STATE of North Carolina ex rel. UTILITIES COMMISSION; BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., Applicant; Bell-South Long Distance, Inc., Intervenor; Public Staff—North Carolina Utilities Commission, Intervenor; Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, Intervenor; Carolina Utility Customers Association, Inc., Intervenor; AT & T Communications of the Southern States, Inc., Intervenor; Intermedia Communications Inc., Intervenor; North Carolina Cable Telecommunications Association, Intervenor; Sprint Communications Company L.P., Intervenor; LCI International Telecom Corp., Intervenor; Deltacom, Inc., Intervenor; ICG Telecom Group, Inc., Intervenor; TCG of the Carolinas, Inc., Intervenor; Telecommunications Resellers Association, Intervenor; The Alliance of North Carolina Independent Telephone Companies, Intervenor; Concord Telephone Company, Intervenor; Communications Workers of America, Intervenor; Business Telecom, Inc., Intervenor; Interpath Communications, Inc., Intervenor; Worldcom, Inc., Intervenor; KMC Telecom, Inc., Intervenor; Competitive Telecommunications Association, Intervenor; ICG Access Services, Inc., Intervenor; BellSouth Personal Communications, Inc., Intervenor; BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corporation, Intervenor; North Carolina Payphone Association, Inc., Intervenor; Fibersouth, Inc., Intervenor; US LEC of North Carolina L.L.C., Intervenor; Atlantic Telephone Company, Intervenor; Lexcom Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Piedmont Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Randolph Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Skyline Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Star Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Surry Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Tri-County Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Wilkes Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; and Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor, Appellees,
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MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Intervenor; MCImetro Access Transmission Services, Inc., Intervenor; and Time Warner Communications of North Carolina, L.P., Intervenor, Appellants,
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GTE Communications, Intervenor, Cross-Appellant.