TABLE 15 CENTRAL OFFICES CONVERTED TO EQUAL ACCESS AS OF MAY 1, 1996 Bell Company Other Bell & Other Central Offices Central Offices Central Offices Greater Equal Non-Equal % Equal Equal Non-Equal % Equal Total % Equal than 60% Access Access Access Access Access Access OfficesAccess 49 Alabama 151 0 100.0 % 201 20 91.0 % 372 94.6 % 1 Alaska 0 0 N.A. 37 217 14.6 254 14.6 0 Arizona 153 1 99.4 45 60 42.9 259 76.4 1 Arkansas 138 8 94.5 201 47 81.0 394 86.0 1 California 737 0 100.0 383 19 95.3 1139 98.3 1 Colorado 184 2 98.9 78 40 66.1 304 86.2 1 Connecticut 2 0 100.0 141 0 100.0 143100.0 1 Delaware 35 0 100.0 0 0 N.A. 35100.0 1 District of Colu 35 5 87.5 0 0 N.A. 40 87.5 1 Florida 211 0 100.0 275 18 93.9 504 96.4 1 Georgia 255 0 100.0 223 28 88.8 506 94.5 1 Hawaii 0 0 N.A. 81 21 79.4 102 79.4 1 Idaho 93 0 100.0 74 29 71.8 196 85.2 1 Illinois 260 54 82.8 588 160 78.6 1062 79.8 1 Indiana 170 5 97.1 378 40 90.4 593 92.4 1 Iowa 171 0 100.0 574 86 87.0 831 89.7 1 Kansas 176 12 93.6 247 168 59.5 603 70.1 1 Kentucky 179 0 100.0 196 24 89.1 399 94.0 1 Louisiana 233 0 100.0 76 28 73.1 337 91.7 1 Maine 146 1 99.3 98 22 81.7 267 91.4 1 Maryland 214 21 91.1 1 0 100.0 236 91.1 1 Massachusetts 283 2 99.3 2 1 66.7 288 99.0 1 Michigan 330 30 91.7 300 72 80.6 732 86.1 1 Minnesota 226 0 100.0 457 71 86.6 754 90.6 1 Mississippi 206 0 100.0 27 32 45.8 265 87.9 1 Missouri 274 11 96.1 234 276 45.9 795 63.9 1 Montana 81 0 100.0 105 97 52.0 283 65.7 1 Nebraska 107 0 100.0 276 94 74.6 477 80.3 1 Nevada 21 29 42.0 52 21 71.2 123 59.3 0 New Hampshire 126 1 99.2 26 5 83.9 158 96.2 1 New Jersey 264 1 99.6 23 5 82.1 293 98.0 1 New Mexico 75 0 100.0 56 62 47.5 193 67.9 1 New York 613 1 99.8 299 20 93.7 933 97.7 1 North Carolina 145 0 100.0 348 26 93.0 519 95.0 1 North Dakota 115 0 100.0 70 116 37.6 301 61.5 1 Ohio 236 18 92.9 482 132 78.5 868 82.7 1 Oklahoma 208 10 95.4 242 71 77.3 531 84.7 1 Oregon 89 0 100.0 200 25 88.9 314 92.0 1 Pennsylvania 412 0 100.0 375 77 83.0 864 91.1 1 Puerto Rico 0 0 N.A. 89 0 100.0 89100.0 1 Rhode Island 31 0 100.0 0 0 N.A. 31100.0 1 South Carolina 120 0 100.0 155 3 98.1 278 98.9 1 South Dakota 113 0 100.0 134 20 87.0 267 92.5 1 Tennessee 204 0 100.0 129 52 71.3 385 86.5 1 Texas 640 29 95.7 806 78 91.2 1553 93.1 1 Utah 85 2 97.7 40 41 49.4 168 74.4 1 Vermont 93 2 97.9 34 10 77.3 139 91.4 1 Virgin Islands 0 0 N.A. 0 6 0.0 6 0.0 0 Virginia 237 10 96.0 244 11 95.7 502 95.8 1 Washington 135 0 100.0 243 28 89.7 406 93.1 1 West Virginia 158 2 98.8 77 12 86.5 249 94.4 1 Wisconsin 143 1 99.3 484 26 94.9 654 95.9 1 Wyoming 30 0 100.0 16 43 27.1 89 51.7 0 Total United Sta 9,343 258 97.3 % 9,922 2,560 79.5 % 22,083 87.2 % * The Information in this table is based on the NECA FCC Tariff No. 4 database. Some companies do not report information on their remote switches in Tariff No. 4. As a result, central office counts may be lower than reported in other sources.