Issues Considered in This Decision

Contested issues in this application were stated in a Scoping Memo issued on November 5, 1999, and were further honed during the course of this proceeding. Generally, the issues considered by the parties include the following:

· Should approval of the application include conditions aimed at detecting and addressing service quality problems that may result from the transfer?

· Should the Commission direct that the transfers be valued as a "going concern," with refunds to ratepayers of the difference between a going concern value and the net book value of the transferred assets?

· Should approval of the application include conditions that require SBC Services to be subject to the same discovery rules as Pacific?

· Are conditions required to ensure that competitive carriers are not disadvantaged in their access to Operations Support Systems of Pacific?

· Should Pacific be permitted, without Section 851 approval, to lease space to an affiliate other than SBC Services if that affiliate assumes the same support functions of SBC Services?