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To: Rob S. who wrote (2530)	2/20/1998 3:17:00 AM
From: Joe Jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2806

Several news articles that may be positive for Excel. Since Excel Reps do not use telemarketing etc to find new customers the first article below should work to their advantage. FCC Restricts Use of Phone Records In an attempt to protect customer privacy, federal regulators adopted rules today aimed at preventing telephone, cellular and paging companies from using customer records or calling patterns to sell other services. The Federal Communications Commission agreed to require companies to obtain permission - either written, oral or electronic - to use such personal information before they market new services to them. The officials said the new rules would apply to local, long-distance, cellular and paging companies. biz.yahoo.com ''Connecticut is a good example of why the Bell companies should be kept out of the long distance business until the local exchange market is opened to competition,'' said Lee Selwyn, one of the authors. ........ yahoo.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The regional Bell companies will not be allowed to offer long-distance service immediately after a U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday temporarily set aside his earlier ruling allowing the Bells into the $80 billion market. Judge Joe Kendall granted requests from long-distance companies and the Federal Communications Commission to stay, pending an appeal, his controversial Dec. 31 ruling that struck down key parts of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. The FCC and long-distance companies, including AT&T Corp. and MCI Communications, have said they will appeal the case to the 5th Circut Appeals Court in New Orleans. Under the law, the Baby Bells may not offer long-distance service until they open their local networks to competitors. Kendall concluded that the restrictions amounted to an improper "bill of attainder," a rarely cited constitutional prohibition against laws aimed at specific individuals. ..........