Sprint's experience in providing both interLATA and intraLATA service in Nebraska will assist Sprint in providing local exchange and exchange access service in the requested service areas. Sprint has extensive managerial and technical experience in the provisioning, marketing and operation of telecommunications facilities and services in Nebraska. Sprint Corporation, through its local telecommunications division, currently provides local telephone service to more than 6.4 million customers in 19 states. Sprint is the nation's third largest long distance com- pany. Consequently, both Sprint and its parent company, Sprint Corporation, are well acquainted with providing dial tone ser- vice, access to 911 service, network monitoring and maintenance, as well as complying with all applicable state commission rules and regulations.
Sprint possesses ample financial resources to provide the proposed services.
Sprint Corporation will also provide managerial, technical, and operational resources to Sprint. Sprint has an excellent senior management team, backed by thousands of experienced employees who are competent in engineering, operations and marketing. Sprint will provide resold and facilities-based local exchange services only in territories served by US West, GTE, Aliant and United. Sprint is familiar with the laws and regulations of the Commission governing local exchange telecommunications services in Nebraska and will provide service in accordance with all laws, rules and regulations to the extent they are not preempted by the Federal Act. In relation to Sprint's provision of local ex- change service, the repair, maintenance, ordering, provisioning and billing will be provided by Sprint in a high quality manner, consistent with the standards enumerated in Commission Rule 002, Local Exchange Service.