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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  3003 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  matter  of: 
 ADELPHIA  COMMUNICATIONS  CORPORATION,  on  behalf  of  its  affiliates  and 
 subsidiaries 
 Motion  to  Withdraw  Appeal  of  Local  Rate  Order  Setting  Basic  Service  Rates  in  the  City  of 
 Portsmouth,  Ohio 


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 CUID  OH0100 
 File  No.  CSB-  A-  0730 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  November  17,  2005  Released:  November  21,  2005 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  Division,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  On  January  21,  2005,  Adelphia  Communications  Corporation,  on  behalf  of  its  affiliates  and  subsidiaries  (“  Adelphia”),  filed  with  the  Commission  an  appeal  of  a  local  rate  order  adopted  by  the 
 City  of  Portsmouth,  Ohio  (“  City”)  on  November  22,  2004. 
 2.  In  a  Motion  to  Withdraw  Appeal  of  Local  Rate  Order  filed  on  October  21,  2005,  Adelphia  states  that  the  dispute  is  now  moot,  as  the  underlying  matters  have  been  resolved  with  the  City. 


 Adelphia  requests  that  the  appeal  be  withdrawn  and  the  filings  in  this  proceeding  be  dismissed  without  benefit  of  substantive  Commission  review. 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  the  Motion  to  Withdraw  Appeal  of  Local  Rate  Order  filed  by  Adelphia  IS  GRANTED  and  the  appeal  filed  on  January  21,  2005  IS  DISMISSED. 
 4.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  by  §  0.283  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.283. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 John  B.  Norton  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  Division 
 Media  Bureau 
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