APPENDIX A

PARTIES FILING INITIAL AND REPLY COMMENTS, CC DOCKET NO.  97-21

Initial Comments

        CommenterAbbreviation
     American Library AssociationALA
Ameritech
         AT&T Corp.AT&T
      Bell Atlantic and NYNEXBA and NYNEX
 MCI
    National Cable Television AssociationNCTA
   National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.NECA
      Pacific Telesis GroupPacTel
    Personal Communications Industry AssociationPCIA
   Rural Telephone Coalition and Unites States
        Telephone CoalitionRTC and USTA 
    Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanySWBT
       Sprint CorporationSprint
       U S West, Inc.U S WEST
         Worldcom, Inc.WorldCom
  
Reply comments 

        CommenterAbbreviation
         AT&T Corp.AT&T
       BellSouth Corp.BellSouth
       GTE Service Corp.GTE
         MCI
   National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.NECA
    Personal Communications Industry AssociationPCIA
   Rural Telephone Coalition and Unites States
        Telephone CoalitionRTC and USTA 
    Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanySWBT

PARTIES FILING INITIAL AND REPLY COMMENTS, CC DOCKET NO.  96-45

Initial comments 

        CommenterAbbreviation
  Association of American Medical CollegesAAMC
Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Ad Hoc 
              Aerial Communications, Inc. Aerial
           American Federation of TeachersAFT
            American Hospital Association AHA
         AirTouch Communications, Inc.    AirTouch
   AirTouch Communications, Inc. -- ErrataAirTouch
              American Library AssociationALA
 Alabama Department of Public Health, Public Health Area III
       Alabama Department of Public Health
         Alabama Public Service CommissionA
                                          labama PSC
        Alaska Public Utilities CommissionAlaska PUC
            Alliance for Public Technology
             Alliance for Community Media 
 Alliance for Distance Education in CaliforniaAlliance for Distance Education
     ALLTEL Telephone Services CorporationALLTEL
                   Alpena General Hospital
 Association for Local Telecommunications ServicesALTS
         American Telemedicine AssociationAmerican Telemedicine
                                 Ameritech
                     AMSC Subsidiary Corp.AMSC
                            America OnlineAOL
          American Personal CommunicationsAPC
        American Public Health AssociationAPHA
        American Public Power Association APPA
                      Apple Computer, Inc.Apple
Association of America's Public Television Stations 
   and Public Broadcasting ServiceAPTS/PBS
 Alaska Telephone Association -- Ex-ParteATA
 Arch Communications Group, Inc.Arch
  Archdiocese of New York
US Public Policy Office for the Association for 
   Computing MachineryAss'n for Computing
 Association of State and Territorial Health OfficialsASTHO
 AT&T Corp.AT&T
 Bell Atlantic -NYNEX MobileBANM
Association of the Bar of New York Administrative 
   Law CommitteeBar of New York
 Bell Atlantic
 BellSouth Corporation and Telecommunications, Inc.BellSouth
Benton Foundation & the Center 
   for Strategic CommunicationsBenton
 Broadband PCS Alliance of PCIABroadband PCS Alliance
  
