ATIS 0100061

This Annual Report reviews the health of the wireline telecommunications networks for the year ending June 30, 1999, as well as trends observed over the past 7 years of FCC - ordered outage reporting. These seven years have seen dramatic changes in the structure of the telecommunications industry. This report highlights two areas that have remained constant throughout these changes — the reliability of the public switched network and the commitment and dedication of the members of this industry to ensure this continued reliability.