TABLE 27 NUMBER OF LONG DISTANCE CARRIERS PURCHASING EQUAL ACCESS IN FOUR OR MORE STATES TOTAL CARRIERS CARRIERS CARRIERS CARRIERS CARRIERS YEAR MONTH SERVING SERVING SERVING SERVING SERVING 45 OR 25 TO 44 12 TO 24 4 TO 11 4 OR MORE STATES STATES STATES STATES MORE STATES 1986 MARCH 2 6 1 14 23 JUNE 2 6 1 14 23 SEPTEMBER 3 5 1 15 24 DECEMBER 3 5 1 14 23 1987 MARCH 3 5 1 18 27 JUNE 3 4 2 20 29 SEPTEMBER 3 4 2 19 28 DECEMBER 3 3 4 16 26 1988 MARCH 3 5 4 12 24 JUNE 4 4 4 18 30 SEPTEMBER 4 5 3 17 29 DECEMBER 4 5 3 21 33 1989 MARCH 4 6 3 24 37 JUNE 5 6 4 28 43 SEPTEMBER 5 7 7 30 49 DECEMBER 7 5 9 34 55 1990 MARCH 7 5 8 37 57 JUNE 7 6 9 36 58 SEPTEMBER 6 5 9 38 58 DECEMBER 6 3 12 37 58 1991 MARCH 6 2 14 38 60 JUNE 5 3 15 39 62 SEPTEMBER 5 3 16 41 65 DECEMBER 6 3 15 44 68 1992 MARCH 6 3 16 52 77 JUNE 5 6 17 50 78 SEPTEMBER 6 8 15 52 81 DECEMBER 9 6 11 55 81 1993 MARCH * * * * * JUNE 9 6 11 66 92 SEPTEMBER 8 7 15 66 96 DECEMBER 7 7 16 68 98 1994 MARCH 7 7 18 73 105 JUNE 9 5 19 85 118 SEPTEMBER 9 6 22 89 126 DECEMBER 7 7 26 87 127 *DATA NOT AVAILABLE.