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

     )     CUID Nos:
     )     MD0222  (Rockville)
     )     MD0223  (Chevy Chase)
                )     MD0224  (Silver Spring)
     )     MD0225  (Washington Grove)      
     )     MD0226  (Takoma Park)
     )     MD0227  (Somerset)
     )     MD0228  (Poolesville)
In the Matter of      )     MD0229  (Barnesville)    
     )     MD0230  (Brookeville)
     )     MD0231  (Garrett Park)
SBC Media Ventures, Inc. t/a     )     MD0233  (Glen Echo)
Montgomery Cable TV   )     MD0234  (Kensington)  
     )     MD0235  (Laytonsville)
     )     MD0236  (Montgomery)
Complaints Regarding  )     MD0274  (Chevy Chase)
Cable Programming Services Tier Rates  )     MD0275  (Chevy Chase SecIV)
     )     MD0276  (Chevy Chase SecV)
     )     MD0277  (Chevy Chase VIII)
     )     MD0340  (Germantown)
     )     MD0341  (Burtonsville)
     )     MD0342  (Potomac)
     )     MD0343  (Boyds)
     )     MD0344  (Wheaton)
     )     MD0345  (Derwood)
     )     MD0346  (Olney)
     )     MD0347  (Cabin John)
     )     MD0348  (Bethesda)
     )     MD0349  (West Bethesda)     


ORDER
                  
   Adopted:  August 6, 1996                   Released:  August 16, 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 services tier ("CPST") in the communities
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
first quarter of 1996 and FCC Form 1240.  This Order addresses only the reasonableness of
Operator's rates after May 14, 1994.  The Federal Communications Commission ("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 June 30, 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
communities 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 June 30, 1997 ARE DENIED.

   FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 



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