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


In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
Charter Communications III, L.P.     )     CUID No. AL0041 (Northport)
                                     )               
                                     )
Order Dismissing Complaint           )
                                     

                                  ORDER


   Adopted:  November 6, 1997                      Released:  November 10, 1997  

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 programming services tier ("CPST") in the community
referenced above because the complaint concerns rates that are outside the jurisdiction of the Federal
Communications Commission ("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.

  2.  In the absence of a demonstration to the contrary, cable systems are presumed not to be
subject to effective competition.  The Operator bears the burden of rebutting the presumption that
effective competition does not exist by providing evidence that effective competition, as defined by our
rules, is present in its franchise area.  The Commission has previously found that Operator was subject
to effective competition in the community referenced above.  Consequently, the complaint pending
against Operator in the above-referenced community is dismissed and the review of the resulting rate
justification filings is terminated.  
  3.  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 complaint
against the CPST rates charged by Operator in the community referenced above  IS DISMISSED and the
review of the resulting rate justification filings IS TERMINATED.

  4.  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