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

In the Matter of:               )
                                )
TCI TKR of the METROPLEX, INC.  )  CUID TX0652
                                )  File Nos. CSB-A-0505 & 0588
Motion to Withdraw Appeal of Local Rate)
Order Setting Basic Service and Equipment)
Rates Issued by the City of DeSoto, Texas)


                             ORDER

   Adopted:  January 11, 1999           Released:  January 13, 1999

By the Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division, Cable Services Bureau:

     1.   TCI TKR of the Metroplex, Inc. ("TCI-M")  filed with the Commission on February 18, 1998
and August 20, 1998 appeals of two local rate orders.   The two rate orders on appeal are Ordinance No. 1241-
98 adopted on January 20, 1998 and Ordinance No. 1263-98 adopted on July 21, 1998, respectively, by the
City of DeSoto, TX (the "City").  TCI-M also filed with each appeal a request for emergency stay of the local
rate orders on March 11, 1998 and September 28, 1998 respectively.  In the local rate orders, the City
established new regulated rates for basic cable service and associated equipment provided by TCI-M. 
Specifically the City's rate orders required TCI-M to implement certain rate reductions and issue refunds to
subscribers.
  
     2.   In a Joint Motion to Withdraw Appeal of Local Rate Orders filed December 30, 1998,   TCI-
M and the City together ask that the February 18, 1998 and August 20, 1998 appeals, as well as the related
Request for Emergency Stays filed in connection with each appeal, and all subsequently filed pleadings related
to these proceedings be withdrawn and dismissed without benefit of substantive Commission review.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Withdraw Appeals of Local Rate
Orders filed by TCI TKR of the Metroplex, Inc. and the City of DeSoto, Texas IS GRANTED and the appeals
and emergency stay requests filed by TCI-M ARE DISMISSED. 

     4.   This action is taken by the Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division, Cable
Services Bureau, pursuant to authority delegated by Section 0.321 of the Commissions rules. 47 C.F.R. 
0.321.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                         Deborah E. Klein
                         Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division
                         Cable Services Bureau