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<br />Telephone: <br />Facsimile: <br /> <br />----- <br />- <br />~ --= AT~~ <br />-- iBr ~.QlI <br />- <br />-- <br /> <br />David G. Seykora <br />Vice President - Law & Public Policy <br /> <br />651-493-5280 <br />651-493-5288 <br /> <br />10 River Park Plaza <br />St. Paul, MN 55107-1219 <br /> <br />April 3,2001 <br /> <br />VIA FACSMILE AND U.S. MAIL <br /> <br />Mr. Thomas D. Creighton <br />Creighton, Bradley, & Guzzetta, LLC <br />5402 Parkdale Drive, Suite 102 <br />Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416 <br /> <br />Re: Informal Renewal Negotiations - North Metro Telecommunications <br />Commission <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Creighton: <br /> <br />We submit this letter in response to your letter dated March 29, 2001 <br />regarding the informal renewal negotiations between AT&T Broadband and the <br />North Metro Telecommunications Commission ("Commission"). I will attempt to <br />clarify where we believe the negotiations stand at this point. <br /> <br />Your letter notes that the Company has withdrawn its prior offers beyond <br />the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU"). We took this action in <br />direct response to the action of the Commission with respect to its informal <br />renewal offer. Your letter of March 8, 2001 states that the Company must accept <br />all of the terms, conditions and requirements of the Commission's informal <br />renewal proposal without change. Your letter goes on to say that the <br />Commission's offer would be withdrawn at 4:00 p.m. on March 19 if not accepted <br />by the Company by that time. The Commission's informal renewal proposal <br />contained demands involving unilateral changes to the MOU that the Company <br />could. not accept...I n-the-ci rcumstance-wl-leretl-le-Commiss iOrl-l-las-r:lot-left-an ____.._ <br />offer on the table, the Company is likewise not prepared to leave an offer on the <br />table. <br /> <br />My letter of March 19 specifically points out that a large piece of the <br />renewal negotiations is already completed. The MOU resolves all matters <br />regarding funding for PEG and any related programming obligations. We also <br />recognize that the parties have had extensive discussions regarding other <br />matters related to the renewal, and we have had productive meetings regarding <br />such matters. However, in this negotiation, as in other franchise renewal <br /> <br />(}0 <br />\6& Recycled Paper <br />