DE 98-102           
                                   
TEL-SAVE, INC.           
                                   
Complaint Regarding Bell Atlantic Treatment of PIC Freeze Changes           
                                   
Order Amending Procedural Schedule           
                                   
O R D E R   N O.  23,028           
                                   
 September 22, 1998           
                            
         By Order No. 22,972, the New Hampshire Public Utilities
Commission (Commission) approved a procedural schedule for this
case, including a prehearing conference and technical session for
July 27, 1998.  At the prehearing conference and technical
session Tel-Save, Inc. (Tel-Save), New England Telephone &
Telegraph Company (Bell Atlantic), the Office of the Consumer
Advocate (OCA), and the Commission Staff (Staff) agreed that no
hearings are necessary for resolution of the issue presented and
also agreed to a modification of the procedural schedule.  
         As a result of consultation after the prehearing
conference, the Parties and Staff agreed to modify the procedural
schedule slightly.  The modification establishes a date by which
Tel-Save is to file a supplement to its original complaint,
proposing alternate methods by which customers can "un-freeze"
their Primary Interexchange Carrier (PIC) choice.  After the
supplemental filing, all parties, including the ILECs which are
made mandatory parties to this docket, and Staff will meet in
technical session. 
         The proposed modified procedural schedule, which we
find reasonable, consists of the following:
         Tel-Save Supplemental Filing       October 5, 1998
         Technical Session                  October 15, 1998 
         Bell Atlantic, Staff, ILECs,
              and OCA Written Comments      November 5, 1998

                                                  
         Tel-Save Responsive Comments       November 16, 1998

         Commission Order                   December 11, 1998

         In order to obtain the perspective of all New Hampshire
local exchange carriers (LECs)on the issue presented here, the
Commission will make all New Hampshire LECs mandatory parties to
this docket.  By Secretarial letter, we will inform the LECs of
their status and encourage their participation in the October
15th technical session. 
         Based upon the foregoing, it is hereby
         ORDERED, that the procedural schedule set forth above
is APPROVED; and it is
         FURTHER ORDERED, that all New Hampshire local exchange
carriers are mandatory parties to this docket.

         By order of the Public Utilities Commission of New
Hampshire this twenty-second day of September, 1998.


                                                                          
               Douglas L. Patch     Bruce B. Ellsworth    Susan S. Geiger
                   Chairman            Commissioner         Commissioner

Attested by:



                                 
Thomas B. Getz
Executive Director and Secretary