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

In the Matter of:               )
                                )
TCI TKR OF THE METROPLEX, INC.  )  CUID TX0648
d/b/a TCI CABLEVISION OF THE    )  File Nos.  CSB-A-0321
METROPLEX, INC.                 )          CSB-A-0460
                                )          CSB-A-0577
Motion to Withdraw Appeals of Local Rate)            CSB-A-0578
Orders Setting Basic Service and Equipment)
Rates Issued by the City of Bedford, Texas)


                             ORDER

   Adopted:  April 22, 1999             Released:  April 29, 1999

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

     1.   TCI TKR of the Metroplex, Inc. d/b/a TCI Cablevision of the Metroplex, Inc. ("TCI-M or
the "Company") filed with the Commission on June 27, 1996, October 9, 1997, and July 23, 1998 appeals of
four local rate orders ("the Orders").  The four rate orders on appeal are Ordinance Nos. 2310 and 2311 both
adopted on May 28, 1996, Ordinance No. 2399 adopted on September 9, 1997, and Ordinance Nos. 2446 and
2447 both adopted on June 23, 1998 by the City of Bedford, Texas ("the City").  TCI-M also filed Requests
for Emergency Stay of each of the local rate orders.  The rate orders established new regulated rates for basic
cable service and associated equipment.  Specifically, the City's rate orders required TCI-M to implement
certain rate reductions and to issue refunds to subscribers.

     2.   In a Joint Motion to Withdraw Appeals of Local Rate Orders filed on March 8, 1999, TCI-M
and the City together ask that the four appeals filed on June 27, 1996, October 9, 1997, and July 23, 1998, as
well as the related Request for Emergency Stays filed in connection with each appeal, and all subsequently filed
pleadings related to these proceeding be withdrawn and dismissed without benefit of substantive Commission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 Bedford, 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