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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  841 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  matter  of: 
 CENTURY  COMMUNICATIONS  CORPORATION 


 Request  to  Dismiss  Petition  for  Review  of  Rate  Order  Setting  Basic  Service  and  Equipment  Rates 
 Issued  by  the  City  of  Bayard,  New  Mexico 


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 CSB-  A-  0347 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  March  18,  2003  Released:  March  21,  2003 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  Division,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  On  September  4,  1996,  Century  Communications  Corporation  (“  Century”)  filed  with  the  Commission  a  Petition  for  Review  of  Rate  Order  adopted  by  the  City  of  Bayard,  New  Mexico  (“  City”), 
 on  August  5,  1996.  Century  also  filed  an  Emergency  Petition  for  Stay  of  Enforcement  Pending  Review  on  October  28,  1996.  The  Cable  Services  Bureau  granted  the  petition  for  stay  in  a  Memorandum  Opinion 
 and  Order  on  January  24,  1997.  1 
 2.  In  a  letter  filed  on  March  10,  2003,  Comcast  Cablevision  Corporation  of  California,  a  subsidiary  of  Comcast  Cable  Communications,  Inc.  (“  Comcast”)  informed  the  Commission  that 


 subsequent  to  the  submission  of  the  petitions,  Comcast  acquired  the  Bayard  system  and  now  requests  that  the  petitions  filed  by  Century  be  dismissed. 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  the  Request  to  Dismiss  the  Petition  for  Review  of  Rate  Order  filed  by  Comcast  Cablevision  Corporation  of  California,  a  subsidiary  of  Comcast  Cable 
 Communications,  Inc.  IS  GRANTED,  the  Petition  filed  by  Century  Communications  Corporation  on  September  4,  1996  IS  DISMISSED,  and  the  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  granting  the  Emergency 
 Petition  for  Stay  of  Enforcement  Pending  Review  IS  VACATED. 
 4.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  by  Section  0.283  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  C.  §  0.283. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 John  B.  Norton  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  Division 
 1  12  FCC  Rcd  987  (1997). 
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