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$//DISMISSAL ORDER of Appeal in Meadowlands, New Jersey, DA 96-118//$
$/76.922 Rates for the basic tier/$
$/76.944 Commission Review of Franchising Authority Decision/$
                                    
                               Before the
                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C. 20554


                                                  DA 96-118
                              
In the Matter of:                  )
                              )
Comcast Cablevision of Meadowlands      )
Inc. et al.                        )
                              )    
Notice of Withdrawal of Appeal of  )    
Order Setting Basic Service and         )         
Equipment Rates by the New Jersey  )
Board of Public Utilities               )



                              ORDER


     Adopted:  January 31, 1996              Released:  February 12, 1996

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

     1.   On September 16, 1994, Comcast Cablevision of Meadowlands ("Comcast"),
the operator of a cable television system serving Meadowlands, New Jersey, filed with the
Commission an appeal of a local rate order adopted by the New Jersey Board of Public
Utilities, Office of Cable Television ("BPU") on August 17, 1994.  The rate order
established Comcast's rates for basic cable service, equipment, installations and hourly
service charges pursuant to the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act
of 1992.  No opposition was filed by BPU to Comcast's appeal.

     2.   On January 18, 1996, Comcast filed with the Commission a notice of
withdrawal to its earlier-filed appeal.  Comcast states in its withdrawal that BPU has voted to
reconsider the rate orders at issue.  No opposition to the notice of withdrawal has been filed. 
Therefore, Comcast's notice of withdrawal of its appeal is granted.
     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT Comcast's withdrawal of its appeal of
the rate order issued by Meadowlands, New Jersey IS GRANTED and the appeal IS
DISMISSED.  

     4.   This action is taken by the Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition
Division, 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