| Financial Support |
Franchise Fee |
Five percent (5%) of gross revenues
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Capital Funds |
Three percent ( 3%) for each quarter of Gross Revenues minus the Franchise Fees paid to the County for that quarter
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| Technical |
Bandwidth |
At least 550 MHz for all active components obtained on or after the Effective Date of this Agreement and at least 450 MHz for active components obtained prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement, and a rating of at least 750 MHz for all passive components obtained on or after the Effective Date
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Subs/Node |
No more than an average of 2,000 homes passed per dual coaxial cable; no more than an average of 1,000 homes passed per fiber node if Grantee uses single cable
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Rebuild |
Various charactistics such as no microwave links in the distribution system from the headend, except as a backup to wireline systems; replacement of the current AML microwave link with fiber; redundant routing between each hub site and headend of the upgraded system; segmentation of the system so that sufficient capacity is available for interactive services; hybrid fiber-coaxial ("HFC") architecture; no more than ten coaxial amplifiers (excluding any such amplifier that serves only a single subscriber) per coaxial cable in each cascade from the node; and computer-controlled audio leveling equipment, capable of sampling and controlling the entire audio frequency spectrum for each channel and of sampling over time.
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| I-net |
Technical |
Bi-directional, fully fiber-optic network designed and constructed with single-mode fiber, so that each locations can originate and receive fully interactive video, data and voice signals. Two linked fiber optic backbone rings shall interconnect approximately eight to ten Hub Sites at a single point, to be located at one of the Grantee's Headends. On each ring, sixteen designated dark single-mode fibers will be dedicated for the I-Net.
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Funds |
County shall pay the Grantee for use of all dark fiber to I-Net sites at a price of $11,200,000, based on $128,000 per site for the 400 I-Net Sites.
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| PEG Access |
Channels |
Up to eighteen (18) PEG channels in the aggregate: Public (4), Education (7), Government (3), to be allocated by the County (4)
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Funds |
Capital Funds: Three percent ( 3%) for each quarter of Gross Revenues minus the Franchise Fees paid to the County for that quarter
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Digital |
If channel capacity is subdivided or compressed, the Grantee may retain for its own use 100% of the additional capacity on Channels dedicated to public access use and 50% of the additional capacity on Channels dedicated to educational or governmental access use prior to such subdivision or compression
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| Reg. Authority |
Rates |
None
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Signal |
Conform to or exceed all applicable FCC technical performance standards.
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Service |
No "repeated or flagrant violation of consumer protection requirements
pursuant to applicable law."
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Access |
None
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Equity |
No "repeated or flagrant discrimination among Subscribers in violation
of applicable law."
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