With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". aware of the full extent of Southwestern Bell’s lock up conduct, let alone exercising ultimate control over it.” Ct. Op. at 27-28. Here, the state plainly made clear its intent to regulate telephone services, including payphone services, until the OCC permitted competition. See Okla. Const. art. IX, §§ 18, 34; Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 17, § 131 (OCC issues certificate of convenience and necessity); Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 17, § 139.1 (directing the OCC to “promulgate and enforce operating requirements for coin-activated telephones and credit card-activated telephones available for public use owned or operated by corporation or persons other than telephone corporations authorized by the Commission to operate within service areas.”); Southwestern Bell Tel. Co. v. Oklahoma, 825 P.2d 262, 265 (<HOLDING>); Aplt.App. 3711-3724 (1985) (OCC 1985 Tariff

A: recognizing the rule and the exception but holding facts did not support claim to exception
B: recognizing exception
C: recognizing the public interest exception
D: recognizing that local exchange companies are a statecreated exception to prohibition on monopolies
D.