******************************************************** NOTICE ******************************************************** This document was converted from WordPerfect to ASCII Text format. Content from the original version of the document such as headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, graphics, and page numbers will not show up in this text version. All text attributes such as bold, italic, underlining, etc. from the original document will not show up in this text version. Features of the original document layout such as columns, tables, line and letter spacing, pagination, and margins will not be preserved in the text version. If you need the complete document, download the WordPerfect version or Adobe Acrobat version, if available. ***************************************************************** Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of: ) ) COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. ) CUID TX0642 d/b/a/ TCI CABLEVISION OF NORTH TEXAS) File Nos. CSB-A-0478 ) CSB-A-0558 Motion to Withdraw Appeals of Local Rate) Orders Setting Basic Service and Equipment) Rates Issued by the City of Allen, Texas) ORDER Adopted: April 22, 1999 Released: April 29, 1999 By the Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division, Cable Services Bureau: 1. Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a TCI Cablevision of North Texas ("TCI-NT" or the "Company") filed with the Commission on December 8, 1997 and June 26, 1998 appeals of two local rate orders ("the Orders"). The two rate orders on appeal are Ordinance No.1548-11-97 adopted on November 6, 1997 and Ordinance No. 1604-5-98 adopted on June 24, 1998 by the City of Allen, Texas ("the City"). TCI- NT 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-WA 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 22, 1999, TCI- NT and the City together ask that the two appeals filed on December 8, 1997, and June 26, 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Stays filed in connection with each appeal, and all subsequently filed pleadings related to these proceeding be withdrawn and dismissed without benefit of substantive Commission review. 3.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 Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a TCI Cablevision of North Texas and the City of Allen, Texas IS GRANTED and the appeals and emergency stay requests filed by TCI-NT 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