5. Regulatory Information Regarding the Parties to the Transaction

Commission staff reports that RRLD is current in its remittance of the various regulatory fees that it is required to collect from its customers. Commission staff also reports that one informal complaint (IC) was filed against RRLD during the last two years. The IC alleged slamming and was filed in June 2002. RRLD denied the allegation. The IC was closed by staff in September 2002 after RRLD refunded the disputed amount.

The Lexis database of decisions issued by the FCC and other state commissions was searched for the names of the parties to the transaction. This search found four slamming complaints filed by individual consumers at the FCC against RRLD.⁴ Three of the complaints were found to have merit. The search also found that Nationwide Telecom, Inc., which was owed by Dominion's president, did not timely file its 1998 annual report at the Illinois Commerce Commission.⁵