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$//ORDER Dismissing Appeal in Pasadena, TX, DA 95-2345//$
$/76.922 Rates for the basic service tier/$
$/76.923 Rates for equipment and installation/$
$/76.944 Commission Review of Franchising Authority Decisions/$
                                    
                                    
                               Before the
                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C. 20554


                                        DA 95-2345
                              
In the Matter of:                  )
                              )
Prime Cable of Fort Bend, L.P.          )
                              )
                              )    
Notice of Withdrawal of Appeal of  )    
Order Setting Basic Service and         )         
Equipment Rates by the City of          )
Pasadena, Texas                    )


                              ORDER


Adopted: November 20, 1995              Released:  November 27, 1995

By the Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division, Cable Services Bureau:

     1.   On May 4, 1995, Prime Cable of Fort Bend, L.P. ("Prime"), the operator of a
cable television system serving the City of Pasadena, Texas (the "City"), filed with the
Commission an appeal of a local rate order adopted by the City on April 4, 1995. The rate
order established Prime's rates for basic cable service, equipment, installations and hourly
service charges pursuant to the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act
of 1992.  The City filed an opposition on May 25, 1995, and Prime submitted a response on
June 5, 1995.
     
     2.   On November 3, 1995, Prime filed with the Commission a notice of
withdrawal to its earlier-filed appeal.  Prime states that the primary ground for its appeal was
that the local rate order did not provide an adequate explanation of the City's decision. 
Subsequently, the City issued an additional order which explains the City's decision, to
which Prime does not object, and with which Prime has complied.  Therefore, Prime wishes
to withdraw its appeal.  We will grant its withdrawal.   


     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT Prime Cable of Fort Bend's
withdrawal of its appeal of the rate order issued by the City of Pasadena, Texas IS
GRANTED and the appeal IS DISMISSED.  

     4.   This action is taken by the Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition
Divison, Cable Services Bureau, pursuant to authority delegated by section 0.321 of the
Commission's rules.  47 C.F.R.  0.321 (1993).


                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                    Mary Ellen Burns
                    Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division,
                    Cable Services Bureau