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$// MO&O, SNET VDT Trial-Motion to Revoke //$
$/ 47 USC 214 /$                                                 
        
FOR RECORD ONLY                                        DA 96-288
                                Before the
                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                           Washington D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                   )              
                              )    
THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND )
  TELEPHONE COMPANY      )
                              )
For Authority pursuant to Section 214   )     File No. W-P-C-6858
of the Communications Act of 1934, as   )
amended, to construct, operate, own     )            
and maintain facilities to test a new   )
technology for use in providing video   )
dialtone service in specific areas in   )
Connecticut                        )     

                       MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Adopted:  March 4, 1996                           Released: 
March 5, 1996

By the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.   On November 18, 1994, the Commission adopted the SNET
Expanded Trial
Order, which authorized SNET to offer video dialtone service to
150,000 homes in portions of
Connecticut, subject to certain conditions and requirements.  On
March 28, 1995, the National
Cable Television Association (NCTA) filed a motion to revoke that
authorization.  On January
25, 1996, SNET informed the Commission, by letter, that it "is
withdrawing its plans to offer
video dialtone (VDT) service . . . ."  SNET stated that it was
relinquishing its Section 214
authority "to construct, own and operate an expanded technical
and marketing trial of VDT in
limited areas of Connecticut."  In addition, SNET has been
conducting a technical video
dialtone trial in West Hartford, Connecticut.  In a letter dated
February 14, 1996, SNET
proposed to continue
its video dialtone operations in West Hartford until May 1, 1996,
at the latest, in order to
conclude that trial in an orderly manner.  SNET has relinquished
its authorization to conduct
an expanded video dialtone trial.  Accordingly, NCTA's Motion to
Order Revocation of Market
Trial Authorization IS HEREBY DISMISSED AS MOOT.  

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Regina M. Keeney
                              Chief, Common Carrier Bureau