Line Extension Requirements. Service drops to residential Subscribers shall be governed by the Line Extension Policy attached hereto as Appendix 1. The line extension policy for commercial properties is based on published commercial rates for construction and installation costs.
Line Extension Requirements.
(1) Unless the Franchisee demonstrates to the County’s satisfaction that extraordinary circumstances justify a waiver of the requirement, the Franchisee shall extend its Cable System within a reasonable time (but not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days) to provide service to any person or business upon request at no charge other than any applicable installation fees for the individual subscriber's drop, as long as the following conditions are satisfied:
(A) The new subscriber requesting service is located three hundred (300) feet or less from the termination of the Cable System, and
(B) The number of potential subscribers to be passed by the extension necessary to serve such subscriber is equal to or greater than twenty (20) homes per mile measured from any point on the System. Any time required to obtain necessary permits for such work will not be counted toward this 120-day period.
(2) In the event that the requirement set forth in Section 4(b)(1)(A) is not met, the Franchisee shall provide the necessary drop to serve a Subscriber if the Subscriber pays in advance the Franchisee’s actual direct costs for such drop, constructed at the lowest cost consistent with good engineering practice, less the average direct costs attributable to a standard drop. In the event that the requirement set forth in Section 4(b)(1)(B) is not met, the Franchisee shall extend its cable System to serve a Subscriber if the Subscriber (who may recruit other affected Subscribers to help bear the cost) is willing to share the cost of the extension, according to the following formula: The percentage by which the actual number of homes per mile on the extension falls short of the number of homes per mile specified in Section 4(b)(1)(B) is the percentage of the total construction costs that must be borne by the Subscriber.
(A) The “total construction costs” are defined as the actual turnkey cost to construct the entire extension including electronics, pole make- ready charges, and labor, but not the cost of the house drop.
(B) Thus, for example: To reach a requesting Subscriber requires an extension of two miles. That extension contains sixteen homes. Because the proposed extension contains only 40% of the total number of homes specified in Section 4(b)(1)(B) for required service (20 homes per mile or 40 homes over two miles), the Subscriber, with any other affected Subscribers who wish to contribute, must pay the remaining 60% of the cost.
Line Extension Requirements. (1) The Franchisee must extend its cable system upon request to provide service to any residence in the County upon request, without charging such person more than the standard installation charges, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3(b)(2) and 3(b)(3), unless the Franchisee demonstrates to the County's satisfaction that extraordinary circumstances justify a waiver of this requirement.
(2) For areas within the County that are unserved on the effective date of its franchise, the Franchisee shall extend its cable system within a reasonable time (but not to exceed ninety (90) days) to provide service to any residence upon request at no charge other than any applicable installation fees for the individual Subscriber's drop, as long as the following conditions are satisfied, unless the Franchisee demonstrates to the County's satisfaction that extraordinary circumstances justify a waiver of this requirement:
(A) the new Subscriber requesting service is located 225 feet or less from the subscriber network distribution plant, and
(B) the number of potential Subscribers to be passed by the extension necessary to serve such subscriber is equal to or greater than twenty homes per mile measured from the subscriber network distribution plant.
Line Extension Requirements. (1) Service drops to residential Subscribers shall be governed by § A130-18 of the Cable Ordinance. The Grantee is authorized to extend the Cable System as necessary, as desirable, or as required pursuant to the terms hereof within the Service Area. Whenever Grantee shall receive a request for service from at least twenty five (25) households, which have agreed to pay for service for one (1) year and which are within one mile of its distribution cable, it shall extend its Cable System to such Subscribers at no cost to said Subscribers for system extension, other than the usual connection fees for all Subscribers, provided that such extension is technically feasible and will not adversely affect the operation, financial condition, or market development of the Cable System.
(2) No Subscriber shall be refused service arbitrarily. However, for special circumstances (such as a Subscriber's request to locate the cable drop underground, or the need for under-highway crossings, or the existence or more than one hundred and fifty (150) feet of distance from distribution cable to connection of service to Subscribers, or a density of less than twenty five (25) households per mile) Cable Service may be made available on the basis of a capital contribution in aid of construction, including cost of material, labor, and easements.
(3) For the purpose of determining the amount of capital contribution in aid of construction to be borne by Grantee and Subscribers in the area in which Cable Service may be extended, Grantee will contribute an amount equal to the construction and other costs per half mile, multiplied by a fraction whose numerator equals the actual number of potential subscribers desiring service per mile, and whose denominator equals twenty-five (25)
Line Extension Requirements. (1) Whenever Franchisee shall receive a request for service from at least ten (10) year-round subscribers per mile contiguous to the existing Cable System, which have agreed to pay in advance for service for twelve (12) consecutive months, it shall extend its Cable System to such Subscribers at no cost to said Subscribers for system extension, other than the usual connection fees for all Subscribers, provided that such extension is technically feasible and will not adversely affect the operation, financial condition, or market development of the Cable System.
(2) No Subscriber shall be refused service arbitrarily, however, for special circumstances (such as a Subscriber’s request to locate the cable drop underground, or the need for under highway crossings, or the existence of more than two hundred (200) feet of distance from distribution cable to connection of service to Subscribers, or a density of less than ten (10) year-round subscribers per mile). Cable Service may be made available on the basis of a capital contribution in aid of construction, including cost of material, labor, and easements.
(3) For the purpose of determining the amount of capital contribution in aid of construction to be borne by Franchisee and Subscribers in the area in which Cable Service may be extended that does not meet the minimum requirements defined above, Franchisee will be entitled to recover from the Subscriber requesting service extensions the direct, total cost of that portion of the extension that exceeds the two hundred (200) feet, not including the length of the service drops. Potential subscribers will bear the remainder of the construction and other costs on a pro rata basis. Franchisee may require that the payment of the capital contribution in aid of construction borne by such potential subscribers be paid in advance.
(4) Neither Franchisee nor any of its employees, agents, representatives, contractors, subcontractors, or consultants, nor any other Person, shall discriminate or permit discrimination between or among any Persons in the availability of Cable Services provided in connection with the Cable System in the Franchise Area. It shall be the right of all Persons to receive all available Cable Service provided on the Cable System so long as such Person’s financial or other obligations to Franchisee are satisfied.
(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Town shall have the right to request that Franchisee extend its Cable System to...
Line Extension Requirements
