We are placing our 'CCC+' corporate credit rating on CLEC TelePacific on CreditWatch Positive. We are assigning a 'CCC+' issue-level rating and a '5' recovery rating to the company's proposed $25 million senior secured revolver and $360 million term loan. NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Jan. 26, 2010--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today it placed its 'CCC+' corporate credit rating on Los Angeles-based competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) U.S. TelePacific Holdings Corp. (TelePacific) on CreditWatch with positive implications. We also assigned a 'CCC+' issue-level rating and a '5' recovery rating to the company's proposed $25 million senior secured revolver and $360 million term loan due 2015. Net proceeds of $360 million will be used to repay its existing $322