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                                                                  DA 96-200
                                Before the
                     Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C.  20554

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In re the Applications of               )
                              )
Shenandoah Cable Television Company     )    File No. W-P-C-7135
                              )
Consolidated Telephone Company     )    File No. W-P-C-7136
                              )
Yadkin Valley Telephone            )    File No. W-P-C-7140
Membership Cooperative             )
                              )
S&T Telephone Cooperative Association   )    File No. W-P-C-7141
                              )
Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative      )    File No. W-P-C-7142
                              )
Montrose Mutual Telephone Company  )    File No. W-P-C-7143
                              )
Southern New England Telephone     )    File No. W-P-C-7144
Company and SNET Personal          )
Vision, Inc.                       )
                              )
Dakota Cooperative                 )    File No. W-P-C-7145
Telecommunications, Inc.           )
                              )
Columbus Grove Telephone Company   )    File No. W-P-C-7147
                              )
Molalla Telephone Company          )    File No. W-P-C-7148
                              )
Great Plains Communications, Inc.  )    File No. W-P-C-7149
                              )
Great Plains Communications, Inc.  )    File No. W-P-C-7150
                              )
Great Plains Communications, Inc.  )    File No. W-P-C-7151
                              )
Roseville Telephone Company        )    File No. W-P-C-7152
                              )
For Authority to Acquire, Construct, or )
Operate Facilities for the Provision of )
Video Programming Services Pursuant     )
to 47 U.S.C.  214.                )
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                                   ORDER

     Adopted:  February 16, 1996             Released:  February 16, 1996

By the Deputy Chief, Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.  The above-captioned applications, filed by common carriers or their affiliates, all
request authority from the Commission under Section 214 of the Communications Act of
1934 to acquire, construct, or operate facilities for the provision of video programming
services.  Pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (which added
new Section 651(c) to the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984), these applicants are
no longer required "to obtain a certificate under Section 214 with respect to the
establishment or operation of a system for the delivery of video programming."  We find
that the above-captioned applicants meet the requirements of Section 302(a) and, as a result,
are not required to obtain Section 214 authority for their proposals.  Accordingly, these
applications ARE HEREBY DISMISSED AS MOOT.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              John S. Morabito
                              Deputy Chief, Network Services Division
                              Common Carrier Bureau