Federal Communications Commission 
Before the 
Federal Communications Commission 
Washington, D.C. 20554 
In the Matter of 
Jones Growth Partners, L.P. 
d\b\a Jones Intercable, Inc. 
Complaint Regarding 
Cable Programming Services Tier 
Rate Increase 
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CUID No. Il..0618 (Glen Ellyn) 
ORDER 
DA 96-968 
Adopted: June 18, 1996 Released: June 19, 1996 
By the Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau: 
I. In this Order we dismiss a complaint against the February 21, 1996 rate increase of 
Jones Growth Partners, L.P. d\b\a Jones Intercable, Inc. (the "Operator") for its cable 
programming services ("CPS") tier in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, CUID No. Il..0618. The complaint 
does not meet the statutory requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Act ("the 1996 
Act")1 necessary to trigger the Federal Communications Commission's (the "Commission") 
jurisdiction to review the Operator's CPS tier rate. 
2. The 1996 Act requires that complaints against the CPS tier rates be filed with the 
Commission by a franchising authority that has received subscriber complaints. A franchising 
authority may not file a CPS tier rate complaint unless, within 90 days after such increase 
becomes effective, it receives subscriber complaints. This standard requires more than one 
subscriber rate complaint. The provisions under the 1996 Act became effective upon its 
enactment on February 8, 1996.2 
3. On April 8, 1996, the Village of Glen Ellyn (the "Village") filed a complaint with the 
Commission regarding an increase in the CPS tier rate that the Operator was charging its 
customers in the above-referenced franchise area. In response, on April 22, 1996, the Operator 
filed a request for the dismissal of the Village's complaint. The Operator argues that it is not 
evident from the complaint that the Village received more than one subscriber complaint as 
required by the 1996 Act.3 The Village has not opposed the Operator's request to dismiss the 
' Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104, 11 Stat 56 (February 8, 1996). 
2 See Communications Act, Section 623(c), as amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 543(c)(3) (1996). 
' See letter dated April 16, 1996 from Brad Amman, Manager of Regulatory Affairs, Jones Intercable, Inc. 
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complaint. On April 18, 1996 and April 25, 1996, our staff requested verification from the 
Village concerning the number of subscriber complaints that it had received in response to 
Operator's CPS tier rate increase.4 To date, we have not received a response to our requests from 
the Village. Thus, our review of this case confirms that the Village has not verified that it has 
received more than one subscriber rate complaint. As a result, the complaint does not trigger our 
jurisdiction and we dismiss the Village's complaint in this proceeding. 
4. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's Rules, 
47 C.F.R. § 0.321, that the complaint referenced herein filed by the Village against the CPS tier 
rate charged by Operator in CUID No. IL0618, Glen Ellyn, Illinois IS DISMISSED. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
Elizabeth W. Beaty 
Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division 
Cable Services Bureau 
• See letters dated April 18, 1996 and April 25, 1996 to Mr. David E. Cox, Village of Glen Ellyn. 
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