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


                                )  
                                )
In the Matter of                )  CUID No.  NC0302 (Buncombe County)
                                )            
Charter Communications          )
                                )  
                                )
Withdrawal of Rate Complaint    )
Concerning Cable Services Rates )


                             ORDER

     Adopted:  May 19, 1997             Released:  May 22, 1997  

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

     1.   In the community noted above, the complainant, a subscriber to the above captioned
cable operator ("Operator"), filed a complaint with the Commission alleging that the prices charged
for the cable programming service tier (CPST) were unreasonably high.  Later, the complainant
wrote to the Commission to withdraw his CPST complaint.  Our jurisdiction to regulate CPST rates
arises with the filing of a valid complaint against those rates.  We will allow the withdrawal of this
complaint, and our review of Operator's filings will therefore terminate.

     2.   Our mandate is to "protect subscribers of any cable system that is not subject to
effective competition from rates that exceed the rates that would be charged if such a system were
subject to effective competition."  While our rules forbid collusive agreements between operators
and local franchising authorities regarding forbearance from rate regulation, there is no evidence of
such an agreement here.  We will accordingly allow the complainant to withdraw his complaint.  

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that permission to withdraw the FCC Form 329 rate
complaint against cable programming service rates in the above noted community IS GRANTED,
and review of the resulting rate justification filing IS TERMINATED.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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