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Strategies & Market Trends : The Thread Formerly Known as No Rest For The Wicked -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mavrick who wrote (25967)	4/9/1999 2:02:00 PM
From: MARK C.	Respond to of 90042

Just waiting for the MM's to decide where and when they are going to move it.

To: Mavrick who wrote (25967)	4/9/1999 2:04:00 PM
From: Junkyardawg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90042

Symbol Last Change Bid Ask Time ESPI 15 +2 7/16 14 15/16 15 14:00:00

To: Mavrick who wrote (25967)	4/9/1999 6:12:00 PM
From: gpphantom	Respond to of 90042

Apologies if this has already been posted but I just got back and there were almost 260 NRftW posts to read. I got this far but got to go to grandma's house now. (PR NEWSWIRE) Florida Public Service Commission Finds That BellSouth Owes Florida Public Service Commission Finds That BellSouth Owes e.spire For Traffic Terminated to Internet Service Providers Florida Joins Georgia in Ruling for e.spire Under e.spire's Regionwide Agreement ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Md., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Florida Public Service Commission, continuing the trend of other state commissions, found this week that e.spire's regionwide interconnection agreement with BellSouth requires BellSouth to pay reciprocal compensation at the rate specified by e.spire for terminating traffic, including calls to Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The Florida Commission was the third state commission to agree with e.spire that ISP traffic is subject to reciprocal compensation pursuant to e.spire's contract with BellSouth, following in the footsteps of similar findings in Georgia and Alabama. "This recent spate of favorable decisions confirms that e.spire's interconnection agreements entitles us to compensation from BellSouth for terminating BellSouth's traffic," stated Riley Murphy, e.spire General Counsel. "The Florida and Alabama rulings were issued after the recent FCC order on reciprocal compensation for ISP traffic and, like the Georgia decision, are consistent with the FCC's guidelines." e.spire will pursue this issue until the incumbent local exchange companies fulfill their contractual obligations and pay all overdue charges." e.spire is a leading provider of integrated communications solutions, including dedicated access, local dial tone, long distance, advanced data, Internet and networking solutions, in markets throughout the United States. For more information on e.spire, contact www.espire.net. SOURCE e.spire -0- 04/09/99 /CONTACT: John Polchin, Vice President and Treasurer, 301-361-4417, or john.polchin@espire.net; or Peggy Disney, Director, Corporate Communications, 301-361-4259, or peggy.disney@espire.net; both of e.spire/ /Company News On-Call: prnewswire.com or fax, 800-758-5804, ext. 111731/ /Web site: espire.net (ESPI BLS) CO: e.spire; Florida Public Service Commission; BellSouth ST: Florida, Maryland IN: CPR MLM TLS SU: EXE LAW * end of story *