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                           Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C. 20554




In the Matter of                   )
                              )    File No. EB-99-TC-012
Excel Telecommunications, Inc.          )    NAL/Acct. No. X3217-
004
                              )



                              ORDER



          Adopted:  April 20, 2000;          Released:  April 25, 
          2000

By the Enforcement Bureau:



In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an  informal 
investigation regarding  unauthorized preferred  carrier  charges 
(slamming)  by   Excel   Communications,   Inc.   (Excel).    The 
investigation was based on a large number of consumer  complaints 
filed with the Commission. 

The Bureau  and Excel  have  negotiated the  terms of  a  Consent 
Decree that would  resolve this  matter.  A copy  of the  Consent 
Decree is attached and is incorporated by reference.  As detailed 
in the Consent Decree, Excel  has agreed, among other things,  to 
make a voluntary contribution to the U.S. Treasury in the  amount 
of four hundred  thousand dollars ($400,000),  and to  strengthen 
its slamming compliance and monitoring policies.  

We have reviewed the  terms of the  Consent Decree and  evaluated 
the facts before us.  In light of Excel's commitment to be  bound 
by various principles regarding  its verification mechanisms  and 
procedures  for  its  independent  representatives,  as  well  as 
certain other pro-consumer steps and commitments, we believe that 
the public  interest would  be served  by approving  the  Consent 
Decree and terminating the investigation.

Accordingly, IT  IS  ORDERED, pursuant  to  section 4(i)  of  the 
Communications  Act,  47  U.S.C.  §  154(i),  and  the  authority 
delegated in sections 0.111 and 0.311 of the Commission's  rules, 
47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111,  0.311, that the  attached Consent Decree  IS 
ADOPTED.







IT IS FURTHER ORDERED  that the above-captioned  case as well  as 
the Commission staff inquiry into the matter described herein ARE 
TERMINATED. 



                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION





                         David H. Solomon
                         Chief, Enforcement Bureau