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III. PRIMARY RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CURRENT AND FUTURE COMMUNITY CABLE-RELATED NEEDS AND INTERESTS A. CABLE PLANT AND HEADEND 1. Any cable system serving the NSCC franchise area should include features typically found in state-of-the-art systems. The Franchise should include reasonable standards for upgrades during the Franchise term, as technological changes occur. 2. There is a need for and interest in ensuring that the signal quality and functionality of PEG Access channels is equivalent to the highest quality channel offered on the cable system, both now and throughout the Franchise term. 3. There is a need for and interest in having the ability to easily transmit "live" programming from locations throughout the NSCC franchise area. 4. In addition to maintaining a minimum of the current allocation of bandwidth for the PEG Access channels and programming in the NSCC franchise area, there is a need for and interest in ensuring that Comcast provides sufficient capacity and other accommodations to enable: (a) the transmission of closed captions for PEG Access programs that are delivered with such content; (b) the delivery of PEG Access channels to cable subscribers in the same formats that are used by the highest quality commercial channel carried on the system, including high definition; and (c) on-demand viewing of PEG Access programming [including selected PEG Access programs to be available in high definition to cable subscribers via the on-demand service]. 5. Comcast should continue to provide the physical plant, spectrum and any necessary equipment at the headend and node locations set aside as an Institutional Network (I-Net), as required by and described in the current franchise, to permit video, voice, and data to be originated and received at designated I-Net sites on a point-to-point and point- to-multi-point basis. Additionally, the I-Net should be expanded to include additional points throughout the NSCC franchise area, to facilitate the ability of CTV to originate live programming from the community. 6. There is a need for and interest in ensuring that Comcast includes full program listings for PEG Access programs on their electronic and print program guides. ix