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

In the Matter of                )
                                )
James Cable Partners L.P.,      )  CUID No. WY0043 (Douglas)          
                                )
Withdrawal of FCC Form 329      )
Rate Complaint and Petition     )
For Special Relief              )


                             ORDER

     Adopted:  September 2, 1997        Released:  September 4, 1997  

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

     1.   On October 8, 1993, the City of Douglas, Wyoming, the local franchising authority ("LFA")
for the community referenced above filed a complaint against the rates of the above-captioned operator
("Operator") for its cable programming tier ("CPST") in the community set forth above.  On August 29,
1994, the LFA filed a Petition for Special Relief requesting that the Federal Communications Commission
("Commission") review the Operator's cost of service showing in support of its basic tier rates.  On February
14, 1995, the Commission granted the LFA's request. On January 9, 1996, the LFA requested that the
Commission allow it to withdraw the FCC Form 329 rate complaint, and the Petition for Special Relief
concerning the review of the basic service tier cost of service filings. 

     2.   Our records show that, in the community referenced above, the LFA was the only
complainant that filed a valid complaint with the Commission. Under the Communications Act, the
Commission regulates the CPST rates of cable systems not subject to effective competition upon the filing
of a valid complaint.  The withdraw of the only complaint against the operator's CPST rate in the community
constitutes the termination of our jurisdiction to regulate those rates.

     3.   Our mandate is to protect subscribers of any cable system not subject to effective
competition from paying rates higher than those that would be charged if the system were subject to effective
competition.  While our rules forbid collusive agreements between operators and franchising authorities
regarding forbearance from rate regulation, there is no evidence of such an agreement here.  We will
accordingly allow the withdrawal of the complaint.

     4.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 623(a)(2)(A) and (B) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 543(a)(2)(A) and (B), that the request for
permission to withdraw the FCC Form 329 rate complaint against the CPST rates, and the Petition for
Special Relief in the community referenced above IS GRANTED, and the review of the resulting rate
justification filings IS TERMINATED.  

     5.   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



                         Margaret M. Egler
                         Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division
                         Cable Services Bureau