DOCKET UT-971760 Page 1
BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


Joint Application of    ) 
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS TELECOM ) DOCKET UT-971760
SERVICES INC., and McLEODUSA INC.,  ) 
McLEODUSA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, ) ORDER GRANTING
INC., for Authority     ) APPLICATION
to Transfer Customer Base   )
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  On December 11, 1997, Consolidated Communications Telecom Services Inc., and 
McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services Inc., McLeodUSA Incorporated jointly 
filed an application with the Commission under the provisions of chapter RCW 
80.12 and chapter WAC 480-143 for an order authorizing the transfer of customer 
base from Consolidated Communications Telecom Services Inc., to McLeodUSA 
Telecommunications Services, Inc.

  Consolidated Communications Telecom Services Inc., was registered as a 
telecommunications company in Docket UT-951294. The order authorizing 
registration was based upon Consolidated Communications Telecom Services Inc., 
providing resold direct dial long distance services.  

  McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, Inc., was registered as a 
telecommunications company in Docket UT-961647. McLeodUSA Telecommunications 
Services, Inc., was authorized to provide resold direct dial long distance 
services.  

  Consolidated Communications Telecom Services Inc., will transfer customer 
base to McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, Inc., and Consolidated 
Communications Telecom Services Inc., will cease to operate as a long distance 
reseller in Washington state. McLeodUSA, Inc., wholly owns McLeodUSA 
Telecommunications Services, Inc., and Consolidated Communications Telecom 
Services Inc.   

  Subsequent to this order, Consolidated Communications Telecom Services Inc.'s 
existing customers will receive the identical service from McLeodUSA 
Telecommunications Services, Inc., that they currently receive from 
Consolidated Communications Telecom Services Inc., at the same rates, terms, 
and conditions.  Consolidated Communications Telecom Services Inc.'s customers 
will be notified in writing by direct mail concerning the transfer of customer 
base from Consolidated Communications Telecom Services Inc., to McLeodUSA 
Telecommunications Services, Inc. 




FINDINGS

  THE COMMISSION FINDS:

  1. Consolidated Communications Telecom Services Inc., is a public service 
company subject to regulation by this Commission, under the provisions of 
chapters, RCW 80.12 and RCW 80.36.

  2. McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, Inc., is a public service company 
subject to regulation by this Commission, under the provisions of chapters, RCW 
80.12 and RCW 80.36.

  3. As to form, the application filed herein meets the requirements of chapter 
RCW 80.12 and the rules and regulations of the Commission adopted pursuant 
thereto.

  4. The proposed sale and transfer of customer base is not inconsistent with 
the public interest and should therefore be approved under the terms and 
conditions of this order.

O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION ORDERS:
  
  1. After the effective date of this order and subject to the conditions 
hereof,  Consolidated Communications Telecom Services Inc., is hereby 
authorized to transfer customer base to McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, 
Inc. 

  2. The reasonableness of any fees, charges, or accounting allocation involved 
in carrying out the provisions of the transfer of property arrangements 
approved herein are neither approved nor disapproved in this proceeding. 

  3. Within 30 days after the above authorized transfer has been consumated, 
McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, Inc., shall notify the Commission that 
the transfer has been completed and cancel Consolidated Communications Telecom 
Services Inc.'s WN U-1 tariff.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 14th day of January, 1998.



      PAUL CURL, Acting Secretary