BEFORE THE PUBIC SERVICE COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI

Sprint Communications Company L.P.,			)
		)	
     Complainants,			)
								)
								)	Case No. TC-2002-1104
v.								)
								)
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, 			)
								)
				Respondent.			)

REQUEST FOR MEDIATION

	COMES NOW Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P., d/b/a Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, and pursuant to the Missouri Public Service Commission’s June 6, 2002 Notice of Complaint, respectfully requests that this case be referred to a neutral third-party mediator for mediation.
					Respectfully submitted,
	
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE L.P.

		       By	__________________________________________			PAUL G. LANE			#27011
					PAUL G. LANE			#27011
					LEO J. BUB				#34326
					ANTHONY K. CONROY		#35199
					MARY B. MACDONALD		#37606
Attorneys for Southwestern Bell Telephone L.P.
					One SBC Center, Room 3516
					St. Louis, Missouri  63101
					(314) 235-6060 (Telephone)
					(314) 247-0014 (Facsimile)
		        e-mail address:  anthony.conroy@sbc.com 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

	I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing document were served on counsel for all parties below by first-class, postage prepaid, U.S. Mail or hand delivery on July 2, 2002.

						______________________________
							Anthony K. Conroy

DAN JOYCE
MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
P. O. BOX 360
JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65102-0360
	MICHAEL F. DANDINO 
OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC COUNSEL
P. O. BOX 7800
JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65102
	
LISA CREIGHTON HENDRICKS
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P.
6450 SPRINT PARKWAY BLDG. 14
MS: KSOPHN0212-2A253
OVERLAND PARK, KS 6625