| Financial Support |
Franchise Fee |
Five percent (5%) of gross revenues
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Capital Funds |
PEG access capital grant: three percent (3%) of gross revenues
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| Technical |
Bandwidth |
Downstream: minimum activated bandwidth of 400 MHz per cable (if dual cable), or 750 MHz (if single cable). Upstream: cable modem service on at least one cable to provide a minimum transfer rate of 128 Kbps per cable
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Subs/Node |
Average of 1,750 homes per node, with actual node sizes ranging from 1,250 to 2,250 homes per node.
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Rebuild |
Fiber-optic wire trunk and distribution design ("fiber-to-the-neighborhood"); 108 analog channels throughout the system; all new electronics except for nodes will be rated for at least 750 MHz on at least one cable; all nodes will be rated for at least 860 MHz; all new passives will be rated for at least 1 GHz; channel capacity expandable to at least 450 channels through digital video compression or similar appropriate technology
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| I-net |
Technical |
Bidirectional, fully fiber-optic network designed and constructed with single-mode fiber so that each of 174 service locations can originate and receive fully interactive video, data and voice signals.
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Funds |
Maintenance and service
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| PEG Access |
Channels |
Eleven (11) channels; Programming for eight (8) of these channels shall be determined by Prince George's County and programming for the remaining channels shall be determined by the municipality served. Franchisee also provides dedicated, bidirectional fiber optic links between the headend and up to a aggregate total of twenty-four access production facilities
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Funds |
Operating funds: if requested by the County, the Franchisee shall enter into a support
agreement with a nonprofit, third-party access management entity specified by the County to provide payments of up to one percent of Gross Revenues (to be subtracted from the amount otherwise payable to the County); Capital grant: Three percent (3%) of gross revenues
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Digital |
If 6 MHz channel capacity is subdivided or compressed resulting in multiple transmission paths, the Franchisee may retain for its own use 50% of the additional capacity
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| Reg. Authority |
Rates |
senior citizen discount of no less than two dollars per month
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Signal |
meet or exceed the technical standards in 47C.F.R. §76.601 and any other applicable technical standards, including any adopted by the County, subject to applicable federal law.
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Service |
None
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Access |
Yes, with credit of $1.4 million if proprietary ISP is not used. Municipalities are offered three options: (1) communities may arrange for their own network management, software, Internet gateway, and other services and facilities necessary to provide service over the cable modem network, without contracting "@Work," in which case the Franchisee will be credited $1.4 million for use of the subscriber network bandwidth by the cable modems; or (2) communities may contract with "@Work" for a mutually agreed-upon price to provide such network management, software. Internet gateway, and other services and facilities, in which case the Franchisee will not receive the $1.4 million credit; or (3) communities may choose not to implement the cable modem network, in which case the Franchisee will not receive the $1.4 million credit
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Equity |
None
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