08-249 Cable Franchise Agreement

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24 (i) Grantee will provide to Commission, and the Commission shall be responsible for purchasing, a subscription to a Comcast Business Class Internet account including cable modem (or an equivalent commercial broadband service however named by Grantee in the future) at a price per account per year equivalent to the lowest price at which Grantee offers the closest equivalent service on a commercial basis. The Commission may determine the number of accounts with cable modems to purchase and may add or terminate use of all or any of the accounts at any time without penalty or additional charge. (ii) The Commission shall, at its expense, provide any necessary encoders, decoders or similar devices and shall configure equipment and connections so that signals can be transmitted to the Playback Facility. Grantee does not sell and is not required to provide such devices. (iii) Grantee may request that the Commission remove an encoder, or similar device if it technically interferes with Grantee’s delivery of Cable Service. PEG transport, however provided, shall be reliable and permit continuous programming of a quality such that the Commission may deliver to Comcast signals equivalent or better in quality to the PEG signals that Comcast may be required to deliver to subscribers. 7.10 Interconnection with other Twin Cities PEG Stations. Grantee shall continue to make the metro area fiber ring known as the PRISMA Ring available to the City, without charge, as long as the PRISMA Ring remains serviceable. The City may use the PRISMA Ring (or its equivalent) to send and receive live and recorded programming to/from other Twin Cities PEG stations for as long as the network remains viable. Grantee shall provide City access to the PRISMA Ring at an agreed upon demarcation point. Grantee will provide use of and maintain the PRISMA Ring without charge, but Grantee will not be obligated to replace network equipment on the PRISMA Ring or for any equipment on the City’s side of the demarcation point. Grantee agrees to continue to provide, without charge or offsets, use of Grantee’s Converged Regional Area Network (C- RAN) for delivery of live and recorded programming to and from the entities listed on Exhibit F limited to six (6) multi-cast IP Channels. This obligation shall terminate if Grantee no longer utilizes the C-RAN for its own business purposes. Grantee shall have no obligation to replace any network equipment currently located in its headend facility or at the City or Commission facility necessary to deliver or receive such programming over the C-RAN. Replacement of any decoding equipment necessary to receive the programming via the C-RAN will be the responsibility of the City and will require Grantee’s approval to ensure equipment compatibility. If there are incremental equipment and maintenance costs specific to the PEG use of the C-RAN, Grantee will notify the City of such costs and allow the City the option of reimbursing Grantee for such costs or to cease using the C-RAN. Grantee shall not be responsible for providing a specific performance level over the C-RAN or resolving any transmission issues caused by incompatibility of audio or video file formats with interconnected equipment. 7.11 Future PEG Transport. At such time that the City determines: (a) that the City desires the capacity to allow Subscribers in the City to receive PEG programming (video or character generated) which may originate from schools, City