1



                                
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C.
                                
                                
                           Form 10-Q/A
                                
                       Amendment to Report
                                
   Filed pursuant to Section 12,13, or 15(d) of the Securities
                      Exchange Act of 1934
                                
                The Ohio Bell Telephone Company
                                
                         Amendment No. 1
                                

     The undersigned registrant hereby amends its Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1996, by
revising the information on Exhibit 27 as indicated on the
following page.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this amendment to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.



                              The Ohio Bell Telephone Company



                              By:  /s/ Bruce B. Howat
November 8, 1996                 Vice President and Secretary