DOCKET NO. UT-970367 PAGE 1

BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


In the Matter of the Request for Approval of Negotiated Agreement under the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 Between

TELEPHONE RESTORATION NETWORK d/b/a TELNET
and
U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.



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		DOCKET NO. UT-970367
		
		
		ORDER APPROVING
		FULLY NEGOTIATED
		INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
		FOR SERVICE RESALE
		
		
BACKGROUND

   This matter comes before the Washington Utilities and Transportation 
Commission (“Commission”) for approval of a fully negotiated agreement for 
service resale under the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The agreement is 
between Telephone Restoration Network d/b/a Telnet (“Telnet”) and U S WEST 
Communications, Inc. (“U S WEST”).  On October 30, 1997, the parties filed a 
joint request for approval of the fully negotiated agreement for service resale 
(“the Agreement”). The parties executed the Agreement on October 16, 1997.
  On December 10, 1997, the Commission convened an open public meeting at its 
offices in Olympia, Washington, to consider the request for approval of the 
Agreement.  At the open meeting, the Commission approved the Agreement as 
submitted.

       FINDINGS OF FACT

  1.  The Commission is an agency of the state of Washington vested by statute 
with the authority to regulate the rates, rules, regulations, practices, 
accounts, securities, and transfers of public service companies, including 
telecommunications companies.
  2.  Section 252(e)(A)(1) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the “Act”), 
requires parties to fully negotiated agreements to submit the agreement to the 
Commission for approval. Section 252(e)(2)(A) states that the Commission may 
only reject an agreement (or any portion thereof) adopted by negotiation if it 
finds that:
  (i) the agreement (or any portion thereof) discriminates against a 
telecommunications carrier not a party to the agreement; or
  (ii) the implementation of such agreement or portion is not consistent with 
the public interest, convenience, and necessity.
  3. U S WEST is engaged in the business of furnishing telecommunications 
services, including, but not limited to, basic local exchange service within 
the state of Washington.
  4. Telephone Restoration Network d/b/a Telnet is authorized to provide 
intrastate and local exchange telecommunications services in the state of 
Washington.
  5. The parties filed a joint request for approval of the Agreement for 
Service Resale between Telnet and U S WEST on October 16, 1997.
  6.  The parties voluntarily negotiated the entire Agreement.
  7.  The Agreement does not discriminate against any other telecommunications 
carrier.
  8.  The Agreement will facilitate local exchange competition in the state of 
Washington by enabling Telephone Restoration Network d/b/a Telnet to enter the 
local exchange market and increase customer choices for local exchange 
services. The provisions of the Agreement are consistent with the public 
interest, convenience, and necessity.

       CONCLUSIONS OF LAW


  1.  The Commission has jurisdiction over the subject matter of and all 
parties to this proceeding.
  2.  The Agreement is consistent with the public interest, convenience, and 
necessity.
  3.  The Agreement meets the criteria of Sections 251 and 252 of the Act, 
including Section 252(e).
  4.  The laws of Washington shall govern the construction and interpretation 
of the Agreement.  The Agreement shall also be subject to the present and 
future decisions of the Commission and the Washington courts.

       ORDER

  The Commission ORDERS:
  1.  The Agreement for Service Resale between Telephone Restoration Network 
d/b/a Telnet, and U S WEST Communications, Inc., which the parties executed on 
October 16, 1997, is approved.
  2.  The laws of Washington shall govern the construction and interpretation 
of the Agreement. The Agreement shall also be subject to the present and future 
decisions of the Commission and the Washington courts.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 10th day of December, 1997.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

      ANNE LEVINSON, Chair

      RICHARD HEMSTAD, Commissioner

      WILLIAM R. GILLIS, Commissioner