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


In the Matter of)
     )
Time Warner Cable     )     CUID No.    WI0321 (City of Franklin)
                )                        
     )                            
     )          
     )
Complaint Regarding              )        
Cable Programming Services Tier Rates  )


ORDER
                 
   Adopted:  November 8, 1996                 Released:  November 13, 1996

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

 1.   In this Order we consider a complaint about the rates the above-captioned operator
("Operator") was charging for its cable programming services tier ("CPST") in the community
referenced above.  Operator's response includes benchmark justifications filed on FCC Form
1200 and multiple FCC Form 1210s, the latest FCC Form 1210 filed for the period ending in the
second quarter of 1994.  This Order addresses only the reasonableness of Operator's rates after
May 14, 1994.  The Federal Communications Commission ("Commission") has already issued
a separate order addressing the reasonableness of Operator's rates prior to that date.    

 2.   Under the Communications Act, the Commission is authorized to review CPST
rates of cable systems not subject to effective competition to ensure that rates charged are not
unreasonable.  If the Commission finds rates to be unreasonable, it shall determine correct rates
and any refund liability.

 3.   Pursuant to the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of
1992, and our rules implementing it, 47 C.F.R. Part 76, Operator filed its FCC Form 1200 and
FCC Form 1210s for the period starting May 15, 1994 through July 15, 1994 in response to the
complaint referenced herein.  Upon review of Operator's FCC Form 1200 and FCC Form 1210s,
we conclude that Operator has justified its CPST rates charged during the period under review. 
Therefore, we find that Operator's CPST rates in the above-referenced community are justified
and not unreasonable.

 4.         Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's
rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.321, that the CPST rates charged by Operator in the above-referenced
franchise area during the period from May 15, 1994 through July 15, 1994 ARE NOT
UNREASONABLE.  

 5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's
rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.321, that the complaint referenced herein against the CPST rates charged by
Operator in the above-referenced franchise area during the period from May 15, 1994 through
July 15, 1994  IS DENIED.
 

      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 




      Elizabeth W. Beaty
      Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division
      Cable Services Bureau