Before the

                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                   )    CUID No.  GA0666 (City of Unadilla) 
                                   )    CSR No. 4459-R      
James Cable Partners, L.P.         )
                                   )              
Small System Filing to Support               )    
Basic Cable Service Tier                     )                   


                             ORDER

       Adopted:  September 22, 1999     Released:  September 24, 1999  

By the Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau:

     1.   In this Order we consider the rate that the above-captioned operator ("Operator") was
charging for its basic service tier ("BST") in the community referenced above.  On November 2, 1994, the
City of Unadilla ("City") petitioned the Federal Communications Commission ("Commission") requesting
assistance in reviewing Operator's BST cost of service showing.  The Commission granted the City's request
on April 28, 1995, and agreed to review Operator's showing regarding its BST rate.  On November 13, 1995
Operator filed an FCC Form 1230, seeking to justify its BST rate through the simplified small system cost
of service procedures pursuant to the Commission's Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on
Reconsideration ("Small Systems Order").  In this Order, we grant Operator's request for small system relief
under the Small Systems Order and, based on our review of Operator's FCC Form 1230 filing, find its BST
rate to be reasonable.
   
     2.   The Commission's original rate regulations took effect on September 1, 1993.  The
Commission subsequently revised its rate regulations effective May 15, 1994.  In a further effort to offer
small cable companies administrative relief from rate regulation, the Commission amended the definition
of small cable companies and small systems and introduced a simplified form of small system rate relief in
the Small Systems Order.  Operators attempting to justify their rates through small system relief must file
FCC Form 1230.  FCC Form 1230 requires that the Operator Selected Per Subscriber Monthly Programming
Rate Per Channel (FCC Form 1230, Line A11) not exceed the Per Subscriber, Per Channel Monthly
Programming Costs (FCC Form 1230, Line A6).  If the maximum rate established on FCC Form 1230 does
not exceed $1.24 per channel, the rate shall be presumed reasonable. Cable systems serving 15,000 or fewer
subscribers, and owned by a company having 400,000 or fewer subscribers, may elect to use the small
system rate mechanism found in FCC Form 1230 in lieu of other Commission rate processes, provided the
Commission has not reached a final resolution on the rate complaints filed against the system. 

     3.   Operator asserts that it is a company with fewer than 400,000 total subscribers and that the
system in question serves fewer than 15,000 subscribers, making it eligible for small system relief.  We find
that as of the effective date of the Small Systems Order, Operator was a company with fewer than 400,000
total subscribers and that the system in question served fewer than 15,000 subscribers, thereby making it
eligible for small system relief.  Further, Operator's filings show that the Operator Selected Per Subscriber
Monthly Programming Rate Per Channel  (FCC Form 1230, Line A11) does not exceed $1.24 per channel. 
Therefore, we find Operator's actual BST rate of $5.10 to be reasonable.

     4.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's rules, 47
C.F.R.  0.321, that Operator's request for small system relief, for the system in the community referenced
above, IS GRANTED.  

     5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's rules, 47
C.F.R.  0.321, that the monthly BST rate of $5.10 charged by Operator in the community referenced above
IS REASONABLE.

     6.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 76.933(d) and 0.321 of the Commission's
rules, 47 C.F.R.  76.933(d) and 0.321, that this decision is binding on the local franchising authority, the
City of Unadilla, Georgia, and the cable operator, James Cable Partners, L.P.

     
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                         Patrick A. Boateng
                         Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division
                         Cable Services Bureau