Federal Communications Commission DA 12-715 1 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government of Lafayette, Louisiana, d/b/a Lafayette Utilities System, Complainant, v. CableOne, Inc.; Wide Open West; Comporium Communications; NewWave Communications; Atlantic Broadband; Suddenlink; Avenue Bb Communications; GCI, Inc.; Charter Communications; Armstrong Cable Services; Wave Division Holdings; NPG Cable, Inc.; Eagle Communications; and Cox Communications, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) File No. CSR-8357-P ORDER Adopted: May 4, 2012 Released: May 4, 2012 By the Senior Deputy Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau: 1. On June 8, 2010, Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government of Lafayette, Louisiana, d/b/a Lafayette Utilities System (“LUS”) filed a complaint with the Commission against the National Cable Television Cooperative, Inc. (“NCTC”) and fifteen individual companies (“Company Defendants”) (collectively, “Defendants”).1 On May 25, 2011, the Media Bureau issued an order dismissing two Defendants from the proceeding and setting forth a schedule for discovery.2 In the interim, the parties commenced discovery and subsequently informed the Commission that they had reached an agreement in principle. On May 2, 2012, LUS filed a motion to dismiss the action with prejudice.3 1 LUS, Complaint for Violations of Section 628 of the Communications Act and 47 C.F.R. § 76.1001 et seq., File No. CSR-8357-P (filed June 8, 2010) (the “Complaint”). 2 LUS v. NCTC et al., Order, 26 FCC Rcd 7690 (MB, 2011). The Defendants that the Media Bureau dismissed were NCTC and Utilities Service Alliance, Inc. 3 Lafayette Utilities System’s Motion to Dismiss, File No. CSR-8357-P (filed May 2, 2012). The motion states that the parties have agreed that each shall bear its own costs. Federal Communications Commission DA 12-715 2 2. Accordingly, the motion to dismiss the above-captioned proceeding IS GRANTED and the Complaint IS DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. 3. This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated by Section 0.283 of the Commission’s rules.4 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Steven A. Broeckaert Senior Deputy Chief, Policy Division Media Bureau 4 47 C.F.R. § 0.283.