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<br />, . <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />7. <br /> <br />tit <br /> <br />MACTA SURVEY SUMMARY <br />October 1999 <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />Number of Respondents <br /> <br />Cities 250 <br />Commissions 11 <br />Total 261 <br /> <br />2. Number of cable subscribers <br /> <br />Almost half (48.4%) of the respondents had less than 500 subscribers. <br />Another 28.4% had between 500 and 3,000 subscribers. <br /> <br />3. Number of complaints <br /> <br />Of the respondents, 159, or 61 %, handle customer complaints and inquiries. <br />They reported a total of 3,541 complaints received in 1998, and 3,346 in <br />the first seven months of 1999. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />Amount of franchise fees <br /> <br />The total amount of franchise fees reported by the 261 respondents was <br />$18,940,418. Although most of this income went into the general fund, a <br />significant amount was also used for franchise administration and community <br />access programming. <br /> <br />5. <br /> <br />Additional support <br /> <br />Although the majority of respondents do not receive additional support for <br />community television, the ones who do Ipredominantly cities in joint power <br />commissions) receive nearly $4 million in operating grants and $7.4 million in <br />equipment grants. <br /> <br />6. Institutional Networks <br /> <br />The majority of respondents do not have Institutional Networks, but those <br />who do use them to connect 570 institutions, including city and school <br />buildings, county facilities, non-profits and even some businesses. Although <br />these I-Nets are used primarily to transmit video, over a third of those with 1- <br />Nets also use them to transmit data and/or provide Internet access. <br /> <br />Telecommunications Convergence <br /> <br />Thirty-five of the respondents reported that their cable company also <br />provides Internet access, with another 34 who said the company plans to <br />offer this service in the next two years. Seventeen respondents said their <br />cable company currently offers local telephone service, while 15 indicated <br />that the company would offer this service within the next two years. <br />
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