UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
FIEBIGER, JAMES R
955 East Arques Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4533
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/1/00
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
fACTEL CORPORATION (ACTL)
5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[X] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1)Title of Security 2)Amount of 3) 4)Nature of
Securities D Indirect
Beneficially or Beneficial
Owned I Ownership
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Table II Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned
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1)Title of Derivative Security 2)Date Exercisable 3)Title and Amount of 4)Conver- 5)Ownership 6)Nature of
and Expiration Date Securities Underlying sion or Form of Indirect
(Month/Day/Year) Derivative Security exercise Derivative Beneficial
price of Security Ownership
Date Expira- Amount or Deri- Direct(D)
Exer- tion Number of vative or
cisable Date Title Shares Security Indirect(I)
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Non-Qualified Stock Option 07/28/07 Common Stock 6,685 $28.1218 D Direct
(right to buy)
Non-Qualified Stock Option 12/01/10 Common Stock 15,000 $23.8125 D Direct
(right to buy)
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Explanation of Responses:
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ FIEBIGER, JAMES R
DATE 12/7/00
