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

In the Matter of:               )
                                )  CUID Nos. CT0025
TCI Cablevision of South Central Connecticut, Inc.)              CT0014
TCI Cablevision of Central Connecticut, Inc. and)           CT0148
TCI Cablevision of Northwestern Connecticut)           CT0067
                                )
Motion to Withdraw Appeals of Local Rate)    File Nos. CSB-A-0338
Orders Setting Equipment and Installation Rates)         CSB-A-0340
Issued by the State of Connecticut Department )          CSB-A-0389
of Public Utility Control       )

                             ORDER

   Adopted:  August 6, 1999             Released:  August 9, 1999

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

     1.   TCI Cablevision of Central Connecticut, Inc., TCI Cablevision of Northwestern Connecticut,
and TCI Cablevision of South Central Connecticut, Inc., (collectively "TCI-C") filed with the Commission on
July 22, 1996 and March 21, 1997 appeals of three local rate Decisions ("the Orders").  The three orders on
appeal are Docket Nos. 94-06-29 and 94-06-30 both adopted on June 20, 1996, and a consolidated appeal of
Docket Nos. 96-01-11, 96-01-14, 96-01-15, 96-01-16, and 96-01-17 adopted on February 19, 1997
respectively by the State of Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control ("DPUC").  TCI-C also filed
Requests for Emergency Stay of each of the rate orders.  The rate orders established new regulated rates for
equipment and installation and required TCI-C to implement certain rate reductions and issue refunds to
subscribers.

     2.   In a Motion to Withdraw Appeals of Local Rate Orders filed on June 30, 1999, TCI-C and
the DPUC together ask that the three appeals filed on July 22, 1996 and March 21, 1997, 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to these proceeding be withdrawn and dismissed without benefit of substantive Commission review.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 Motion to Withdraw Appeals of Local Rate Orders
filed by TCI Cablevision of South Central Connecticut, Inc., TCI Cablevision of Central Connecticut, Inc.,
and TCI Cablevision of Northwestern Connecticut and the State of Connecticut Department of Public Utility
Control IS GRANTED and the Appeals and Requests for Emergency Stay filed by TCI-C 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