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

In the Matter of                )
                                )
Hyperion Telecommunications, Inc. )     CCB/CPD No. 96-3
Petition Requesting Forbearance )
                                )
Time Warner Communications      )  CCB/CPD No. 96-7
Petition for Forbearance        )
                                 

                              ORDER                         

          Adopted:  March 20, 1997;     Released:   March 20, 1997    

By the Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau:
     
                        I.  INTRODUCTION     

          1.   In this Order, pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended (the "Act"), we extend by 90 days the dates by which petitions for forbearance
filed by Hyperion Telecommunications, Inc. and Time Warner Communications shall be deemed
granted in the absence of a Commission decision that the petitions fail to meet the standards for
forbearance under Section 10(a) of the Act.

                         II.  BACKGROUND

          2.   On March 21, 1996, Hyperion Telecommunications, Inc. (Hyperion) filed
a petition requesting that the Commission forbear from imposing tariff filing requirements on
competitive access providers (CAPs).  On May 2, 1996, Time Warner Communications (Time
Warner) filed a similar petition seeking forbearance from imposition of "tariff filing requirements
on non-dominant telecommunications carriers in general, and on non-dominant providers of
interstate access services in particular."  We have received a number of comments from parties
with respect to each petition.

          3.   Section 10(c) of the Act states that a petition for forbearance shall be
deemed granted if the Commission does not deny the petition for failure to meet the requirements
for forbearance under subsection (a) within one year after the Commission receives it, unless the
one year period is extended by the Commission.  The Commission may extend the initial one-
year period by an additional 90 days if the Commission finds that an extension is necessary to
meet the requirements of subsection 10(a).

                         III.  DISCUSSION

          4.   The petitions under review raise significant questions regarding whether
forbearance from tariff filing requirements for certain nondominant common carriers, including
those providing interstate exchange access service, meets the statutory requirements set forth in
Section 10(a).  The Bureau, thus, finds that a 90 day extension is warranted under Section 10.
                    
                       V.  ORDERING CLAUSE

          5.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 10 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  160, and Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91 and 0.291, that the date on which petitions for
forbearance filed by Hyperion and Time Warner shall be deemed granted in the absence of a
Commission denial of the petitions for failure to meet the statutory standards for forbearance, is
extended to June 19, 1997, and July 31, 1997, respectively.
          
                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                         A. Richard Metzger, Jr.
                         Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau