TABLE 26


LONG DISTANCE CARRIERS PURCHASING EQUAL ACCESS BY STATE
          DECEMBER 31, 1994



                                     NUMBER OF
                STATE                CARRIERS


ALABAMA                                       23
ALASKA                                        *
ARIZONA                                       41
ARKANSAS                                      28
CALIFORNIA                                    63
COLORADO                                      44
CONNECTICUT                                   49
DELAWARE                                       6
DIST OF COLUMBIA                              50
FLORIDA                                       59
GEORGIA                                       44
HAWAII                                        10
IDAHO                                         25
ILLINOIS                                      80
INDIANA                                       44
IOWA                                          26
KANSAS                                        24
KENTUCKY                                      29
LOUISIANA                                     30
MAINE                                         23
MARYLAND                                      50
MASSACHUSETTS                                 41
MICHIGAN                                      64
MINNESOTA                                     37
MISSISSIPPI                                   16
MISSOURI                                      48
MONTANA                                       13
NEBRASKA                                      20
NEVADA                                        26
NEW HAMPSHIRE                                 27
NEW JERSEY                                    71
NEW MEXICO                                    34
NEW YORK                                      75
NORTH CAROLINA                                22
NORTH DAKOTA                                  19
OHIO                                          62
OKLAHOMA                                      60
OREGON                                        38
PENNSYLVANIA                                  77
RHODE ISLAND                                  38
SOUTH CAROLINA                                27
SOUTH DAKOTA                                  23
TENNESSEE                                     32
TEXAS                                        139
UTAH                                          27
VERMONT                                       26
VIRGINIA                                      43
WASHINGTON                                    41
WEST VIRGINIA                                 30
WISCONSIN                                     50
WYOMING                                       15

            UNDUPLICATED
                TOTAL                        465


* DATA NOT AVAILABLE