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Before the 
Federal Communications Commission  
Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                     )
Telecommunications Services          )           CS Docket No. 95-184
Inside Wiring                        )
                                     )
Customer Premises Equipment          )
                                     )
                                     )
In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
Implementation of the Cable          )     
Television Consumer Protection       )           MM Docket No. 92-260
and Competition Act of 1992:         )
                                     )
Cable Home Wiring                    )

                                    
          ORDER EXTENDING TIME PERIOD FOR FILING REPLY COMMENTS
      AND ESTABLISHING A FILING DATE FOR FILING SURREPLY COMMENTS  

      Adopted:  January 16, 1998                       Released:  January 16, 1998 

Reply Comment Date:     March 2, 1998
Surreply Comment Date:  March 16, 1998  

By the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau:

      1.    By this Order, we extend the time period for filing reply comments until March 2, 1998
and establish a surreply comment date of March 16, 1998.  On October 17, 1997, the Commission
adopted a Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the above-captioned
proceeding.  The Second Further Notice sought comment on several issues, including the benefits or
disadvantages of exclusive contracts in promoting a competitive environment, and whether there are
circumstances where the Commission should adopt restrictions on exclusive contracts in order to further
promote competition in the multi-dwelling unit ("MDU") marketplace.  The  Second Further Notice
established January 22, 1998, as the deadline for filing reply comments.  

      2.    On January 14, 1998, the Independent Cable & Telecommunications Association
("ICTA") and OpTel, Inc. ("OpTel") filed a joint motion requesting a 45-day extension of time to file
reply comments in this docket.  ICTA and OpTel state that after reviewing a number of comments filed
in this docket, ICTA engaged the services of a leading expert to study current market conditions in the
multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) market and to comment on the short-term and long-
term effects of exclusive contracts between various types of MVPDs.  ICTA states that the study would
unlikely be completed before early March 1998 and requests that the Commission extend the reply
comment date to March 9, 1998.  We grant the parties' joint motion as we believe the record would
benefit from the economic analysis described and will grant an extension of the reply comment date to
March 2, 1998.  We will further provide an opportunity for parties to file surreply comments in response
to the reply comments.  Surreply comments will be due March 16, 1998.  IT IS ORDERED, that the
time for filing reply comments in the above-captioned proceeding IS EXTENDED to March 2, 1998, and
surreply comments are due on March 16, 1998. 

      3.    This action is taken pursuant to authority found in Sections 4(i), and 303 (r) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.    154(i), and 303(r).

                  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                  John E. Logan
                  Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau