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2 <br /> r <br /> eitiy Of 6Raleigh <br /> 9Yorth earolina <br /> FCC-1205 EQUIPMENT & INSTALLATION <br /> RATE REVIEW <br /> CABLEVISION INDUSTRIES, CVI <br /> ORANGE COUNTY, NC-0256 <br /> May 11, 1995 <br /> REPORT <br /> TO: Albert Kittrell, Assistant County Manager <br /> BY: Robert Sepe, Information Access Manager <br /> REVIEW: Cable television equipment and installation rate adjustments (FCC-1205] <br /> Following is the Equipment and Installation Costs filing submitted by Cablevision Industries <br /> Corp., d/b/a CVI [Alert Cable]. Cable operators are required to file FCC-1205 forms on an <br /> annual basis. Such filings allow cable operators the opportunity to adjust equipment and <br /> installation rates, charged subscribers, based on capital and labor cost adjustments realized during <br /> the previous fiscal year, 1994. <br /> Cablevision Industries serves unincorporated areas of Orange County and several incorporated <br /> towns within the county. The Hillsborough/Carrboro headend distributes signals to subscribers in <br /> unincorporated Orange County, the towns of Carrboro and Hillsborough. These corrvnunities <br /> constitute one cost center for CVI within Orange County. Plant, labor and costs are shared <br /> among these communities, although each one requires a separate franchise. <br /> a. Orange County area: Hillsborough [NC-0068], Orange County [NC- <br /> 0256], Carrboro, [NC-0130]. Total subscriber base: 5,220. <br /> Cable operators are allowed to "update" maximum permitted rates charged subscribers for <br /> equipment and installation annually. The proposed rates that follow, if approved, will become <br /> effective in August, 1995. Also, the operator must provide a 30-day notice to subscribers of any <br /> impending rate increases. <br /> OFFICES-222 WEST HARGETT STREET-POST OFFICE BOX 590-RALEIGH,NORTH CAROLINA 27602 <br /> Recycled Paper <br />