FOR FCC RECORD ONLY
$//Bresnan Communications Company, Mackinac Island, MI, Letter, DA 95-465//$
$/76.922 Rates for Cable Programming Service tiers/$
$/benchmark cable rates/$
                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, DC 20554


                                                       IN REPLY REFER TO:
                              March 10, 1995                      DA 95-465
                                                  Released:  March 13, 1995


Mr. Michael Bresnan
Director of Operations
Bresnan Communications Company
709 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10504

Dear Mr. Bresnan:

     This is in reference to your letter on behalf of Bresnan Communications Company
("Bresnan") dated November 12, 1993, with respect to a complaint filed on October 15,
1993, against the price Bresnan was charging for cable programming service in Mackinac
Island, Michigan, CUID No. MI1745.  In that letter, you state that Bresnan is not required
to justify its rates prior to May 15, 1994, because Bresnan's Mackinac Island, Michigan
system has fewer than 1,000 subscribers.  Based on the information you have provided, it
appears that the Mackinac Island, Michigan system qualifies as a "small system" pursuant to
47 C.F.R.  76.901(c), and was therefore exempt from rate regulation until May 15, 1994.

     We will rule at a later date on Bresnan's justification under the Commission's revised
rate regulations of its cable programming service rates in Mackinac Island, Michigan
beginning May 15, 1994.

     Should you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact Estella Salvatierra
at (202) 416-0958.

                                   Sincerely,




                                   Gregory J.  Vogt
                                   Deputy Chief
                                   Cable Service Bureau

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