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of additional amplifier cascades when the Commission, in its sole discretion, determines that a particular cascade is not performing adequately. 7.1.9 Within sixty (60) days of the Effective Date, and throughout the Franchise term thereafter (including any extensions thereof), the Grantee shall provide up to twenty (20) modulators and demodulators, on an as needed basis, for the provision of PEG programming at locations on the I -Net designated by the Commission. If, at any time, it is determined that the I -Net is not meeting the performance specifications for PEG programming, either as transmitted over the I -Net, or as received by a Subscriber on the subscriber network, and standard maintenance or repair activities cannot resolve the performance problem, then the Grantee shall provide, at no charge to the City, the Commission or I -Net Users, necessary fiber optic cabling, transmitters and receivers for the PEG access origination connection that is transmitting the affected programming, if such an action will resolve the performance problem. 7.1.10 The Grantee has made available to the City and the Commission for review a detailed design map of the proposed Institutional Network construction plan, including the following elements: (i) coaxial cable route; (ii) proposed fiber route; (iii) location of Nodes serving the Institutional Network; (iv) the name and location of facilities being served by such Nodes; and (v) the number of amplifiers in each cascade within the Institutional Network. The Grantee has taken the comments of the City and/or the Commission into account in implementing the Institutional Network plan. 7.1.11 No I -Net Node shall be activated until it is tested, and the Grantee determines that all applicable technical standards have been met or exceeded. Specifically, the Grantee shall notify the Commission, or its designee, in writing, at least ten (10) days in advance of completion of construction of each I -Net Node and BFC I -Net site. The notice shall include the date the Grantee is prepared to conduct RF noise, distortion, peak to valley and other tests according to FCC rules, NCTA recommended practices or other acceptable test methodologies and other applicable tests. The Commission or its designee shall have the option of attending any tests conducted pursuant to this paragraph. All tests must be successfully completed. The hybrid fiber -coaxial tests shall be deemed successfully completed if specifications detailed in Exhibit B are met or bettered. If any I -Net Node does not pass the Grantee's performance test, the Grantee shall take all steps necessary to meet applicable standards, and the affected Node shall be retested prior to activation. The Grantee shall send the Commission and the City the results of each test conducted under this paragraph. 7.1.12 The Commission, or its designee, shall have the option of conducting a physical inspection of the construction and connections to each BFC I -Net Site and each I - Net Node. This inspection shall be conducted no later than the date of the test in subsection 7.1.11. 91