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                                Before the
                      Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554
                                     
     In the Matter of                        )                             
                                   )
Mediacom California LLC            )    CUID No. CA0590 (Kern County)
                              )              
Complaint Regarding Cable Programming   )              
Services Tier Rates                )              

     
                                   ORDER

     Adopted:  December 8, 1999         Released:  December 10, 1999  

By the Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau:

     1.   In this Order we consider a complaint against the April 1, 1995 rate increase by the above-
referenced operator ("Operator") for its cable programming services tier ("CPST") in the community referenced
above.  On June 16, 1995, a complaint was filed with the Federal Communications Commission ("Commission")
against Operator's April 1, 1995 CPST rate increase.  On July 12, 1995, Operator filed a motion to dismiss the
complaint ("Motion") because it was not timely filed.  In this Order we grant Operator's Motion and dismiss the
complaint.

     2.   Under the Communications Act, the Commission is authorized to review the CPST rates of cable
systems not subject to effective competition upon the filing of a valid complaint.  Section 623(c)(3) of the
Communications Act requires that complaints be filed within "a reasonable period of time" following a change in
rates.  We have determined that "a reasonable period of time" is 45 days.  In order to facilitate subscriber
knowledge of the nature and extent of a rate increase and provide evidence of subscribership and the rate and
service involved, we determined that we would compute the time period for filing a complaint from the date the
complainant receives a bill from a cable operator that reflects the rate change.  Section 76.953 of the Commission's
rules, in effect at the time the complaint was filed, provides that complaints against CPST rate increases must be
filed with the Commission within 45 days from that date.

     3.   The complaint alleges that the first bill reflecting the rate increase was received on June 4, 1995. 
In its Motion, Operator claims that the April 1, 1995 rate increase was reflected in bills that would have been
received by subscribers on or about April 1, 1995.  Our review of the subscriber bill reveals that the CPST rate
increase was reflected in a prior bill which was paid on or about March 31, 1995.  Therefore, the complaint was
not filed within 45 days of the first bill reflecting the rate increase.  We will dismiss the June 16, 1995 complaint
filed against Operator's April 1, 1995 CPST rate increase because the complaint was not timely filed with the
Commission.

     4.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.
0.321, that the June 16, 1995 complaint referenced herein against the CPST rate charged by Operator in the
community referenced above IS DISMISSED.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                              
                              Kathleen F. Costello, Acting Chief
                              Financial Analysis and Compliance Division
                              Cable Services Bureau