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


In the Matter of:               )
                                )
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.   )  CUID Nos. McKinney (TX0641)
d/b/a/ TCI CABLEVISION OF NORTH TEXAS   )              Stonebridge Ranch (TX1468)
                                )         
Motion to Withdraw Appeal of Local Rate )    File No. CSB-A-0510           
Order Setting Basic Equipment Rates     )
Issued by the City of McKinney, Texas   )         


                             ORDER

        Adopted:  September 28, 1999    Released:  September 30, 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"), filed with
the Commission on March 5, 1998 an appeal of a local rate order.  The rate order on appeal is Ordinance No.
98-02-09 adopted on February 3, 1998 by the City of McKinney, Texas  (the "City").  TCI-NT also filed a
Request for Emergency Stay of the local rate order.  The rate order established new regulated rates for
equipment and installation.  Specifically the City's rate order required TCI-NT to implement certain rate
reductions and to issue refunds to subscribers.

     2.   In a Joint Motion to Withdraw Appeal of Local Rate Order filed on September 13, 1999, TCI-
NT and the City together ask that the appeal filed on March 5, 1998 as well as the related Request for
Emergency Stay and all subsequently filed pleadings related to these proceedings be withdrawn and dismissed
without benefit of substantive Commission review.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Withdraw Appeal of  Local Rate
Order filed by Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a TCI Cablevision of North Texas and the City of
McKinney, Texas IS GRANTED and the appeal and emergency stay request filed by TCI-NT ARE
DISMISSED.

     4.   This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated by Section 0.321 of the Commission's
rules.  47 C.F.R.  0.321.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                         Deborah E. Klein
                         Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division
                         Cable Services Bureau