TABLE 1

New Charges on Consumers' Bills

Bottom of the bill price increases in the Federal jurisdiction since passage of the '96 Telecom Act charges as applied on consumer bills (residential customers only)

BASIS FOR ASSESSING CHARGES		TYPE OF CHARGE	CHARGES 96-98		CHARGES 1999		TOTAL 96-99
Base	Number¹ ( million)		Amount Monthly	Annual ( million)	Amount Monthly	Annual ( million)	Monthly	Annual ( million)
Per Account	96	Universal Service²	$0.93	$1,070	$0.20³	$0.20³	$0.20³	$0.20³
Per Line	123	Federal Access (PICC)⁴	$0.85	$1,255	$0.63⁵	$0.63⁵	$0.63⁵	$0.63⁵
	123	Number Portability⁶			$0.40	$0.40	$0.40	$0.40
Second Lines	27	Subscriber Line Charge (SLC)	$2.50	$810
Total/Average	123	ALL	$2.02	$3,130	$1.18	$1.18	$1.18	$1.18
Typical One Line	69		$1.78		$1.23	$1.23	$1.23	$1.23
Typical Two Line	27		$5.13		$2.26	$2.26	$2.26	$2.26

1. Line count is mid-year 1999 estimate.

2. Universal service charge is AT&Ts's since it has the vast majority of residential accounts.

3. 1999 Universal service charge is estimate of new E-rate costs.

4. Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier Charge(PICC) is AT&T's charge.

5. PICC estimated for 1999 is weighted average of first and second lines.

6. Number portability is weighted average of all Bell Companies plus GTE.