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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  2902 
 _______________________________________________________________________ 


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


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 Sprint  Communications  ) 
 Corporation,  ) 
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 Complainant,  ) 
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 v.  )  File  No.  E-  95-  42 
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 Qwest  Corporation,  ) 
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 Defendant.  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  December  22,  2000  Released:  December  26,  2000 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division,  Enforcement  Bureau: 
 1.  This  matter  comes  before  the  Commission  as  a  Joint  Motion  of  Sprint 
 Communications  Corporation  and  Qwest  Corporation  to  Dismiss  With  Prejudice  (Joint 
 Motion).  The  above-  captioned  complaint  addresses  the  defendant’s  practice  of 
 improperly  assessing  carrier  common  line  charges  for  interstate  calls  involving  certain 
 optional  calling  services. 


 2.  We  are  satisfied  that  granting  this  motion  to  dismiss  with  prejudice  will 
 serve  the  public  interest  by  promoting  the  private  resolution  of  disputes  and  by 
 eliminating  the  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),  and  208 
 of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  151,  154(  i),  154(  j),  and 
 208,  and  the  authority  delegated  in  sections  0.111  and  0.311  of  the  Commission’s  rules, 
 47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.111  and  0.311,  that  the  Joint  Motion  to  Dismiss  With  Prejudice  IS 
 GRANTED. 
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 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  the  above-  captioned  complaint  IS 
 DISMISSED  WITH  PREJUDICE  and  that  this  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Radhika  V.  Karmarkar,  Deputy  Chief 
 Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division 
 Enforcement  Bureau 
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