 Brooklyn Public Library
 Business Software Alliance
California Department of Consumer Affairs 
State of  California and the California
   Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia PUC
 California Small Business AssociationCalifornia SBA
 Cathey, Hutton and Associates Cathey, Hutton
 US Catholic ConferenceCatholic Conference
  National Coalition for the Homeless,
  Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless,
  American Women's Roundtable,
  Center for Media Education,
  Consumer Action,
  Fifth Street Connection,
  Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights,
  Interstate Migrant Educators,
  Marcia Zashin,
  Education Consultant to Cleveland Public Schools and Project Act,
  Migrant Legal Action Program,
 Council for Education Development and Research CEDR
 Celpage, IncCelpage
 Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co.Cincinnati Bell
 Citizens Utilities CompanyCitizens Utilities
 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana IslandsCNMI
Colorado Library, Education & Healthcare Telecommunications
   CoalitionColorado LEHTC
 Commercial Internet Exchange AssociationCommercial Internet Exchange
 American Association of Community CollegesCommunity Colleges
 Competitive Telecommunications Association CompTel
 Comsat CorporationComsat
 Cox Communications, Inc.Cox
 Competition Policy InstituteCPI
 Citizens for a Sound Economy FoundationCSE Foundation
 Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association     CTIA
 Cylink CorporationCylink
 Office of the People's Counsel for the District of ColumbiaDC OPC
 Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia DC PSC
 Delaware Public Service CommissionDelaware PSC
 Dickinson Public Schools
 DIRECTV, Inc. and Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc.DIRECTV
 Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network
 Edgemont Neighborhood CoalitionEdgemont
 Educations and Library Networks CoalitionEDLINC
 American Association of Educational Service AgenciesEducational Service Agencies
 Electronic Communications for Rural Health Depts.
 Evans Telephone Co.Evans Tel. Co.
  Humboldt Telephone Co.,
  Kerman telephone Co.,
  Oregon-Idaho Utilities Inc.,
  Pinnacles Telephone Co.,
  The Ponderosa Telephone Co.,
  The Siskiyou Telephone Co.,
  The Volcano Telephone Co.,
 Excel Telecommunications, Inc.EXCEL
 Florida Department of Management Services
 Florida Public Service CommissionFlorida PSC
 Florida Public Service Commission -- Ex-ParteFlorida PSC
 Ford County Health Department
 Fred Williamson & Associates, Inc.Fred Williamson
 Frontier Telemedicine
 Frontier Corp.Frontier
 General Communications, Inc.GCI
 GE American Communications, Inc.GE Americom
Consumers' Utility Counsel Division, 
   Georgia Governors' OfficeGeorgia Consumer's Counsel
 Georgia Department of Administrative Services
 Governor of Guam
 Grant County Health Department
 Gray County Health Department
 Council of the Great City SchoolsGreat City Schools
 General Services Administration GSA
 GTE
 Guam Telephone Authority Guam Tel. Authority
 GVNW, Inc./ManagementGVNW
 Harris, Skrivan AssociatesHarris
 Harvey County Health  Department
 U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesHHS
 High Plains Rural Health NetworkHigh Plains RHN
 ICORE, Inc.ICORE
 Illinois State Board of EducationIllinois Board of Education
 Illinois Commerce CommissionIllinois CC
 Illinois Department of Public HealthIllinois DPH
 Illinois State Library
 Integrated Media Conferencing Network
 Interactive Services AssociationInteractive Services Ass'n
 Iowa Utilities Board
 iSCAN, L.P.iSCAN
 Information Technology Association of AmericaITAA
 ITCs, Inc.ITC
 Information Technology Industry CouncilITI
 IXC Communications, Inc.IXC Communications
 John Staurulakis, Inc.John Staurulakis
 Juno Online Services, L.P.Juno Online
 Kansas Corporation  CommissionKansas CC
 Kansas Hospital Association
 Kentucky Public Service CommissionKentucky PSC
 Keystone  Communications CorporationKeystone Communications
 Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital
 LCI International Telecom Corp.LCI
 Lower Colorado River AuthorityLCRA
 Livingston County Public Health Department
 Marquette County Health Department
 Maryland Public Service CommissionMaryland PSC
 Massachusetts Department of EducationMassachusetts DOE 
 Massachusetts Board of Library CommissionersMassLibrary
Maury Regional Hospital Teleradiology and 
   Hospital Software IntegrationMaury Regional Hospital
 MCI
 Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center, Inc.Melham Medical Center
 Metricom, Inc.Metricom
 MFS Communications Company, Inc.MFS
 Mid-Nebraska Telemedicine Network
 Minnesota Independent CoalitionMinnesota Indep. Coalition
 Mississippi State Department of HealthMississippi Dept. of Health
Mississippi Council for Education Technnology & 
   Mississippi Library CommissionMississippi
 Missouri Public Service CommissionMissouri PSC
 Mitchell County Health Dept.
 Mountaineer Doctor TeleVisionMountaineer Doctor TV
 National Association of County & City Health OfficialsNACCHO
 National Association of the Deaf NAD
 National Association of State Telecom. DirectorsNASTD
 National Association of State Utility Consumer AdvocatesNASUCA
 National Black Caucus of State LegislatorsNat'l Black Caucus
 National Urban Coalition
US National Commission on Libraries
    & Information ScienceNCLIS
