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



In the Matter of)
     )
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.     )     CUID No. FL0156 (City of
Venice)         )     
     )              
     )
Complaints Regarding             )        
Cable Programming Services 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 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 and multiple FCC Form 1210s, the latest FCC Form 1210 filed for the period ending in
the third quarter of 1995.  This Order addresses only the reasonableness of Operator's rates after
May 14, 1994.  We have 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 and 1210 for the period starting May 15, 1994 through September 30, 1995 in response
to  complaints referenced herein.  Upon review of Operator's FCC Form 1200 and FCC Form
1210s, 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 cable programming services
tier rates charged by Operator in the franchise area referenced in the caption during the period
May 15, 1994 to September 30, 1995 ARE DENIED.
      
      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 




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