Federal Communications Commission DA 17-226 
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Charter Communications, on behalf of its 
subsidiaries and affiliates
Application for Review of Order Granting Charter 
Communications Petitions for Determination of 
Effective Competition in 46 Communities in 
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York
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CSR 8559-E
CSR 8560-E
CSR 8561-E
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Adopted:  March 6, 2017 Released:  March 7, 2017
By the Senior Deputy Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau:
1. On December 11, 2013, the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and 
Cable (MDTC)1 filed an Application for Review seeking review of the Media Bureau’s (Bureau) 
September 30, 2013 decision, which concluded that Charter Communications is subject to effective 
competition in various communities located in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York.2 On 
November 16, 2016, MDTC filed a Motion to Withdraw its Application for Review.3 By this Order, we 
grant MDTC’s Motion to Withdraw. 
2. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Communications 
Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i), that the Motion to Withdraw filed by the Massachusetts Department 
of Telecommunications and Cable on November 16, 2016, IS GRANTED.
  
1 MDTC is the franchise authority for rate regulation of basic cable services throughout the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts.
2 See Charter Communications, Petitions for Determination of Effective Competition in 46 Communities in 
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York, 28 FCC Rcd 13989 (MB 2013) (Initial Order). We note that in the 
Initial Order the Bureau granted Charter’s Motion to Withdraw its petition concerning the community of Wales, 
Massachusetts (MA0338), which was the only community associated with CSR 8558-E.  Therefore, the disposition 
of CSR 8558-E already has been addressed. 
3 MDTC states good cause exists, as it submitted an FCC Form 328 for a number of the communities that were at 
issue in this proceeding, thereby certifying the MDTC’s rate regulation authority in those communities.  See 
Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable, FCC Form 328, Certification of Franchising 
Authority to Regulate Basic Cable Service Rates and Initial Finding of Lack of Effective Competition (Dec. 8, 2015) 
(MDTC FCC Form 328).  In communities for which the Bureau made a finding of effective competition in the 
Initial Order, and which are not covered by the MDTC’s revised Form 328, the previous finding of effective 
competition will remain in effect, particularly given the new presumption of competing provider effective 
competition. See Amendment of the Commission’s Rules Concerning Effective Competition; Implementation of 
Section 111 of the STELA Reauthorization Act, Report and Order, 30 FCC Rcd 6574 (2015). In communities for 
which the Bureau made a finding of effective competition in the Initial Order, and which are covered by the 
MDTC’s revised Form 328, the new certification disproves and displaces the presence of competing provider 
effective competition and the certification is in effect.  See MDTC FCC Form 328.
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3. This action is taken pursuant to delegated authority pursuant to 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.