 National Cable Television AssociationNCTA
 Nebraska Association of Hospitals & Health SystemsNebraska Hospitals
 Nebraska Telemedicine
 National Emergency Number AssociationNENA
National Urban Coalition
 NetAction
  Utility Consumer Action Network
  Community Technology Centers' Network
  CHALK
 Netscape Communications CorporationNetscape
 New Jersey Division of Ratepayer AdvocateNew Jersey Advocate
 New York State Department of EducationNew York DOE
 New York State Department of Public ServiceNew York DPS
 New York Public Library
 Nextel Communications, Inc.Nextel
 Northern TelecommunicationsNorTel
 North Dakota Department of HealthNorth Dakota DOH
 North Dakota Public Service CommissionNorth Dakota PSC
 North Dakota State Library
 North Dakota Telehealth Service Providers
 Northern Tier
 Norton County Health Department
 NRPT CommunicationsNRPT
National Telecommunications and 
   Information AdministrationNTIA
 American College of Nurse PractitionersNurse Practitioners
 NynexNYNEX
 Ohio Department of Education Ohio DOE
 Public Utilities Commission of OhioOhio PUC
 Oracle CorporationOracle
 Oregon Public Education Network
 Oregon Public Utility CommissionOregon PUC
 Orion Atlantic
 Osage County Health Department
 Osborne County Health Department
 Owen J. Roberts School District
 PACE Telecommunications ConsortiumPACE
 Pacific Telesis GroupPacTel
 PageMart, Inc.PageMart
 Paging Network, Inc.PageNet
 PanAmSat CorporationPanAmSat
 Panhandle Health District I
  Personal Communications Industry AssociationPCIA
 Personal Communications Industry Association -- ErrataPCIA
 Pennsylvania Library AssociationPennsylvania Library Ass'n
 People for the American WayPeople For
  Media Access Project,
  Alliance for Communitions Democracy,
  Alliance for Community Media,
  Benton Foundation,
  Center for Media Education,
  League of United Latin American Systems,
  Minority Media and Telecommunications Council,
  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,
  National Council of LaRaza,
  National Urban League,
  Rainbow Coalition
 Phillips County Health Department
 Plains Health Telemedicine NetworkPlains Health Telemedicine
 Paging and Narrowband PCS Alliance of the PCIAPNPA
 Pottawatomie County Health Department
 Public Advocates, Inc.Public Advocates
 Puerto Rico Telephone CompanyPuerto Rico Tel. Co.
 Rural Emergency Medical Education ConsortiumREMEC
 Richard Roth
 Robert L . Lock, Jr.
 Roseville Telephone CompanyRoseville Tel. Co.
 RT Communications, Inc.RT
 Rural Telephone CoalitionRTC
 Rural Alliance
 National Rural Electric Cooperative AssociationRural Electric Coop.
 Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative
 Rural Utilities ServiceRUS
 Russell  County Health Department
Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the 
   US Small Business AdministrationSBA
Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
   US Small Business Administration -- ERRATASBA
  SBC Communications, Inc.SBC
 Seattle Department of Administrative ServicesSeattle
 Sheridan County Public Health DepartmentSheridan County PHD
 Silver Star Telephone Company             Silver Star Tel. Co.
 Southern New England Telephone Co.        SNET
South Carolina Department of Education and
    Budget & Control BoardSouth Carolina
 Southern Adirondak Library System
 Southern Illinois Healthcare
 Sprint Spectrum L.P.  Sprint PCS
 Sprint CorporationSprint
 Saint Alexius Medical CenterSt. Alexius
 Stanton County Health Department
 TCA, Inc.-Telecommunications ConsultantsTCA
 Tele-Communications, Inc.TCI
 TDS Telecommunications and Century TelephoneTDS Telecom
 TDS Telecommunications and Century Telephone -- ErrataTDS Telecom
 Telco Communications Group, Inc.Telco
 Teleport Communications Group, Inc.Teleport
 Public Utility Commission of TexasTexas PUC
 Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.Time Warner
 Telecommunications Resellers AssociationTRA
 Tularosa Basin TelephoneTularosa Basin Tel.
 Utility Reform NetworkTURN
 U S West, Inc.U S WEST
 United Cerebral Palsy AssociationUnited Cerebral Palsy Ass'n
 Office of Communication of the United Church of  ChristUnited Church of Christ
 United Health Services
 United Utilities, Inc.United Utilities
 Universal Service Alliance
University of Cincinnati Medical Center Academic
    Information Technology and LibrariesUniv. of Cin. Medical Center
 University of Kansas School of NursingUniv. of Kansas School of 
  Nursing
 University of MinnesotaUniv. of Minnesota
 University of Nebraska Medical CenterUniv. of Nebraska Med. Ctr.
 University of Nevada School of Medicine
 National Urban League, Inc.Urban League
 United States Telephone AssociationUSTA
 Utah Public Service CommissionUtah PSC 
 UTC, the Telecommunications AssociationUTC
 Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.Vanguard
 Vermont Public Service BoardVermont PSB
 Virginia's Rural Telephone Co'sVirginia's Rural
 Washington State Enhanced 911 ProgramWashington 911
 Washington State LibraryWashington Library
 Washington State Rural Development CouncilWashington RDC
 Washington State Superintendant of Public InstructionWashington SPI
 Washington Utilities and Transportation CommissionWashington UTC
 Waubonsee Community College
 West Virginia Consumer Advocate
 Western Alliance
 WinStar Communications, Inc.WinStar
       WorldCom, Inc.WorldCom
      Wyoming Medical CenterWyoming Telemedicine Proj.
     Wyoming Public Service CommissionWPSC

