SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report                      January 20, 1999
(Date of earliest event reported)  (January 20, 1999)

CTC COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
          Massachusetts                     0-13627       04-2731202
       (State or other jurisdiction (Commission         (IRS Employer
         of incorporation)          File Number)    Identification No.)

          360 Second Ave., Waltham, Massachusetts         02451
        (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)

                               (781) 466-8080
 (Registrant's telephone number including area code)

 (Former name or former address if changed since last 
report)



Item 5.  Other Events

On January 20, 1999, the Registrant issued the following press release:

"CTC Communications Corp Announces a Record 60% Sequential Increase in Access 
Lines in Service

WALTHAM, Mass.-- Jan. 20, 1999--CTC Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:CPTL) today 
announced that it had provisioned a record 38,878 access line equivalents 
("ALE's") for the quarter ended December 31, 1998, bringing total ALEs in 
service as of December 31, 1998 to 103,272. This represents a 60% sequential 
growth rate in total ALEs in service from the quarter ended September 30, 
1998. CTC further reported that it experienced the strongest growth in data 
ALEs with an approximately 67% sequential growth rate from the prior quarter 
which brings data ALEs in service to 19,638, or 19% of total ALEs as of 
December 31, 1998. 

Robert Fabbricatore, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CTC, stated "We 
are pleased with the growth in access lines equivalents in CTC's first twelve 
months as a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier ("CLEC"). Based on a review of 
publicly available information, Management believes that these production 
numbers compare favorably to those of any CLEC in their first year of 
activity, especially CTC's penetration of data services. These results are 
particularly noteworthy, given the restraints Bell Atlantic has put in place 
to thwart competition and limit customer choice. Absent these Bell Atlantic 
restraints, Management believes that CTC's equivalent access line performance 
would have been significantly greater. Due to these restraints, the customers 
represented by these 100,000 lines are primarily new relationships for CTC. 
This helps to put into perspective the acceptance in the marketplace of our 
solutions-oriented, customer-centric telecom management approach as well as 
the effectiveness of our sales and services teams, most of whom gained 
considerable experience in selling and servicing complex local services 
during the 14 years CTC acted as an agent." 

Fabbricatore further stated that, "We have directed our sales force to begin 
focusing on data-intensive, multi-location, medium to larger-sized customers 
as they are ideal candidates to move onto our packet-switched, Integrated 
Communications Network ("ICN") which will be fully operational later this 
summer. The response has been overwhelming with eleven hospitals and many 
multi-location regional businesses moving to CTC in the last quarter. By pre-
selling our network in this manner we expect to be able to move target 
customers on-net more quickly than would otherwise be possible. Furthermore, 
as we move into 1999 and receive regulatory relief from state public utility 
commissions on the issue of contract termination penalties which Bell 
Atlantic has illegally imposed on customers, we expect to be able to move 
over significant numbers of the approximately 280,000 access lines we managed 
as an agent. With an average of 44 lines per customer and over 45% of 
locations utilizing data services, this former agency base has numerous 
excellent candidates for our on-net services." 

As previously reported, CTC began deploying Cisco Systems, Inc. wide area 
IP+ATM switches in December 1998 and expects to have its initial hub sites 
installed and interconnected by the end of March, 1999. Beginning in April, 
CTC will begin transitioning its 25 branch offices as well as selected 
customers on-net for full beta testing. CTC plans to begin transitioning its 
broader customer base on-net later this summer. 

CTC is a rapidly growing provider of integrated communications solutions to 
medium and large sized business customers in the Northeastern U.S. It 
provides an extensive array of voice and data services including local, long 
distance, frame relay, Internet access, and other advanced data services. The 
Company markets its services through its 175 member direct sales force 
located in 25 branch offices throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, 
Massachusetts, Rhode Island Connecticut, New York and Maryland. Company 
headquarters are in Waltham, Massachusetts and CTC can be found on the 
worldwide web at www.ctcnet.com. 

The statements in this press release that relate to future plans, events or 
performance are forward-looking statements, including statements relating to 
operations, the timing of both the network deployment and the transition of 
CTC customers to the network, the timing of regulatory relief and 
expectations with respect to future line growth. These statements involve 
risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially 
from those reflected or implied in the forward-looking statements. Readers 
are, accordingly, cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-
looking statements, which speak only as to the date hereof. Additional 
information about these risks and uncertainties is set forth in the Company's 
most recent report on Form 10-Q. CTC undertakes no obligation to release 
publicly the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements 
that may be made to reflect results, events or circumstances after the date 
hereof. 

CONTACT: CTC Communications
John D. Pittenger, (781) 466-1302
http//www.ctcnet.com"

                            SIGNATURES

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

                                  CTC COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
                                         (Registrant)
                                  By: /s/ John D. Pittenger
                                         John D. Pittenger,
                                   Executive Vice President,
                                   Finance and Administration
January 20, 1999