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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  809 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of: 
 UNITED  CABLE  TELEVISION  LIMITED 
 PARTNERSHIP  d/  b/  a  TCI 
 COMMUNICATIONS  OF  BALITMORE 


 Motion  to  Withdraw  Appeal  of  Local  Rate  Order 
 Setting  Basic  Equipment  Rates  in  Baltimore,  MD 


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 Cuid  MD  0269 
 File  No.  CSB-  A-  0391 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  March  29,  2001  Released:  April  2,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Consumer  Protection  and  Competition  Division,  Cable  Services  Bureau: 
 1.  On  March  21,  2001,  United  Cable  Television  Limited  Partnership  d/  b/  a  TCI 
 Communications  of  Baltimore  (“  TCI-  B”)  and  the  City  of  Baltimore,  Maryland  (“  City”)  filed  with  the 
 Commission  a  joint  motion  to  withdraw  an  appeal  of  local  rate  order  adopted  by  the  City.  In  its  motion, 
 TCI-  B  and  the  City  requests  that  the  appeal,  request  for  emergency  stay,  as  well  as  all  subsequent  filings 
 related  to  these  proceedings  be  withdrawn  and  dismissed  with  prejudice  and  without  benefit  of  substantive 
 commission  review. 


 2.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  the  Joint  Motion  to  Withdraw  Appeal  of  Local  Rate 
 Order  filed  by  United  Cable  Television  Limited  Partnership  d/  b/  a  TCI  Communications  of  Baltimore  and 
 the  City  of  Baltimore,  Maryland  IS  GRANTED  and  the  appeal  and  emergency  stay  ARE  DISMISSED. 


 3.  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 
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