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EXHIBIT A - Continued Renewal Proposal -Investment for the Future Meredith Cable proposes to meet the needs of the North Suburbs with this.investment plan for the future which will thoroughly revitalize and modernize the system. This plan includes a franchise commitment to develop the system to 750 MHZ capacity. This plan will result in higher quality signals, expanded channel capacity and the opportunity to launch new programming services. In addition, Meredith Cable proposes to upgrade the existing Institutional Network and incorporate fiber into the system to facilitate future expansion of the Institutional Network. Meredith Cable also proposes a renewal of our commitment to support of local access programming and the establishment of capability to enable the development of future high speed data transmission services and other future services. This proposal represents an aggressive effort to respond to identified community needs and interests, taking into account the cost of meeting those needs and interests over the requested fifteen (15) year renewal time frame. The specifics of the proposal are set forth below: A SU BSCRIBER SYSTEM UPGRADE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION Meredith Cable will commit in a renewal franchise that the subscriber system serving the North Suburbs will be enhanced from the current 450 MHZ, 65 channel system to a state-of-the-art 750 MHZ system offering dramatically more channel capacity, higher signal quality, more reliability and more features as set forth below: • • A- 1. The subscriber network will be 750 MHZ capacity. Meredith plans to initially program 81 downstream channels upon activation-with phased activation launches as nodes are completed. This leaves an additional 200 MHZ capacity available for future activation of additional video channels, digital'services, and other services as future marketplace needs dictate. In addition, the system will be designed with the capability to transmit return signals upstream at 5 - 40 MHZ in the future as commercial need dictates and with mutually acceptable franchise language that establishes a mechanism for discussions regarding activation of the return. • A- 2. Hybrid fiber-coaxial architecture will be deployed. • A- 3. Initially, the system will be developed with approximately Forty (40) pockets which are called "nodes", each connected by optical fiber and serving approximately Two Thousand (2000) homes with a minimum 16 fiber count. The fiber optic nodes will be designed to be capable of migrating to five hundred (500) home nodes with a.minimum 4 fiber count as marketplace need dictates. • A- 4. All power supplies will be equipped with standby power capability which, at a minimum, will be initially activated at the node locations. • A- 5. In order to better assure reliability and system maintenance, the system will •