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Before the  g4#jp P7xP#8 Federal Communications Commission#Xxjp P79XP#ă  ]'+Washington, D.C. 20554 ă ____________________________________  \4In re the Applications ofhhCq) ` `  hhCq)  \k4Shenandoah Cable Television Companyq)File No. WPC7135 ` `  hhCq)  \= 4Consolidated Telephone Companyq)File No. WPC7136 ` `  hhCq)  \ 4Yadkin Valley TelephonehhCq)File No. WPC7140  \ 4Membership CooperativehhCq) ` `  hhCq)  \ 4S&T Telephone Cooperative Associationq)File No. WPC7141 ` `  hhCq)  \4Bledsoe Telephone CooperativehhCq)File No. WPC7142 ` `  hhCq)  \n4Montrose Mutual Telephone Companyq)File No. WPC7143 ` `  hhCq)  \@4Southern New England Telephoneq)File No. WPC7144  \)4Company and SNET PersonalhhCq)  \4Vision, Inc.` `  hhCq) ` `  hhCq)  \4Dakota Cooperative hhCq)File No. WPC7145  \4Telecommunications, Inc.hhCq) ` `  hhCq)  \4Columbus Grove Telephone Companyq)File No. WPC7147 ` `  hhCq)  \q4X01Í ÍX1*Í ÍMolalla Telephone CompanyhhCq)File No. WPC7148 ` `  hhCq)  \C4Great Plains Communications, Inc.q)File No. WPC7149 ` `  hhCq)  \4Great Plains Communications, Inc.q)File No. WPC7150 ` `  hhCq)  \ 4Great Plains Communications, Inc.q)File No. WPC7151 ` `  hhCq)  \"4Roseville Telephone CompanyhhCq)File No. WPC7152 ` `  hhCq)  \$4For Authority to Acquire, Construct, orq)  \t%4Operate Facilities for the Provision ofq)  \]&4Video Programming Services Pursuantq)  \F'4to 47 U.S.C. 214. hhCq) ____________________________________) ")0*0*0*'"Ԍ ]-ԙr ORDER ă  \-Adopted: February 16, 1996pp!Released: February 16, 1996 By the Deputy Chief, Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau: X1*Í ÍX0*Í Í1. The abovecaptioned applications, filed by common carriers or their affiliates, all request authority from the Commission under Section 214 of the Communications Act of  \I-1934nI{W uS -#djp P7 c&P#э 47 U.S.C. 214.n 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." X{W uS-#djp P7 c&P#э Pub. L. No. 104104, 302(a), 110 Stat. 56 (1996) (adding new Section 651(c) to the Cable  uS-Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. 521 et seq.) We find that the abovecaptioned 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.  ]z-` `  Ghh} FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ` `  Ghh}John S. Morabito  \-` `  Ghh}Deputy Chief, N etwork Services Division  \-` `  Ghh}Common Carrier Bureau  \-