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