TABLE 14

DEVELOPMENT OF EQUAL ACCESS

(ACCESS LINES IN THOUSANDS)



           BELL COMPANIES    OTHER COMPANIES     TOTAL


             LINES   % EQUAL   LINES   % EQUAL   LINES   % EQUAL
                     ACCESS            ACCESS            ACCESS


1984JUNE     84,321      0.0   26,278      0.0  110,599      0.0
    DECEMBE  85,457      3.8   26,633      1.0  112,090      3.1


1985JUNE     86,609     26.9   26,992      2.5  113,601     21.1
    DECEMBE  87,777     50.9   27,355      3.4  115,132     39.6


1986JUNE     88,960     61.9   27,724     13.6  116,684     50.4
    DECEMBE  90,159     74.3   28,098     28.0  118,257     63.3


1987JUNE     91,374     77.7   28,477     37.7  119,851     68.2
    DECEMBE  92,606     84.7   28,860     47.8  121,467     75.9


1988JUNE     93,520     87.4   29,145     51.6  122,665     78.9
    DECEMBE  94,813     91.3   29,548     56.3  124,361     83.0


1989JUNE     96,632     93.4   30,115     59.6  126,747     85.4
    DECEMBE  98,214     94.1   30,268     60.8  128,482     86.2


1990JUNE     99,815     95.0   30,962     63.8  130,777     87.6
    DECEMBE 100,993     96.8   31,416     70.6  132,409     90.6


1991JUNE    102,027     97.4   31,870     73.5  133,896     91.7
    DECEMBE 103,102     98.4   32,185     77.5  135,287     93.4


1992JUNE    104,060     98.9   32,643     80.7  136,704     94.5
    DECEMBE 105,744     99.3   32,981     84.5  138,725     95.8


1993JUNE    107,084     99.4   33,531     86.6  140,615     96.3
    DECEMBE 108,847     99.6   33,963     89.1  142,809     97.1


1994JUNE    110,583      99.8  34,646      90.6 145,229      97.6
    DECEMBE 113,092     99.9   35,387      92.2 148,479     98.0