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Filed under Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-00191
Pricing Supplement No. 6 Dated December 30, 1996
(To Prospectus Dated January 25, 1996
as Supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement
Dated January 26, 1996)
PACIFIC TELECOM, INC.
Medium-Term Notes, Series C
Due Nine Months Or More From Date of Issue
Principal amount: $33,499,000 Initial Interest Rate: 5.97583%
Price to Public:
X 100% of principal amount Interest Payment Dates: The third Wednesday
___ of each month while
varying prices related to bearing interest at
___ a Floating Rate;
prevailing market prices March 1 and
___ September 1 following
at the time of resale the Fixed Rate
Conversion Date
(as defined below)
Date of Issue: 12/30/96 Regular Record Dates: 15 calendar days
Maturity: 12/31/2006 preceding the
Interest Payment Date
Interest Reset Dates: The third Wednesday
of each month while
X Certificated Notes bearing interest at a
___ Floating Rate; March
Book-Entry Notes 1 and September 1
___ following the Fixed
Fixed Rate Notes Rate Conversion Date
___ Index Maturity: N/A
Commercial Paper Rate Spread: N/A
___ Spread Multiplier: N/A
LIBOR Maximum Interest Rate: N/A
___ Minimum Interest Rate: N/A
Treasury Rate
___ Specified Currenty (if other
X Notes cannot be redeemed than U.S. dollars): N/A
___ Initial Redemption Date: N/A
prior to Maturity
Initial Redemption Premium: N/A
Notes may be redeemed Limitation Date: N/A
___ Annual Redemption Premium Reduction: N/A
prior to Maturity
X Additional Terms:
___
On any Interest Determination Date after the second anniversary of the
Original Issue Date, the registered holder may elect, by giving notice
of such election to the Trustee prior to such Interest Determination
Date, to receive interest on the Note at the Fixed Rate, for the period
from the date of the next scheduled Interest Reset Date (the "Fixed Rate
Conversion Date") through the Maturity Date. The "Fixed Rate" shall
equal the rate per annum determined by the Calculation Agent to be the
lowest rate per annum that would enable the holder to sell the Note on
the Fixed Rate Conversion Date at a price (without regard to accrued
interest) equal to one hundred percent of the principal amount thereof
based on the offered rates as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that
Interest Determination Date of three leading dealers of fixed rate
medium-term notes selected by the Calculation Agent.
