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                                             Released:  March 20, 2000
                                             
   CLARIFICATION ON BELL ATLANTIC-PENNSYLVANIA'S REQUEST FOR
  LIMITED MODIFICATION OF LATA BOUNDARIES TO PROVIDE EXPANDED
   LOCAL CALLING SERVICE BETWEEN BELL ATLANTIC-PENNSYLVANIA'S
         ULYSSES AND COUDERSPORT EXCHANGES AND FRONTIER
      COMMUNICATIONS' GENESEE, SHINGLEHOUSE, AND MILPORT 
                  EXCHANGES IN PENNSYLVANIA  
                                
                       File No. NSD-L-99-84
                                
On October 25, 1999, Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania (Bell Atlantic) filed a petition requesting
modification of local access and transport area (LATA) boundaries to provide originating
one-way, flat-rated expanded local calling service (ELCS) between Bell Atlantic's Ulysses and
Coudersport exchanges and Frontier Communications' Genesee, Shinglehouse, and Milport
exchanges in Pennsylvania.   The FCC released a public notice on November 4, 1999 seeking
comment on this request.

On February 29, 2000, Bell-Atlantic submitted a letter to the Commission clarifying its request of
the original LATA modification request.  That clarification reads as follows:  Bell Atlantic is
requesting that the FCC exercise its authority to modify LATA boundaries under 47 USC
153(25)(B) to permit Bell Atlantic to carry Frontier's traffic across a LATA boundary in order to
terminate it in Bell Atlantic Pennsylvania's exchanges.  This request provides one-way expanded
local calling for Frontier customers in the Shinglehouse, Milport, Genesee exchanges into Bell
Atlantics' Coudersport and Ulysses exchanges.

Copies of documents filed with the Commission may be obtained from the International
Transcription Service (ITS), 445 12th Street, S.W., Suite CY-B400, Washington, D.C. 20554,
(202) 314-3070.  Documents are also available for review and copying at the FCC Reference
Room, 445 12th Street, S.W., CY-A257, Washington, D.C., (202) 418-0270. 

For further information contact Alan Thomas or Al McCloud of the Common Carrier Bureau,
Network Services Division, at (202) 418-2320, TTY (202) 418-0484.

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