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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  1882 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  matter  of: 
 Cablevision  of  Oakland  (formerly  known  as  TCI  of  Northern  New  Jersey,  Inc.);  Cablevision  of 
 Hamilton  (formerly  known  as  TCI/  TKR  Cable  Company,  Hamilton  System);  Cablevision  of 
 Elizabeth  (formerly  known  as  TCI/  TKR  Cable  Company  of  Elizabeth);  Cablevision  of  Raritan 
 Valley  (formerly  known  as  TCI/  TKR  Cable  Company,  Tri-  System);  Cablevision  of  Warwick 
 (formerly  known  as  TCI/  TKR  Cable  Company  of  Warwick);  Cablevision  of  Rockland/  Ramapo 
 (formerly  known  as  TCI/  TKR  Cable  Company  of  Ramapo  and  TCI/  TKR  Cable  Company  of 
 Rockland);  Cablevision  of  Morris  (formerly  known  as  TCI/  TKR  Cable  Company  of  Morris  and 
 Sammons  Communications  of  New  Jersey  –  Dover/  Morris);  Cablevision  of  Paterson  (formerly 
 known  as  US  Cable  of  Paterson);  Cablevision  of  Paterson  d/  b/  a  Cablevision  of  Allamuchy  (formerly 
 known  as  US  Cable  of  Allamuchy);  Comcast  Cablevision  of  Wildwood,  Inc.  (formerly  known  as 
 TCI  of  Gloucester);  Comcast  Cablevision  of  Long  Beach  Island,  LLC  (formerly  known  as  TCI  of 
 Long  Beach  Island);  Comcast  Cablevision  of  Wildwood,  Inc.  (formerly  known  as  TCI  of  Maple 
 Shade);  and  Comcast  Cablevision  of  Wildwood,  Inc.  (formerly  known  as  TCI  of  Wildwood) 


 Motion  to  Withdraw  Appeals  of  Local  Rate  Orders  Setting  Basic  Service  and  Equipment  Rates  Issued 
 by  the  State  of  New  Jersey  Board  of  Public  Utilities 


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 File  Nos.  CSB-  A-  0145  CSB-  A-  0146 
 CSB-  A-  0226  CSB-  A-  0458 
 CSB-  A-  0475  CSB-  A-  0521 
 CSB-  A-  0528  CSB-  A-  0614 
 CSB-  A-  0651 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  July  31,  2002  Released:  August  2,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Policy  Division,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  On  May  20,  2002,  Cablevision  Systems  Corporation  (“  Cablevision”),  AT&  T  Broadband  (“  AT&  T”),  Comcast  Cable  Communications  Inc.  (“  Comcast”),  and  the  New  Jersey  Board  of  Public 
 Utilities  (“  BPU”)  jointly  moved  to  terminate  Commission  review  of  local  rate  orders  adopted  by  the  BPU.  The  local  rate  orders  involved  several  New  Jersey  cable  television  systems  in  the  above-  captioned 
 proceedings,  previously  owned  by  or  affiliated  with  AT&  T  Cable  Services  of  New  Jersey  (or  its  predecessors),  and  now  owned  by  or  affiliated  with  Cablevision  and  Comcast. 
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 2.  In  a  Consent  Motion  to  Withdraw  Cable  Rate  Petitions  and  Other  Related  Pleadings  (“  Consent  Motion”)  filed  May  20,  2002,  the  parties  state  that  the  BPU  has  adopted  four  separate  orders 
 approving  a  stipulation  entered  into  between  the  BPU  and  several  cable  television  systems  owned  or  affiliated  with  Cablevision,  Comcast,  and  AT&  T  in  New  Jersey.  The  stipulation  resolves  the  basic 
 service  tier  rate  cases  currently  pending  on  appeal  before  the  Commission.  The  pending  cases  are  further  identified  in  the  attached  appendix.  Cablevision,  Comcast,  AT&  T  and  the  BPU  request  that  the  appeals, 
 petitions  and  other  pleadings  associated  with  these  cases  be  withdrawn. 
 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  the  Consent  Motion  to  Withdraw  Cable  Rate  Petitions  and  Other  Related  Pleadings  filed  by  Cablevision  Systems  Corporation,  Comcast  Cable 


 Communications,  Inc.,  AT&  T  Broadband  and  the  New  Jersey  Board  of  Public  Utilities  IS  GRANTED  and  the  appeals  of  the  basic  service  tier  rate  cases  identified  in  the  Consent  Motion  ARE  DISMISSED. 


 4.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  by  Section  0.283  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R  §  0.283. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Mary  Beth  Murphy  Chief,  Policy  Division 
 Media  Bureau 
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