**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

**DA 99-261**

In the Matter of )

)

January 1, 1999 ) CC Docket No. 98-241

Access Charge Tariff Filings )

**ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION**

Adopted: January 29, 1999 Released: January 29, 1999

By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division:

**I. INTRODUCTION**

1\. On December 30, 1998, we released the *Pacific Bell Suspension
Order*, which suspended for one day and set for investigation the rates
for the common line basket filed by Pacific Bell in Transmittal Numbers
2020 and 2026.[^1] In that Order, we concluded that Pacific Bell\'s
proposed correction of Centrex line counts in Transmittal Number 2020
may have resulted in an improper increase of Pacific Bell\'s maximum
permitted common line revenues and thus raised a substantial question of
lawfulness that warranted investigation.[^2] We also noted that in
Transmittal Number 2026, Pacific Bell proposed, among other things, to
revise rates \"to reflect the correct recovery of the Common Line
revenue requirement,\" but did not further revise its Centrex line
counts.[^3]

2\. In this Order, on our own motion, we reconsider our decision to
suspend and investigate the rates for the common line basket filed by
Pacific Bell in Transmittal Numbers 2020 and 2026.

**II. DISCUSSION**

3\. Pursuant to Sections 0.91, 0.291, and 1.108 of the Commission\'s
rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, 1.108, we reconsider on our own motion
our decision in the *Pacific Bell Suspension Order* to suspend and
investigate the rates for the common line basket filed by Pacific Bell
in Transmittal Numbers 2020 and 2026.[^4] On January 26, 1999, Pacific
Bell filed Transmittal Number 2031,[^5] proposing revisions to the
maximum permitted common line revenues requirement. On January 28, 1999,
Pacific Bell filed Transmittal No. 2032,[^6] modifying the revisions it
proposed in Transmittal Number 2031. We find that Pacific Bell\'s
revisions in Transmittal No. 2032 adequately address the issue raised in
the *Pacific Bell Suspension Order*.[^7] Accordingly, we decline to
investigate the rates for the common line basket filed by Pacific Bell
in Transmittal Numbers 2020 and 2026 and terminate the proceeding in CC
Docket No. 98-241.

**III. ORDERING CLAUSES**

4\. IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 0.91, 0.291, and 1.108 of
the Commission\'s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, 1.108, we reconsider
on our own motion our decision in the *Pacific Bell Suspension Order* to
suspend and investigate the rates for the common line basket filed by
Pacific Bell in Transmittal Numbers 2020 and 2026.

5\. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of
the Commission\'s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, CC Docket No. 98-241
IS TERMINATED.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Jane E. Jackson

Chief, Competitive Pricing Division

Common Carrier Bureau

[^1]: ^?^ *January 1, 1999 Access Charge Tariff Filings*, CC Docket No.
    98-241, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 98-2649 (Comp. Pric. Div.,
    rel. Dec. 30, 1998) (*Pacific Bell Suspension Order*). *See also*
    Pacific Bell Tariff F.C.C. No. 128, Transmittal No. 2020 (filed Dec.
    17, 1998); Pacific Bell Tariff F.C.C. No. 128, Transmittal No. 2026
    (filed Dec. 29, 1998).

[^2]: ^?^ *Pacific Bell Suspension Order* at para. 3.

[^3]: ^?^ *Pacific Bell Suspension Order* at para. 3.

[^4]: ^?^ *See* note 1 *supra*.

[^5]: ^?^ Pacific Bell Tariff F.C.C. No. 128, Transmittal No. 2031
    (filed Jan. 26, 1999).

[^6]: ^?^ Pacific Bell Tariff F.C.C. No. 128, Transmittal No. 2032
    (filed Jan. 28, 1999).

[^7]: ^?^ *See* para. 1 *supra*.