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4 Table A Rate Comparison Chapel Hill Headend, Orange County .;:;:;::' ::::::::''''':'y::::::;;:; �'':i ire;..:....: pct.:.�:::.. » :>::>:<:> : :::>:::::::::<:>:::«<:::: Basic Rates $7.86 $7.93 $0.07 Total Cost of Programming - $688.00 $1,055.64 $367.64 Basic Tier Cost of Programming per $0.13 $0.20 $0.07 Subscriber - Basic Tier Subscribers 5193 5421 - 228 Number of Channels 12 12 0 Inflationary Adjustment 1 1.021 0.021 Durham Headend: Time Warner Cable is requesting approval of a $.02 [cent] increase in basic tier rates attributable to external cost factors associated with programming costs. These expenses represent a penny-for-penny pass through to subscribers as allowed by the Federal Communications Commission. Though the County does not have regulatory authority over Tier II(Cable Programming Service), whose rate will increase by$.50 [cents], it is recommended that the County acknowledge this rate change. The FCC has jurisdiction over the second tier of service. Regulation of this tier is accomplished using a complaint-driven process through the FCC. Actual Rates: The actual rate charged subscribers will be$.04 [cents] higher than the one the County considers for approval, $9.70. This is because the FCC regulatory pass through fee is added to the approved rate set by the County. This pass through is collected by the cable operator for the FCC and is assessed only to the basic tier of service. Franchise Related Costs: The operator reported no costs in this area for the this quarter. Such costs are usually associated with public, education, and government access television facilities. Inflationary Adjustment: Cable operators are allowed to take an inflationary adjustment but once a year. Time Warner used an adjustment measurement figure of 1.021, based on the Gross National Product Price Index.