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


In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
TPC Cable TV                         ) CUID No. PR0009 (Ponce)
                                     )
Complaint Regarding Cable Service    )


                                   ORDER

     Adopted:  July 8, 1996                                            Released:  July 16, 1996

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

1.  In this Order we dismiss a complaint against the rate that the above-captioned operator,
("Operator") was charging for its cable service in the community set forth above on the
grounds that the complaint concerns a rate that is outside the jurisdiction of this Commission. 
The Commission regulates rates for cable programming service ("CPS") tier only, and then
only upon the filing of a valid complaint. Our review reveals that the complaint filed against
Operator, while asserting that it challenges a CPS rate, challenges only a rate for basic
service, not for CPS.  In particular, the record shows that Operator offered only a basic
service tier and not a CPS tier, in this community.  The complaint therefore does not trigger
the Commission's jurisdiction.

2. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 623(a)(2)(A) and (B) of the
Communications Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 543(a)(2)(A) and (B), that the
complaint against the cable service rate charged by Operator in the above referenced
community IS DISMISSED.

3.  This action is taken pursuant to delegated authority under Section 0.321 of the
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.321.

        FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




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