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5. The inhabitants of the Orange County portion of the <br />territory of Mebane Home have been unreasonably and unjustly <br />discriminated against by the decision of the Commission in denying <br />this EAS request and by Mebane Home's refusal to seek, or at least <br />not contest, toll free calling by Mebane Home subscribers residing <br />in Orange County to the rest of Orange County. This discrimination <br />is illustrated by the fact that Mebane -Home subscribers living in <br />Alamance County, presumably with a "community of interest" to their <br />county seat and generally to their west, enjoy EAS to these points <br />of interest (e.g., Graham, Saxapahaw, Burlington, and Anderson) <br />whereas Mebane Home subscribers living in Orange County with a <br />demonstrated "community of interest" to their county seat and <br />generally to their south and east are denied EAS access to these <br />points of interest (e.g., Hillsborough and Chapel Hill). The <br />Orange County subscribers of Mebane Home support, in effect, the <br />EAS privileges that their Alamance neighbors enjoy. This <br />discrimination is contrary to the public interest, violates the <br />spirit, intent, focus, and language of Rule R9 -7 and is unlawful <br />under the Constitution and statutes of North Carolina. <br />6. Orange County is a major subscriber of the local exchange <br />companies that are parties to this docket. Orange County incurs <br />significant costs for toll calling within the County in its efforts <br />to conduct the business of the inhabitants of the County, which <br />cost is, as it must be, passed on to the residents of the County <br />in the form of property and sales taxes (Orange County's revenue <br />sources). By denying this EAS request, Orange County residents <br />67 <br />