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CBG Communications, Inc. <br />WTA I] <br />1,031"Al 9 - <br />Communications,"), conducted a systemtechnical• • <br />• engineering services project evaluating Comcast's residential network, the <br />Institutional Network ("I -Net") and Public, • .,. and Governmental <br />Access signal origination, transport and signal distribution over the cable system and <br />dedicated transmission links serving Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little <br />Canada, Mounds View,Brighton,NorthOaks, Roseville, Saint Anthonyand <br />Shoreview, MN ("Member Cities") comprising the North Suburban Communications <br />• •' <br />'s ("NSCU) service area. CBG's findings and recommendations are fully <br />described in our Final Report, "Evaluation of Comcast's Subscriber System, Evaluation <br />of the Existing Institutional Network, Evaluation of PEG Access Signal Transport and <br />Distribution". ("Technical Report"), dated July, 2013. <br />CBG • assisted <br />Renewal <br />involved <br />specifications required to meet the needs enabled by the subscriber network, the I -Ne <br />and PEG Access origination and transport network. <br />This Report was prepared by CBG at the request of the NSCC. In preparing this <br />Report, CBG has reviewed the technical aspects ofthe formal Cable Television <br />Franchise Renewal Proposal ("Renewal Proposal") of Comcast of Minnesota <br />("Comcast") in response to the NSCC's RFRP dated July 29, 2013. Our focus was on <br />Comcast's responses to the RFRP related to system functionality and capacity as it <br />pertainsto CableTVservices(including the <br />subscriber network, <br />• , _ • Access <br />transport), system maintenance and overall system performance and the potential need <br />for system upgrades over the course of a 10 year franchise agreement. <br />Our findings from our review and analysis of Comcast's Renewal Proposal are <br />described detail in main body of this Report. Overall, CBG finds: <br />Comcast's Renewal Proposal does not comply with a number of the system <br />technical, PEG Access transport and I -Net provisions of the model franchise. In <br />many cases, Comcast does not specifically respond to requirements of the RFR <br />in its Proposal. Because the requirements of the RFRP were not addressed, no <br />conclusion can be made regarding the adequacy of Comeast's proposal in these <br />areas. Comcast did not respond to many of the recommendations made in <br />CBG's Technical Report, and therefore did not sufficiently respond to the needs <br />0 <br />