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is made available for use. Available capacity in addition to that described <br />above on Adjacent Institutional Networks under the control of Grantee will <br />be made available at market rates established by Grantee. In no event shall <br />Grantee be responsible for providing any equipment pursuant to this <br />paragraph. <br />d. Upon request for additional interconnection capacity, Grantee will make <br />available such additional capacity necessary to meet the total interconnection <br />capacity specified in Exhibit B. <br />e. Grantee shall provide, at the incremental cost of time and materials paid by <br />Commission, an interconnection with the State of Minnesota's fiber network <br />referred to as the "Connecting Minnesota" project. Grantee will therefore <br />install a home -run fiber pair, cabling the Oakdale headend/hub to the <br />"Connecting Minnesota" drop location at the MN -DOT building located at <br />Hadley Avenue and Highway 5 in Oakdale. Upon request of Commission, <br />Grantee shall activate such fiber lines with the equipment necessary to <br />interconnect the State's network with the Ramsey/Washington I -Net, at <br />Grantee's cost to be paid by Commission. <br />f. Grantee will build and activate an AM fiber link between White Bear Lake <br />and Oakdale facilities. The link will support a bandwidth between 50-750 <br />MHz. The Grantee will initially, at a minimum, dedicate and pass four (4) <br />6 MHz video channels and one (1) data channel in each direction between <br />White Bear Lake and Oakdale facilities on this link for the purpose of <br />supporting current video and data (Di -Tech) needs. If at any time during the <br />renewed franchise video and data applications use or require additional <br />capacity, Grantee will dedicate and pass such channels, free of charge. <br />Further, additional, activated fiber capacity will be available for a direct link <br />between White Bear Lake and Oakdale facilities to support all I -Net <br />applications. <br />3. High -Speed Services. The System shall be designed to ensure adequate capability <br />and capacity to provide non -video Services via the System such as high-speed <br />Internet service and other Services in accordance with the Proposal, which shall be <br />activated as Marketplace Need dictates. <br />4. Construction Timetable. <br />a. Grantee shall complete all construction related to the System upgrade <br />required by Section 4 herein and shall fully activate the System on or before <br />May 30, 2001. Grantee shall provide for phased activation launches as Nodes <br />are completed and in accordance with the specific timeline in Exhibit C <br />attached. Failure to timely complete such construction shall be a violation of <br />this Franchise. <br />14 <br />