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EXHIBIT A - Continued <br />incorporate status monitoring at nodes and strategic locations. <br />A - 6. Non - interruptible power - passing compatible taps are planned for ease of <br />maintenance and less disruption during system maintenance. <br />A - 7. Adequate fiber count, a minimum of 16 per initial 2,000 home node, will be <br />included in order to facilitate future expansion of needs including future expansion of <br />needs in business corridors as commercial need dictates. <br />A - 8. The subscriber RF system will accommodate and be capable of providing return <br />signals in 5 - 40 MHZ bandwidth in the future. Such return capacity will be activated as <br />commercial and marketplace need dictates and with mutually acceptable franchise <br />language that establishes a mechanism for discussions regarding the activation of the <br />return. <br />A - 9. All existing head end equipment will be replaced with state -of -the -art standard <br />frequency head end equipment. <br />• A - 10. Basic Service channel mapping will no longer be utilized by the system, thereby <br />permitting all local VHF off -air broadcast signals to be located "on- channel" for all <br />customers and with no impact on the PEG channel location on Universal Service. <br />• A - 11. Standby power will continue to be in place for the head end. <br />• <br />A - 12. The system will have the capability to receive and pass through all local broadcast <br />signals in digital format as required by applicable federal rules and regulations and in <br />compliance with applicable FCC mandated time lines. <br />• A - 13. The system will permit all channels available to Meredith Cable in stereo to be <br />passed through in stereo. <br />A - 14. Meredith Cable will commence application for licenses and permits related to <br />construction within 90 days after the commencement of the renewal period. <br />A - 15. Meredith Cable will commence design, walkout, etc, related to construction <br />within 90 days after commencement of the renewal period. <br />A - 16. Meredith Cable proposes to enter into a franchise timetable to complete the <br />project by November 30, 2000 and will aggressively work to substantially complete <br />construction by November 30, 1999. Meredith Cable will carefully map and report any <br />underground plant that may be abandoned. Stand alone abandoned aerial cable will be <br />removed. <br />2 <br />Page 65 <br />