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ATTACHMENT III 17 FCC-1200 Series Benchmark Rate Review Report Time Warner Cable through Durham Service Area Orange County, North Carolina BACKGROUND: Commensurate with the Cable Act of 1992, the Federal Communications Commission promulgated a set of rate determination rules for cable operators to apply in the absence of a competitive environment. The rules established a first year rate structure [FCC- 393] and second year [FCC-1200 series] to determine the maximum permitted rates for regulated programming services and equipment and certain aspects of a-la-carte program costs. METHODOLOGY: Time Warner Cable's submission to the County was evaluated to determine whether or hot the operator calculated benchmark rates consistent with the procedures prescribed by the Federal Communication Commission. Data from work sheets provided by Time Warner Cable as its FCC-1200 series submission was entered into a computer program prepared by the Federal Communication Commission for this purpose. Original computations were performed and compared against those submitted by the company. FCC-1200: Setting maximum initial permitted rates for regulated cable services pursuant to rules adopted by the FCC on February 22, 1994. OBSERVATIONS: The benchmark rate for cable service was calculated by the Company in accordance with the FCC rules. t The Company does not qualify as a small cable operator and as such this system is one of 352 Company properties. The basic service group of channels consists of 19 channels of which 12 are non-broadcast services. The expanded basic service tier is composed of 21 channels; all are non-broadcast services. There is no upper basic tier. As a group, non-broadcast services can include any mix of bulletin board or character generator channels, PEG access, local origination, and satellite program services, depending upon the operator's preference and franchise requirements for local PEG access channel allocations.