Vol. 16, No. 181 September 18,1997
Report No: N-37-A. Released: September 18, 1997. COMMON CARRIER NETWORK SERVICES APPLICATIONS.
Report No: N-38-A. Released: September 18, 1997. COMMON CARRIER NETWORK SERVICES APPLICATIONS.
Released: September 18, 1997. DOMINANT CARRIERS - TARIFF TRANSMITTALS PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG: SEPTEMBER 17. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/Tariffs/Dominant/d091797.pdf
Released: September 18, 1997. NON-DOMINANT CARRIERS - TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG: SEPTEMBER 17. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/Tariffs/Non-Dominant/nd091797.pdf
Released: September 18, 1997. POLE ATTACHMENT COMPLAINTS AND MOTION FOR CEASE AND DESIST ORDER FILED BEFORE THE CABLE SERVICES BUREAU.
Released: September 18, 1997. CABLE SERVICES ACTION - LETTER REGARDING THE PASS-THROUGH OF FRANCHISE FEES TO SUBSCRIBERS. Contact: John Norton (202) 418-1035. News Media Contact: Morgan Broman (202) 418-2358.
Report No: I-8262. Released: September 18, 1997. OVERSEAS COMMON CARRIER SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS ACTIONS TAKEN. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1997/pnin7213.txt
Released: September 18, 1997. EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSE PROCEEDINGS. Contact: Barbara Lowe (202) 418-0310. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/Exparte/ex970918.html
BOOTH AMERICAN COMPANY. Denied petition for special relief filed by Booth American Company requesting that it be allowed to set rates for its system serving the Michigan communities of Birmingham and Bloomfield using the small system cost-of-service methodology. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: September 17, 1997. by MO&O. (DA No. 97-2015). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1997/da972015.txt
LETTER RULING -- COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. The Cable Services Bureau has released a letter, DA 97-1995, CSB-ILR 97-8, in response to a request by Comcast Cable Communictions, Inc. asking for confirmation that a party wishing to challenge the propriety of a pass-through of a franchise fee in subscribers' rates may do so only pursuant to the Commission's rate regulation rules. The Bureau concluded that the Commission's rules provide the exclusive means for determing whether franchise fees have been properly "passed through" and whether the resulting rates are permissible. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: September 17, 1997. by Letter. (DA No. 97-1995). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1997/da971995.txt
US CABLE OF LAKE COUNTY. Dismissed a complaint regarding the cable programming service tier rates that the Operator was charging in Winthrop Harbor, IL, because the complaint reflects no change in the CPST rate. Action by Acting Chief, Financial Analysis andCompliance Div. Adopted: September 15, 1997. by Order. (DA No. 97-2001). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1997/da972001.txt
BRESNAN COMMUNICATIONS. Denied a complaint concerning the cable programming services tier rates charged by Bresnan Communications in Spalding, MI. Found cable programming servies tier rates reasonable beginning August 1, 1995. Action by Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division. Adopted: September 15, 1997. by Order. (DA No. 97-1998). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1997/da971998.txt
ADELPHIA CABLE COMMUNICATIONS D/B/A INTERNATIONAL CABLEVISION, INC. Granted request to withdraw complaint against Adelphia Cable Communications d/b/a International Cablevision, Inc. for their cable programming service tier rates in North Tonawanda, NY. Action by Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Div. Adopted: September 15, 1997. by Order. (DA No. 97-1990). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1997/da971990.txt
PARAGON COMMUICATIONS AND TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT--ADVANCE/NEWHOUSE PARTNERSHIP, D/B/A TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS V. CITY OF LAKELAND, FL. Granted petition filed by Time Warner Communications for a change in regulatory status and to relieve the cable operator of certain provisions of the Time Warner Social Contract. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: September 15, 1997. by MO&O. (DA No. 97-1984). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1997/da971984.txt
Released: September 17, 1997. FEDERAL-STATE JOINT BOARD ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE ANNOUNCES THE CREATION OF A RURAL TASK FORCE; SOLICITS NOMINATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP ON RURAL TASK FORCE. (FCC No. 97-J-1). Dkt No.: CC- 96-45. Contact: Astrid Carlson (202) 418-7369. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/1997/fcc97j-1.html
Report No: 1326. Released: September 17, 1997. CABLE TELEVISION RELAY SERVICE (CARS) APPLICATIONS RE: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING.
Report No: DS-1770. Released: September 17, 1997. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1997/pnin7207.txt
Report No: DS-1769. Released: September 17, 1997. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INFORMATION. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1997/pnin7206.txt
Report No: 44078. Released: September 17, 1997. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions/ac970917.txt
Report No: 24078. Released: September 17, 1997. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applications/ap970917.txt
Report No: 24077B. Released: September 17, 1997. ERRATUM.to PN Report No. 24073A, released September 10, 1997. Contact: Kevin Harding (202) 418-7077. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/ITFS_Notices/pnmm7193.txt
Report No: D-949. Released: September 17, 1997. MASS MEDIA BUREAU MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE APPLICATIONS.
Report No: D-949-A. Released: September 17, 1997. MASS MEDIA BUREAU MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/MDS_Notices/pnmm7195.pdf
Report No: NCS-97-51. Released: September 17, 1997. COMMERCIAL WIRELESS SERVICES INFORMATION. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1997/pnwl7230.txt
Report No: NCS-97-51-A. Released: September 17, 1997. COMMERCIAL WIRELESS SERVICES INFORMATION. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1997/pnwl7229.txt
Released: September 17, 1997. COMMISSION WILL NOT ENFORCE MOST RESTRICTIONS ON LOTTERY ADVERTISEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO STATIONS LICENSED TO COMMUNITIES IN THE NINTH CIRCUIT. (DA No. 97-2014). Contact: Catherine Withers (202) 418-1430. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1997/da972014.txt
STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN REED HUNDT ON NEED FOR LAW TO GUARANTEE THAT FCC CAN RECLAIM AND REAUCTION SPECTRUM LICENSES FROM LICENSEES WHO DEFAULT. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Hundt/st970917.html
STATEMENT OF REED E. HUNDT, CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, ON DIGITAL TELEVISION, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION, U.S. SENATE, SEPTEMBER 17, 1997. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Hundt/spreh749.html
TESTIMONY OF REED E. HUNDT, CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, ON THE 1996 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT: AN ANTI-TRUST PERSPECTIVE, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ANTITRUST, BUSINESS RIGHTS AND COMPETITION, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, UNITED STATES SENATE. September 17, 1997. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Hundt/spreh750.html
PRESS STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER SUSAN NESS REGARDING STATE CHALLENGE TO FCC'S AMERITECH MICHIGAN ORDER. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Ness/States/st970917.html
Report No: 1954. Released: September 16, 1997. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU WEEKLY RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS.
SUBURBAN CABLE TV CO., INC. Denied a complaint filed against the rates charged for cable programming service tier in Lower Salford Township, Pennsylvania. Action by Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: September 16, 1997. by Order. (DA No. 97-2008). CSB