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To: E_K_S who wrote (1911)	3/3/1999 2:06:00 PM
From: Douglas V. Fant	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3299

Eric, Graph #2: TOTAL TOLL SERVICE REVENUES- MARKET SHARE (Based Upon Revenues of Long Distance Carriers Only) YEAR AT&T MCI SPRINT WORDLCOM ALL OTHER LONG DISTANCE CARRIERS 1984 90.1% 4.5% 2.7% -- 2.6% 1985 86.3 5.5 2.6 -- 5.6 1986 81.9 7.6 4.3 -- 6.3 1987 78.6 8.8 5.8 __ 6.8 1988 74.6 10.3 7.2 __ 8.0 1989 67.5 12.1 8.4 0.2 11.8 1990 65.0 14.2 9.7 0.3 10.8 1991 63.2 15.2 9.9 0.5 11.3 1992 60.8 16.7 9.7 1.4 11.5 1993 58.1 17.8 10.0 1.9 12.3 1994 55.2 17.4 10.1 3.3 14.0 1995 51.8 19.7 9.8 4.9 13.8 1996 47.9 20.0 9.7 5.5 17.0 1997 44.5 19.4 9.7 6.7 19.8 Total Revenues- 1984 $39.5b 1997 $88b From this chart we can see that "other carriers" have rtoughly 20% of an $88b market or about a $17.6b market share. Also new carriers are continuing to grab market share on long distance toll traffic. Alos the rational e for AT&T taking over ATI looks a little clearer here. Thus IMO CLEC's represent a growing and important market share to AFCI...