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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  2529 
 Before  the  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 ILLINOIS  BELL  TELEPHONE  COMPANY,  )  INDIANA  BELL  TELEPHONE  COMPANY,  ) 
 INCORPORATED,  MICHIGAN  BELL  )  TELEPHONE  COMPANY,  THE  OHIO  ) 
 BELL  TELEPHONE  COMPANY,  )  WISCONSIN  BELL,  INC.,  ) 
 )  Complainant  s,  ) 
 )  v.  )  File  No.  E-  98-  35 
 )  AT&  T  CORP.,  ) 
 )  Defendant.  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  November  17,  2000  Released:  November  20,  2000 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division,  Enforcement  Bureau: 
 1.  On  October  23,  2000,  Illinois  Bell  Telephone  Company,  Indiana  Bell  Telephone  Company,  Incorporated,  Michigan  Bell  Telephone  Company,  The  Ohio  Bell  Telephone  Company,  and 
 Wisconsin  Bell,  Inc.  (Amerit  ech)  and  AT&  T  Corporat  ion  (AT&  T)  filed  a  Joint  Mot  ion  t  o  Dismiss  Without  Prejudice  (Joint  Motion)  in  this  proceeding.  On  November  6,  2000,  at  the  request  of 
 Commission  staff,  Ameritech  and  AT&  T  filed  an  amended  Joint  Motion  to  Dismiss.  Ameritech’s  formal  complaint  alleges  that  AT&  T’s  “Shared  Customer-  Provided  Access”  policy  is  unreasonable, 
 discriminat  ory,  and  ant  icompet  it  ive  in  violat  ion  of  sect  ions  201,  202,  203,  and  251(  a)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  201,  202,  203,  and  251(  a).  In  the  Joint 
 Motion,  the  parties  state  that  the  issues  raised  in  this  proceeding  have  been  resolved  in  a  mutually  satisfactory  manner. 


 2.  We  are  sat  isfied  that  grant  ing  the  Joint  Mot  ion  and  dismissing  t  his  complaint  will  serve  t  he  public  int  erest  by  promot  ing  the  privat  e  resolut  ion  of  disput  es  and  by  eliminat  ing  t  he  need  for 
 further  litigation  and  the  expenditure  of  further  time  and  resources  of  the  parties  and  of  this  Commission. 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  sections  1,  4(  i),  4(  j),  201,  202,  203,  and  251(  a)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  151,  154(  i),  154(  j),  201,  202, 
 203,  and  251(  a),  and  the  authority  delegated  in  sections  0.111  and  0.311  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.111,  0.311,  that  the  Joint  Motion  to  Dismiss  Without  Prejudice  IS  GRANTED. 
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 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  the  Joint  Motion  to  Dismiss  filed  November  6,  2000  is  DENIED  AS  MOOT. 
 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  the  above-  captioned  complaint  IS  DISMISSED  WITHOUT  PREJUDICE  and  that  the  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Frank  G.  Lamancusa  Deputy  Chief,  Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division 
 Enforcement  Bureau 
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