EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the
"Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1999.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Doreen A. Toben, Frederic V. Salerno and Ivan
G. Seidenberg as attorney for the undersigned for the purpose of executing and filing such Annual Report and any
amendment or amendments or other necessary documents, hereby giving to each said attorney full authority to
perform all acts necessary thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying
all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 28th day of March, 2000.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the
"Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1999.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Doreen A. Toben, Frederic V. Salerno and Ivan
G. Seidenberg as attorney for the undersigned for the purpose of executing and filing such Annual Report and any
amendment or amendments or other necessary documents, hereby giving to each said attorney full authority to
perform all acts necessary thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying
all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 28th day of March, 2000.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to a