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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  543 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Madison  River  Communications,  LLC  and  affiliated  companies 
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 File  No.  EB-  05-  IH-  0110 
 Acct.  No.  200532080126 
 FRN:  0004334082 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  March  3,  2005  Released:  March  3,  2005 
 By  the  Chief,  Enforcement  Bureau: 
 1.  In  this  Order,  we  adopt  a  Consent  Decree  terminating  an  investigation  into  the  compliance  of  Madison  River  Communication,  LLC,  its  parent  company  Madison  River  Telephone 
 Company,  LLC,  and  its  affiliated  companies  under  common  control  or  ownership  of  Madison  River  Telephone  Company,  LLC  (“  Madison  River”)  with  section  201(  b)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934, 
 as  amended  (the  “Act”),  47  U.  S.  C.  §  201(  b). 
 2.  The  Enforcement  Bureau  (“  Bureau”)  and  Madison  River  have  negotiated  the  terms  of  a  Consent  Decree  that  would  terminate  the  Bureau’s  investigation.  A  copy  of  the  Consent  Decree  is 
 attached  hereto  and  incorporated  by  reference. 
 3.  We  have  reviewed  the  terms  of  the  Consent  Decree  and  evaluated  the  facts  before  us.  We  believe  that  the  public  interest  would  be  served  by  approving  the  Consent  Decree  and  terminating  the 
 investigation. 
 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  section  4(  i)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  154(  i),  and  the  authority  delegated  by  section  0.111  and  0.311  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.111,  0.311,  that  the  attached  Consent  Decree  IS  ADOPTED. 
 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  the  above  captioned  investigation  IS  TERMINATED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 David  H.  Solomon  Chief,  Enforcement  Bureau 
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