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F O R M 3 Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES |OMB Number 3235-0104|
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchanged Act of 1934, ----------------------------
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Date of Event Requiring |4.Issuer Name and Ticker or |6.If Amendment, Date of |
| | Statement | Trading Symbol | Original |
| | (Month/Day/Year) | | (Month/Day/Year) |
| McCourtney Ted H. | | CoreComm Limited (COMM) | |
|----------------------------------------| 09/29/00 |-------------------------------------------------------------|
| (Last) (First) (MI) | |5.Relationship of Reporting Person |7.Individual or Joint/ |
| |--------------------------| to Issuer | Group Filing |
| |3.IRS or Social Security | (Check all Applicable) | (Check Applicable Line) |
| 110 EAST 59TH STREET, 26TH FLOOR | Number of Reporting | _X_ Director | |
|----------------------------------------| Person (Voluntary) | ___ Officer (give title below) | _X_ Form filed by One |
| (Street) | | ___ 10% Owner | Reporting Person |
| | | ___ Other (specify below) | ___ Form filed by More |
| | | President, Cheif Executive | than One Reporting |
| NEW YORK NY 10022 | | Officer | Person |
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| (City) (State) (Zip) | |
| | TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security |2.Amount of Securities |3.Ownership Form: |4.Nature of Indirect Beneficial |
| (Instr. 4) | Beneficially Owned | Direct (D) or | Ownership |
| | (Instr. 4) | Indirect (I) | (Instr. 5) |
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| COMMON STOCK | 139,273 (1) | (D) | |
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| | 3,212 | (I) | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 1473 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 5(b)(v).
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FORM 3 (continued)
TABLE II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of Derivative |2.Date Exer- |3.Title and Amount of Securities |4.Conver- |5.Ownership |6.Nature of Indirect |
| Security | cisable and | Underlying Derivative Security | sion or | Form of | Beneficial |
| (Instr. 4) | Expiration | (Instr. 4) | Exercise | Derivative | Ownership |
| | Date | | Price of | Security: | (Instr. 5) |
| | (Month/Day/ | | Deriva- | Direct (D) | |
| | Year) | | tive | or | |
| |------------------|----------------------------------| Security | Indirect | |
| | Date | Expi- | | Amount or | | (I) | |
| | Exer- | ration | Title | Number | | (Instr. 5) | |
| | cisable | Date | | of Shares | | | |
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
| Stock Option (3) |Immediate| 9/01/ | | | | | |
| | | 2008 | Common Stock | 5,859 | $0.08 | (D) | |
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| Stock Option (3) |Immediate| 9/01/ | | | | | |
| | | 2008 | Common Stock | 6,330 | $0.23 | (D) | |
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| Stock Option (3) |Immediate| 9/01/ | | | | | |
| | | 2008 | Common Stock | 1,758 | $0.29 | (D) | |
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| Stock Option (3) |Immediate| 6/01/ | | | | | |
| | | 2008 | Common Stock | 2,813 | $3.03 | (D) | |
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| Stock Option (3) | (4) | 8/20/ | | | | | |
| | | 2008 | Common Stock | 67,500 | $5.86 | (D) | |
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| Stock Option (3) | (5) | 6/15/ | | | | | |
| | | 2009 | Common Stock | 118,970 | $21.78 | (D) | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) On September 29, 2000, (i) CoreComm Limited, a Bermuda company merged with and into CoreComm Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, (ii) subsequently CoreComm Merger Sub, Inc. merged with and into ATX Telecommunications Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and (iii) ATX Telecommunications Services, Inc. changed its name in Delaware to CoreComm Limited. Shares and Options
in CoreComm Limited, Bermuda, were converted into shares and options in CoreComm Limited, Delaware.
(2)Common Stock held in trusts for the benefit of Mr. McCourtney's children, as to which Mr. McCourtney disclaims beneficial
ownership.
(3) Non-Employee Director Stock Options (Right to Buy)
(4) 22,500 options are currently excercisable, with an additional 22,500 vesting on January 1, 2001, and January 1, 2002.
(5) 60% of these options are currently exercisable, with an additional 20% vesting each January 1st.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/ Ted H. McCourtney 10/09/2000
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------------------ ----------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1473 (7-96)
Potential persons who are to respond to the collections of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number
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