Includes memoranda, comments and filings in various FCC dockets concerning tariff revisions, alternative access and national 800 access service; correspondence and memoranda regarding alternative access plans; memorandum listing significant milestones in the equal access process; financial summary of regional Bell Operating Companies income and revenues; schedule of MCI's presence and activity in Local Access and Transport Areas [LATA]; list of LATA revenue by state; presentation on U.S. science and electronics trade and market and government policies in that area.

Includes transcripts of AT&T's Edward Crossland, Newton Minow and Eugene Rostow at hearings before the House Subcommittee on Communications 1975 hearings on H.R. 7047; Datamation article on the history of data communications businesses; MCI memoranda on FCC rulings concerning equal access provisions; FCC order granting the application of the Indiana Switch Access Division for authority to lease facilities from a subsidiary in order to provide equal access to independent exchanges; AT&T filing in Computer Inquiry III describing the information services market; AT&T reply comments to 1985 NTIA study, primarily addressing NYNEX's bypass arguments for removing regional Bell Operating Companies line of business restrictions; Q & A briefing document on bypass, equal access and regulation.

Includes article from Telecommunications on FCC proposals known as Computer III for regulatory framework enabling the offering of enhanced communications services by Bell Operating Companies; concurring statement of FCC Commissioner Patrick outlining areas of concern and agreement with sections of the third Computer Inquiry Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

Includes reply brief by MCI in District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals petition to review the FCC order allowing AT&T-IS, a subsidiary of AT&T, to offer resold telecommunications services; Washington Post article on bypass and diversification strategies of new Bell Operating Companies; remarks by McGowan at Communications Networks 86 conference concerning equal access and diversification; MCI's reply comments in Computer Inquiry III, opposing lifting line of business restrictions on Bell Operating Companies; summary of FCC decision in Computer Inquiry III; presentation or draft memorandum on the accomplishments of MCI's Equal Access Task Force; NATA paper on Bell Operating Companies diversification and acquisition activities.

Includes outline of remarks and script for Bert Roberts presentation to the FCC on inconsistencies between states post-divestiture regulatory policies.

Includes Joint Petition for Expedited Rulemaking from Allnet Communications Services, Inc., GTE Sprint Communications Corporation, US Telecom, Inc. and United States Transmission Systems, Inc., requesting modifications to the FCC's plan for transition to a fully competitive market due to difficulties arising from AT&T competitive advantages and Feature Group D and equal access availability and functional limitations; press clippings concerning Joint Petition; drafts and final Reply Comments of MCI Telecommunications Corporation to the Joint OCC Petition, supporting the need for an inquiry into the transition to equal access.

Includes 1986 Annual Meeting Q&A briefing for regulatory and public policy issues; memoranda concerning access issues, tariff filings and FCC orders; 1986 notice of proposed rulemaking by the FCC, regarding separation of regulated and unregulated service costs, Docket 86-111; draft bypass legislation bill with cover letter annotated by Swezey; notes on possible effects of bypass; 1985 congressional update; Q & A briefing for House Telecommunications Subcommittee Hearings; NTIA report Telephone Subscribership in the United States.; draft of The Case for Removal of the MFJ's Line of Business Restrictions on the Divested Bell Companies.; remarks by Southwestern Bell's John Hayes, Jr. concerning line of business restraints.

Competitive analysis of AT&T's MAST tariff, providing access to local exchange switching for interstate service providers under feature group arrangements, discussing MCI's objections to its design and concept and possible violations of Dockets 78-72 and 20099 and the Modified Final Judgement in the U.S. v. AT&T antitrust trial. Includes selections from AT&T original tariff filing with detailed description of services offered under tariff and definitions of terms.

Includes FCC news releases concerning Feature Group D, equal access issues and Computer Inquiry III; MCI e-mail listing inequalities in equal access unaffected by Feature Group D; memorandum summarizing Bell Operating Companies alternative tariffs for non-traffic sensitive cost recovery; memorandum analyzing methodologies for allocation of non-traffic sensitive costs; early ACCT memoranda concerning Bell Bill of 1976 with narrative of first years activities; February 19, 1986 statements and testimonies before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications, mostly discussing the transition to deregulation in the telecommunications industry.

Includes copies of slides used in June 12th FCC briefing on state regulation, access charges and progress of equal access availability.

Drafts and transcripts of speeches by FCC commissioners on competition, deregulation and equal access including Albert Halprin's Chicken Little speech; civil docket continuation sheet from U.S.A. v. AT&T; correspondence and memoranda concerning the Booz, Allen and Hamilton study on competitive prospects for other common carriers; working papers by the FCC Office of Plans and Policy on international telecommunications and long range telephone pricing issues.

Includes memorandum concerning and notes for white papers on vertical integration and access fees, separations and settlements.

Includes letter from Michael Bader to McGowan suggesting that lobbying activity be commenced to encourage a Congressional investigation into telecommunications pricing policy.

Includes statements on the Consumer Communications Reform Act and related resolutions, from the Congressional Record .

Includes 1977-1978 program plan for ACCT with review of current legislative situation, ACCT objectives and plans for implementation; Western Electronics Manufacturers Association position statement, Competition in Telecommunications.

Includes letter to House and Senate members with enclosures concerning anti- competitive legislation including summaries of FCC Docket 20003 and the various Bell Bill proposals; ACCT alternative legislation proposals; press release package of former head of the White House Office of Telecommunications Policy John Eger's speaking tour against the Consumer Communications Reform Act.

Includes letter to State Public Utility Commissioners and aides concerning Bell Bill proposals; correspondence and memorandum regarding, and summary of, the Arthur D. Little, Inc. report, Analysis of Telecommunications Industry Restructuring ; correspondence and press clippings on the AT&T primary instrument concept, requiring all single line telephone users to use a telephone company provided phone; press clippings concerning status of Justice Department's anti-trust actions against AT&T.

Includes memorandum from V. Orville Wright concerning fund-raising efforts for ACCT, with solicitation form letter and list of sources and solicitors of donations; ACCT fund-raising strategy proposal; letter from SPCommunications president C. Gus Grant to House and Senate Subcommittee on Communications chairmen with analysis of the policy submission by the AT&T- led Telecommunications Industry Task Force Dilemmas of National Telecommunications Policy .

Includes lobbying material drafts, 13 Myths About the Need for a Telecommunications Monopoly and A Market Impact Evaluation of the Telephone Industry Task Force Recommendations; copy of Telecommunications Industry Task Force recommendations with notes by Swezey; drafts of ACCT response exhibit to Task Force recommendations outlining regulatory consequences of adopting recommendations on service segmentation; AT&T position statement on Communications Act of 1934 rewrite issues with background documentation including proposed tariffs and regulatory framework for Primary Instrument Concept; summaries of major regulatory matters intended for use in MCI customer newsletters with glossary of telecommunications terms; memorandum concerning Execunet