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                           CABLE SERVICES ACTION           November 4, 1996


            Electronic Versions of FCC Form 1240 Now Available

On September 22, 1995, the Commission released the Thirteenth Order on Reconsideration in MM Docket
No. 92-266, Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television  Consumer Protection and Competition
Act of 1992:  Rate Regulation ("Order"), FCC 95-397, simplifying rules affecting cable operator's
regulated rates.  The Order established a new optional rate adjustment methodology that permits operators
to limit their rate increases to once per year.

To implement these rule changes, the Commission created FCC Form 1240 (Annual Updating of
Maximum Permitted Rates for Regulated Cable Services).  FCC Form 1240 received full approval from
the Office of Management and Budget on July 2, 1996.

A computer spreadsheet version of FCC Form 1240 is now available in Microsoft Excel 4.0, Microsoft
Excel 5.0, the Lotus 1-2-3 WK3 file format, and the Lotus 1-2-3 WK4 file format.  These four versions
of the computerized FCC Form 1240 are available on floppy disks from the Commission's duplicating
contractor, International Transcription Service (ITS), at (202) 857-3800.  Copies are also available on the
Cable Services Bureau's Internet site at the following addresses: 

      http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/WWW/csform.html
      http://www.fcc.gov/formpage.html

The electronic version of FCC Form 1240, from either ITS or the Commission's Internet site, will come
in the form of a self extracting zip file (SEZF).  The SEZF for the Excel 4.0 version is called 1240E4.exe. 
The SEZF for the Excel 5.0 version is called 1240E5.exe.  Both of these files contain three separate files
which have combined together and compressed to make their distribution easier and more economical. 
The three files are: the spreadsheet version of Form 1240, a WordPerfect For Windows 5.1 copy of the
instructions, a text file version of the instructions.

To open the SEZF, copy it to an empty directory on your computer's hard drive.  Then, go to the
Windows Program Manager, select "file" and "run", and type into the provided space the path and name
of the SEZF.  For example, if you have put the Excel 4.0 SEZF in a directory called "c:\1240", you would
type "c:\1240\1240E4.exe".  When the program is finished running, the "c:\1240" directory will have four
files in it, the original SEZF and the three files described in the preceding paragraph.  You can now use
your Microsoft Excel for Windows to access the spreadsheet version of FCC Form 1240.

Media contact: Morgan Broman (202) 418-2358.
Cable Services Bureau Contact:  Kiran Duwadi (202) 418-7200.
                  

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