COMMISSION
In the Matter of the Pricing       )
Proceeding for Interconnection,    )DOCKET NO. UT-960369
Unbundled Elements, Transport and  )
Termination, and Resale            )
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In the Matter of the Pricing       )
Proceeding for Interconnection,    )DOCKET NO. UT-960370                 
Unbundled Elements, Transport and  )
Termination, and Resale for        )
U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.      )
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In the Matter of the Pricing       )
Proceeding for Interconnection,    )DOCKET NO. UT-960371
Unbundled Elements, Transport and  )
Termination, and Resale for        ) VOLUME 7
GTE NORTHWEST INCORPORATED         ) Pages 136 - 191
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          A pre-hearing conference in the above matter 
was held at 1:35 p.m. on May 7, 1997, at 1300 South 
Evergreen Park Drive Southwest, Olympia, Washington 
before Administrative Law Judges TERRENCE STAPLETON 
and LARRY BERG.  

          The parties were present as follows:
           GTE NORTHWEST INCORPORATED by RICHARD E.  
POTTER, Associate General Counsel, 1800 41st Street, 
(5LE) Everett, Washington 98201 and JOHN WILLIAMS, 
CHRIS HUTHER and SHAWN MOELLER, (via bridge) Attorneys 
at Law, 3050 K Street NW, Suite 400, Washington D.C..


Cheryl Macdonald, CSR
Court Reporter

                APPEARANCES (Cont'd.)

           SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P., by 
CAROL MATCHETT, Attorney at Law, 1850 Gateway Drive, 
Seventh Floor, San Mateo, California 94404-2467.

           U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC., by EDWARD T. 
SHAW and LISA ANDERL, Corporate Counsel, 1600 Bell 
Plaza, Room 3206, Seattle, Washington 98191. 

           AT&T COMMUNICATIONS, by DANIEL WAGGONER 
and RANDY GAINER, (via bridge), Attorneys at Law, 2600 
Century Square, 1501 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, 
Washington 98101 and SUSAN D. PROCTOR, (via bridge), 
Attorney at Law, 1875 Lawrence Street, Suite 1575, 
Denver, Colorado 80202.

           MCI COMMUNICATIONS, MCI METRO, 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESELLERS ASSOCIATION, and 
WORLDCOM, INC., by BROOKS HARLOW, (via bridge), 
Attorney at Law, 4400 Two Union Square, 601 Union 
Street, Seattle, Washington 98101. 

           TCG SEATTLE and NEXTLINK WASHINGTON, LLC, 
by GREGORY J. KOPTA, (via bridge), Attorney at Law, 
2600 Century Square, 1501 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, 
Washington 98101.

           TCG SEATTLE, by DEBORAH S. WALDBAUM, (via 
bridge), Western Region Counsel, 201 N. Civic Drive, 
Suite 210,