Reply comments 

        CommenterAbbreviation
  Acadia-St. Landry Hospital
   America's Carriers Telecommunications Ass'nACTA
Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee              Ad Hoc 
American Federation of Teachers                        AFT
 American Hospital Ass'n                          AHA
 AirTouch Communications, Inc.                    AirTouch
 American Library Association              ALA
 Alaska Telemedicine Project
 Aliant Communications Co.                        Aliant
 ALLTEL Telephone Services Corporation            ALLTEL
 Association for Local Telecommunications Services     ALTS
 American Medical Informatics Association
 Ameritech
 America Online                            AOL
 American Personal Communications          APC
 American Public Power Ass'n               APPA
 Apple Computer, Inc.                      Apple
 Arch Communications Group, Inc.                  Arch
 Arizona Telemedicine Program Link         Arizona Telemedicine
 Arkadelphia Baptist Medical Center
 Arlington Municipal Hospital TeleMedicine        Arlington Municipal Hospital
 AT&T Corp.                                AT&T
 Atlanta Board of Education
 Bell Atlantic and NYNEX                   BANX
 Bassett Healthcare Telemedicine Network               Bassett Healthcare
 BellSouth Corporation and Telecommunications, Inc.    BellSouth
Benton Foundation & the Center for Strategic 
   CommunicationsBenton
 Business Software Alliance
 California Department of Consumer Affairs
 California and the Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia PUC
 California Small Business AssociationCalifornia SBA
 Celpage, Inc.Celpage
 Centennial Cellular Corp.Centennial
 Charles S. Robb
 City of ChicagoChicago
 Citizens Utilities CompanyCitizens Utilities
 Resident Representative from CNMI to US CNMI Representative
 Northern Mariana IslandsCNMI
Colorado Library, Education & Healthcare Telecommunications 
   CoalitionColorado LEHTC
 Colorado Public Utilities CommissionColorado PUC
 Colorado TelehealthColorado Telehealth
 Commercial Internet Exchange AssociationCommercial Internet Exchange
 Commercial Internet Exchange Association -- ERRATACommercial Internet Exchange
 American Association of Community CollegesCommunity Colleges
 Conejos County Hospital
 Consumer Action NetworkConsumer Action
 Cox Communications, Inc.Cox
 Competition Policy InstituteCPI
 Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association     CTIA
 Communications Workers of AmericaCWA
 Dakota Telemedicine Systems
 Decatur County Hospital Healthnet WorksDecatur County Hospital
 Eastern Montana TeleMedicine NetworkEastern Montana TeleMedicine
 Educations and Library Networks CoalitionEDLINC
 Evans Telephone Co.Evans Tel. Co.
   Humboldt Telephone Co.,
  
