DOCKET UT-980590 Page 1
BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


In the Matter of the Requested )
Waiver of Statutory Notice in  ) DOCKET UT-980590
Connection with the Tariff  )
Revisions Filed by     ) ORDER GRANTING 
TELECONNECT LONG DISTANCE SERVICES ) LESS THAN STATUTORY
AND SYSTEMS COMPANY d/b/a TELECOM* ) NOTICE
USA LONG DISTANCE COMPANY  )
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  On April 21, 1998, Teleconnect Long Distance Services and Systems Company 
d/b/a Telecom*USA Long Distance Company (Telecom*USA) filed with the Commission 
revisions to its Tariff WN U-1.  The purpose of this filing is to add a monthly 
minimum usage fee to the SMARTminutes for Business service plan. Customers of 
this plan will be assessed a $5.00 fee per account if the customer's total 
monthly usage is below $5.00.

  The tariff sheets bear an inserted effective date of May 21, 1998.  This date 
recognizes statutory notice as required. The company requests, however, that 
statutory notice be waived and that the revisions become effective May 1, 1998.
 
  The reason for requesting less than statuatory notice is to implement the 
minimum monthly usage fee nation wide.
  
  Since the tariff revisions filed herein are fair, just and reasonable, and 
waiver of statutory notice is not inconsistent with the public interest, it is 
deemed appropriate that the company be granted the waiver it is requesting with 
an effective date of May 1, 1998.

FINDINGS

  After careful examination of the tariff revisions filed herein by Telecom*USA 
on April 21, 1998, and giving consideration to all relevant matters and for 
good cause shown, the Commission finds that the tariff revisions should become 
effective May 1, 1998.

O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION THEREFORE ORDERS That the requested waiver of statutory notice 
in connection with the tariff revisions filed herein by Teleconnect Long 
Distance Services and Systems Company d/b/a Telecom*USA Long Distance Company 
on 
April 21, 1998, is hereby granted, and said tariff revisions shall become 
effective May 1, 1998.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 29th day of April, 1998.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION




       PAUL CURL, Acting Secretary