DOCKET NO. UT-980433        PAGE 1

BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


In the Matter of the Application of ) 
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NET-TEL CORPORATION  ) DOCKET UT-980433
d/b/a NET-tel Communications  )     
Corporation     )
      )
for an Order Authorizing the  )   
Registration of Applicant      ) AUTHORIZING
as a Telecommunications Company  ) REGISTRATION
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )


  On March 18, 1998, NET-tel Corporation, d/b/a NET-tel Communications 
Corporation, filed an application for registration as a telecommunications 
company pursuant to RCW 80.36.350.  Applicant proposes to offer resold direct 
dialed long distance, 800 services and travel card services to the public.

  NET-tel Corporation, d/b/a NET-tel Communications Corporation, is a Florida 
corporation, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and is wholly-owned by NET-tel 
Holdings, Inc.  Rates, terms and conditions set forth in the proposed tariff, 
filed as Exhibit G of the application, are structured to be competitive with 
other telecommunications companies in relevant markets.  Exhibit G was amended 
on April 1, 1998.

  NET-tel Corporation, d/b/a NET-tel Communications Corporation, has provided 
information showing that it meets the requirements of RCW 80.36.350. Applicant 
does not propose to collect advance payments or deposits from customers.

FINDINGS

  THE COMMISSION FINDS:

  1. NET-tel Corporation, d/b/a NET-tel Communications Corporation, filed an 
application for registration as a telecommunications company pursuant to the 
provisions of RCW 80.36.350 and the rules and regulations of the Commission.

  2. As to form, the application filed by NET-tel Corporation, d/b/a NET-tel 
Communications Corporation, as amended, meets the requirements of RCW 80.36.350 
and the rules and regulations of the Commission adopted pursuant thereto.

  3. The registration of NET-tel Corporation, d/b/a NET-tel Communications 
Corporation, as a telecommunications company is not inconsistent with the 
public interest.

  4. In this proceeding, the Commission in no way endorses the financial 
viability of applicant nor the investment quality of any securities it may 
issue.

        


O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION ORDERS:
  
  1. After the effective date of this order and subject to the conditions 
contained in this Order, the Commission approves the application of NET-tel 
Corporation, d/b/a NET-tel Communications Corporation, filed pursuant to RCW 
80.36.350 for registration as a telecommunications company to provide service 
to the public in this state.

  2. The proposed tariff as filed on March 18, 1998, amended in Exhibit G, 
attached to the application, is satisfactory.  Within 30 days from the 
effective date of this Order and prior to supplying service to the public as a 
telecommunications company, NET-tel Corporation, d/b/a NET-tel Communications 
Corporation, shall file an initial tariff with the Commission identical to the 
tariff contained in the amended Exhibit G of the application.  The tariff shall 
bear an effective date not less than 30 days subsequent to the date the initial 
tariff is received by the Commission.  Failure to file an initial tariff within 
30 days from the effective date of this Order and prior to supplying service to 
the public may result in the Commission taking action to cancel NET-tel 
Corporation, d/b/a NET-tel Communications Corporation 's registration as a 
telecommunications company in the state of Washington. 

  3. Registration of NET-tel Corporation, d/b/a NET-tel Communications 
Corporation, as a telecommunications company shall not be construed as an 
endorsement of financial viability or of the investment quality of any 
securities it may issue.

  4. As a telecommunications company providing service to the public in this 
state, NET-tel Corporation, d/b/a NET-tel Communications Corporation, is 
subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission under the provisions of Title 80 
RCW and all rules and regulations of the Commission adopted pursuant thereto.

  5. NET-tel Corporation, d/b/a NET-tel Communications Corporation, shall not 
collect advance payments or deposits without first showing that it has a 
satisfactory arrangement to protect customer monies as stated in WAC 
480-121-040.

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



      PAUL CURL, Acting Secretary