   Kerman telephone Co.,
  Oregon-Idaho Utilities, Inc.
  Pinnacles Telephone Co.,
  The Ponderosa Telephone Co.,
  Siskiyou Telephone Co.,
  The Volcano Telephone Co.
 Florida Public Service CommissionFlorida PSC
 Fort Frye Local School District
 General Communications, Inc.GCI
 GE American Communications, Inc.GE Americom
 Georgia Public Service CommissionGeorgia PSC
 General Instrument CorporationGI
 Council of the Great City SchoolsGreat City Schools
 General Services Administration GSA
 GTEGTE
 High Plains Rural Health NetworkHigh Plains RHN
 U.S. Department of the InteriorInterior
 ITCs, Inc.  -- ERRATAITC
 ITCs, Inc.ITC
 IXC Communications, Inc.IXC Communications
 University of Kentucky College of MedicineKentucky TeleCare
 KMC Telecom, Inc.KMC
 KU Medical CenterKU Medical Center
 La Crosse Lutheran Hospital
 LBJ Tropical Medical Center
 Low Country General Hospital
 Lufkin-Conroe Telephone Exchange, Inc.Lufkin-Conroe
 The State of Maine Public Utilities CommissionMaine PUC
  The State of Montana Public Service Commission,
  The State of Nebraska Public Service Commission,
  The State of New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission,
  The State of New Mexico State Corporation Commission,
  The State of Utah Publice Service Commission,
  The State of Vermont Department of Public Service and Public Service Board,
  Public Service Commission of West Virginia
 Upper Peninsula Telemedicine NetworkMarquette General Hospital
 Maryland PSC
 MCIMCI
 MFS Communications Company, Inc.MFS
 Building an Integrated Patient Information SystemMid-Michigan Medical Center
 Montana REACH
 Motorola, Inc.Motorola
 National Cable Television Ass'nNCTA
 Netscape Communications CorporationNetscape
 New York State Department of Public ServiceNew York DPS
 Friends of the National Library of MedicineNLM
North Idaho Community Education and Health 
   Information NetworkNorth Idaho CEHIN
 North Mississippi Health Services
 North Tonawanda City School District Board of EducationNorth Tonawanda School Dist.
 National Telecommunications and Information AdministrationNTIA
 Public Utilities Commission of OhioOhio PUC
 Orion Atlantic
 Pacific Telesis GroupPacTel
 PageMart, Inc.PageMart
 Paging Network, Inc.PageNet
 Personal Communications Industry AssociationPCIA
 Puerto Rico Telephone CompanyPuerto Rico Tel. Co.
 Rock Hill Telephone Co.Rock Hill Tel. Co.
 Rural Telephone CoalitionRTC
  National Rural Telecom Association
  National Telephone Cooperative Association
  Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small 
  Telecommuniations Companies
Rural Alabama Health Alliance Distance Learning/
   Medical Link GrantRural Alabama Health Alliance
 National Rural Health AssociationRural Health Ass'n
 Rural Utilities ServiceRUS
   Acadia-St. Landry Hospital,
   Arizona Telemedicine Program Link,Arizona Telemedicine
   Arkadelphia Baptist Medical Center,
   Arlington Municipal Hospital TeleMedicine,Arlington Municipal Hospital
   Bassett Healthcare Telemedicine Network,Bassett Healthcare
  Colorado Telehealth,
  Conejos County Hospital,
  Dakota Telemedicine Systems,
   Decatur County Hospital Healthnet Works,Decatur County Hospital
   Eastern Montana TeleMedicine Network,Eastern Montana Telemedicine
  High Plains Rural Health Network,
  KU Medical Center,
   University of Kentucky College of Medicine,Kentucky Telecare
  LBJ Tropical Medical Center,
  La Crosse Lutheran Hospital,
  Low Country General Hospital,
   Upper Peninsula Telemedicine Network,Marquette General Hospital
   Building an Integrated Patient Information System,Mid-Michigan Medical Center
  Montana REACH,
  National Telecommunications and Information Administration,      NTIA
   North Idaho Community Education & Health Network,North Idaho CEHIN
  North Mississippi Health Services,
   Rural Alabama Health Alliance Distance Learning,Rural Alabama HealthAlliance  
   National Rural Health Association,Rural Health Ass'n
   Northeast Louisiana Health Network Teleradiology Link,St. Francis Medical Center
   Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center,
   University of Arkansas Rural MedLink,University of Arkansas
   Rural Pennsylvania Telemedicine Network,Univ. Pittsburgh Med Ctr
   Telemedicine for Rural South CarolinaUniv. of SC School of Med
 U.S. Small Business AdministrationSBA
 SBC Communications, Inc.SBC
 Scott & White
 Small Cable Business Association  (Reg. Flex)Small Cable II
 Small Cable Business AssociationSmall Cable
 Sprint Spectrum L.P.  Sprint PCS
 Sprint CorporationSprint
 Northeast Louisiana Health Network Teleradiology LinkSt. Francis Medical Center
 TDS Telecommunications and Century TelephoneTDS Telecom
 Telco Communications Group, Inc.Telco
 Teleport Communications Group, Inc.Teleport
 Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.Time Warner
 Telecommunications Resellers AssociationTRA
 Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center
 U S West, Inc.U S WEST
 Universal Service AllianceUniv. Service Alliance
 University of Arkansas Rural MedLinkUniv. of Arkansas
 University of Kentucky Center for Rural Health
 Rural Pennsylvania Telemedicine NetworkUniv. of Pittsburgh Medical 
  Center
 Telemedicine for Rural South CarolinaUniv. of S. Carolina School 
  of Med.
 United States Telephone Ass'nUSTA
 UTC, the Telecommunications Ass'nUTC
 Vanderbilt UniversityVanderbilt
 Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.Vanguard
 WorldCom, Inc.WorldCom