: 
 I  am  in  receipt  of  your  May  25,  2000  letter  to  Lawrence  Strickling,  Chief  of  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  (“  Bureau”),  1  providing  notice  of  changes  to  the  performance  measurements 
 program  required  under  the  SBC/  Ameritech  Merger  Order.  2  In  your  letter,  you  indicate  that  these  changes  are  pursuant  to  an  April  6,  2000  order  by  the  California  Public  Utility  Commission 
 (“  California  Commission”).  3  You  state  that  SBC  plans  to  implement  the  changes  for  the  California  measurements  on  June  1,  2000  and  would  like  to  do  the  same  for  the  Nevada 
 measurements. 
 I  conclude  that  SBC  may  implement  the  changes  to  both  the  California  and  Nevada  measurements  effective  June  1,  2000.  4 


 1  Letter  from  Marian  Dyer,  Vice  President,  SBC  Telecommunications,  Inc.,  to  Lawrence  E.  Strickling,  Chief, 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau,  FCC  (May  25,  2000)  (“  SBC  May  25  th  Letter”). 


 2  Applications  of  Ameritech  Corp.,  Transferor,  and  SBC  Communications,  Inc.,  Transferee,  For  Consent  to 
 Transfer  Control  of  Corporations  Holding  Commission  Licenses  and  Lines  Pursuant  to  Sections  214  and  310(  d)  of 
 the  Communications  Act  and  Parts  5,  22,  24,  25,  63,  90,  95,  and  101  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  CC  Docket  98- 
 141,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  14  FCC  Rcd  14712  (1999)  (“  SBC/  Ameritech  Merger  Order”). 


 3  Order  Instituting  Rulemaking  on  the  Commission’s  Own  Motion  Into  Monitoring  Performance  of  Operations 
 Support  Systems,  Decision  00-  04-  035  (Cal.  PUC  rel.  April  6,  2000). 


 4  I  note  that,  under  our  reporting  requirements,  the  changes  will  be  included  in  SBC’s  July  20,  2000  submission, 
 in  which  the  company  reports  its  June  2000  performance  data.  See  SBC/  Ameritech  Merger  Order  App.  C,  Att.  A 
 at  para.  13. 
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 Please  do  not  hesitate  to  contact  me  if  I  can  be  of  any  assistance.  You  may  also  contact  Anthony  Dale  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  2260  for  further  information  on  this 
 matter. 
 Sincerely, 


 Carol  E.  Mattey 
 Deputy  Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau 
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