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                                Before the
                     Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554




In the Matter of)
     )
Bresnan Communications Company   )   CUID No.  MI0061 (Village of
Ontonagon)
                )         
     )
Complaints Regarding             )        
Cable Programming Service Tier Rates   )


ORDER
                 
   Adopted:   July 10, 1996                   Released:   July 17, 1996


By the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau:

 1.  In this Order we consider complaints about the rates the above-captioned operator
("Operator") was charging for its cable programming service tier ("CPST") in the community
referenced above.  Operator's response includes benchmark justifications filed on FCC Form
1200, multiple FCC Form 1210s, the latest FCC Form 1210 filed for the period ending in the
second quarter of 1995 and FCC Form 1240.  This Order addresses only the reasonableness of
Operator's rates after May 14, 1994.  The Commission has already issued a separate order
addressing the reasonableness of Operator's rates prior to that date.

 2.  Under the Communications Act, the Commission is authorized to review CPST rates
of cable systems not subject to effective competition to ensure that rates charged are not
unreasonable.  If the Commission finds rates to be unreasonable, it shall determine correct rates
and any refund liability.


 3.  Pursuant to the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992,
and our rules implementing it, 47 C.F.R. Part 76, Subpart N, Operator filed its FCC Forms
1200,  1210 and 1240 for the period starting May 15, 1994 through March 31, 1997 in response
to  complaints referenced herein.  Upon review of Operator's FCC Form 1200, FCC Form
1210s and FCC Form 1240 we conclude that Operator has justified its CPST rates charged
during the period under review.   Therefore, we find that Operator's CPST rates in the above-
referenced community are justified and not unreasonable.

 4.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's
Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.321, that complaints referenced herein against the cable programming
services tier rates charged by Operator in the franchise area referenced in the caption during the
period May 15, 1994 through March 31, 1997 ARE DENIED.
 
      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 




      Elizabeth W. Beaty
      Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division
      Cable Services Bureau