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T We find that Capital has met this burden.  S- ` x5.` ` In rate complaint proceedings, the Commission requires cable operators defending against  xsuch complaints on the basis of effective competition to use subscriber data derived from the approximate  Sp- xLtime the CPS tier complaint was filed.o p} {O -ԍSee Shelby Cable, Inc., DA 951181, at  5 (rel. June 6 1995).o The complaint that initiated this proceeding was received by the  xMCommission on November 9, 1993. The subscribership information provided by Capital reflects the  xnumber of subscribers that Capital served in the City of Columbia as of December 3, 1993. Capital has  x.demonstrated that it served only 1% of the households in the City of Columbia around the time that the  xcomplaint was filed, which is significantly lower than the "fewer than 30 percent" rate needed to establish  S - xeffective competition under our rules.N z} {O-ԍSee 47 C.F.R.  76.905(b)(1).N Even if we use the householdQ  } yOT- x-ԍThe term "household" is defined by the United States Census Bureau to include only occupied housing units.  {O- xSee Bureau of the Census, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1990 Census of Population, CP11B, Appendix B at B8. In  {O- xthe Third Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92266 and 92262, 9 FCC Rcd 4316, 4324 (1994), the  xxCommission adopted the United States Census Bureau's definition of "households," which does not include vacant housing units.Q figure of 25,841 for the City of  xColumbia which is derived from the 1990 United States Census in our calculation to determine the  xyexistence of effective competition, that calculation also shows that Capital serves only 1% of households  S0- xlin its franchise area (261 25,841 = 1%). We find, therefore, that Capital was subject to effective  S- x[competition in the City of Columbia, under Section 76.905(b)(1) of our rules,D  } yOh-ԍ47 C.F.R.  76.905(b)(1).D at the time the complaint  xwas filed and its motion to dismiss the complaint filed against it by the City of Columbia is hereby granted.  Sh- ` x6.` ` Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED , pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's rules,  x47 C.F.R.  0.321, that the motion of Falcon/Capital Cable Partners, L.P. to dismiss the complaint against  S- x=its cable programming service price charged in the City of Columbia, Missouri, CUID No. MO0808, IS  S-GRANTED . "P ,`(`(88"Ԍ S- `  X#X` p X#X` x7.` ` IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the complaint against the cable programming service  xprice charged by Falcon/Capital Cable Partners, L.P. in the City of Columbia, Missouri, CUID No.  S-MO0808, IS DISMISSED . x` `  hhFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x` `  hhMeredith J. Jones  X#X` p X#X` x` `  hhChief, Cable Services Bureau