TABLE 2

 TELEPHONE PENETRATION BY STATE
(ANNUAL AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH TELEPHONE SERVICE)


          STATE           1984      1995     CHANGE


ALABAMA                    88.4 %    92.2 %     3.7 % *
ALASKA                     86.5      93.6       7.1   *
ARIZONA                    86.9      93.8       6.8   *
ARKANSAS                   86.6      89.4       2.8
CALIFORNIA                 92.5      94.5       2.1   *
COLORADO                   93.2      96.6       3.4   *
CONNECTICUT                95.5      96.9       1.4
DELAWARE                   94.3      96.2       2.0   *
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA       94.9      90.9      -4.0   **
FLORIDA                    88.7      93.9       5.2   *
GEORGIA                    86.2      90.0       3.8   *
HAWAII                     93.5      94.7       1.2
IDAHO                      90.7      95.1       4.4   *
ILLINOIS                   94.2      93.6      -0.6
INDIANA                    91.6      94.4       2.9   *
IOWA                       96.2      96.4       0.2
KANSAS                     94.3      93.9      -0.5
KENTUCKY                   88.1      92.1       4.0   *
LOUISIANA                  89.7      92.6       3.0   *
MAINE                      93.4      95.7       2.3   *
MARYLAND                   95.7      96.4       0.7
MASSACHUSETTS              95.9      95.9       0.0
MICHIGAN                   92.8      95.2       2.3   *
MINNESOTA                  95.8      97.3       1.4
MISSISSIPPI                82.4      86.5       4.1   *
MISSOURI                   91.5      94.4       2.9   *
MONTANA                    91.0      94.2       3.2   *
NEBRASKA                   95.7      97.1       1.4
NEVADA                     90.4      92.6       2.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE              94.3      96.2       1.9
NEW JERSEY                 94.8      92.3      -2.5   **
NEW MEXICO                 82.0      86.4       4.4   *
NEW YORK                   91.8      92.9       1.1
NORTH CAROLINA             88.3      93.4       5.1   *
NORTH DAKOTA               94.6      97.2       2.6   *
OHIO                       92.4      94.0       1.6   *
OKLAHOMA                   90.3      91.5       1.3
OREGON                     90.6      96.4       5.8   *
PENNSYLVANIA               94.9      96.8       2.0   *
RHODE ISLAND               93.6      96.0       2.4   *
SOUTH CAROLINA             83.7      90.5       6.8   *
SOUTH DAKOTA               93.2      94.3       1.1
TENNESSEE                  88.5      93.0       4.5   *
TEXAS                      88.4      91.3       2.9   *
UTAH                       92.5      97.6       5.1   *
VERMONT                    92.3      96.5       4.2   *
VIRGINIA                   93.1      95.9       2.9   *
WASHINGTON                 93.0      95.7       2.7   *
WEST VIRGINIA              87.7      92.7       5.0   *
WISCONSIN                  95.2      97.3       2.1   *
WYOMING                    89.9      94.1       4.2   *


TOTAL UNITED STATES        91.6      93.9       2.3   *


*   INCREASE IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT AT THE 95% CONFIDENCE LEVEL.
** DECREASE IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT AT THE 95% CONFIDENCE LEVEL.

DETAILS MAY NOT ADD DUE TO ROUNDING.


*   INCREASE IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT AT THE 95% CONFIDENCE LEVEL.
** DECREASE IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT AT THE 95% CONFIDENCE LEVEL.

DETAILS MAY NOT ADD DUE TO ROUNDING.