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

                                )
New  England  Cable   Television )
Association, et al.,           ) )    File No. PA 98-006
         Complainants         ) )
                              ) )
         v.                   ) )
                              ) )
The    Narragansett     Electric )
Company,  ))
         Respondent.          )
                              )

                              ORDER

     Adopted:       August 6, 2002                          
Released:      August 8, 2002

By the Assistant Chief, Enforcement Bureau:1

     1.   On  May   15,  1998,  New   England  Cable   Television 
Association,  Inc., et  al.  ("Complainants")  filed  the  above-
referenced  pole  attachment  complaint  pursuant  to  the   Pole 
Attachment Act2  and Subpart  J  of Part  1 of  the  Commission's 
rules.3  On  July 31, 2002,  Complainants submitted  a notice  of 
withdrawal, with prejudice, of the referenced complaint.  In  its 
notice of withdrawal,  Complainants state that  the parties  have 
agreed to settle  their dispute.  On the  basis of the  statement 
contained in the  notice, we  conclude that there  are no  longer 
issues in controversy and therefore, we terminate the proceeding.

     2.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 0.111, 
0.311 and 1.1415 of the  Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§  0.111, 
0.311 and 1.1415, that the referenced complaint IS DISMISSED WITH 
PREJUDICE and this proceeding IS TERMINATED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Kathleen F. Costello
                              Assistant Chief, Enforcement Bureau
_________________________

1  Effective   March  25,   2002,  the   Commission   transferred 
responsibility for resolving pole attachment complaints from  the 
former Cable  Services  Bureau to  the Enforcement  Bureau.   See 
Establishment  of the  Media  Bureau,  the  Wireline  Competition 
Bureau  and  the  Consumer   and  Governmental  Affairs   Bureau, 
Reorganization   of   the   International   Bureau   and    Other 
Organizational Changes, FCC 02-10, 17 FCC Rcd 4672 (2002).
2 Section 224 of the  Communications Act of 1934, as amended,  47 
U.S.C. §224.
3 47 C.F.R. §§1.1401-1.1418.