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in the county to suit the plans of Alert Cable, and has <br />also proposed to grant a franchise to Alert Cable with <br />significantly reduced obligations for construction of <br />cable plant and extensions of service. Those proposals <br />are both unwise and unfair. <br />IV. <br />The Proposed Changes In The <br />Existing ordinance and Franchise <br />Reduce Both The Level and Quality <br />Of Service To Be Required <br />Carolina Cable's predecessor was required by the <br />County to serve all areas of the county with fully activa- <br />ted two-way communications service. The County proposes <br />to allow Alert to provide service in the county without <br />meeting that requirement. This is no small matter. The <br />difference in cost between the cable facilities that <br />Carolina Cable and its predecessor have constructed and <br />the cost of the facilities proposed by Alert is hundreds <br />of thousands of dollars. In the next 90 days, Carolina <br />Cable has scheduled construction of 35 miles of new cable <br />plant. If that plant were built to the specifications <br />proposed by Alert rather than to current franchise specifi- <br />cations, Carolina Cable would save approximately $35,000 <br />in construction costs alone. <br />Two-way facilities are more expensive to construct <br />and to operate. One of the reasons Carolina Cable's <br />�M <br />