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

TCI Cablevision of Dallas, Inc. )  CUID TX0682
                                )
Motion to Withdraw Appeals of Local Rate)    File Nos. CSB-A-0326
Orders Setting Basic Service and Equipment)         CSB-A-0461
Rates Issued by the City of Mesquite, Texas)        CSB-A-0559
                                )         CSB-A-0560

                             ORDER


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

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

     1.   TCI Cablevision of Dallas, Inc. ("TCI-D) filed with the Commission on July 2, 1996, October
14, 1997, and July 1, 1998 appeals of four local rate orders ("the Orders").  The four rate orders on appeal are
Ordinance Nos. 3224 and 3225 both adopted on June 1, 1998, Ordinance No. 3168 adopted on September 15,
1997, and Ordinance No. 3094 adopted on June 3, 1996 by the City of Mesquite, Texas ("the City").  TCI-D
also filed Requests for Emergency Stay of each of the local rate orders.  The City's rate orders required TCI-D
to reduce the rates charged for certain equipment and installation.

     2.   In a Joint Motion to Withdraw Appeals of Local Rate Orders filed on July 26, 1999, TCI-D
and the City together ask that the four appeals filed on July 1, 1998, October 14, 1997, and July 2, 1996, 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pleadings related to these proceeding be withdrawn and dismissed without benefit of substantive Commission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 Cablevision of Dallas, Inc. and the City of Mesquite, Texas IS GRANTED and the
appeals and emergency stay requests filed by TCI-D 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