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11 <br />3. Grantee shall provide a trouble feed -back system <br />which allows the monitoring of all active elements of all Main <br />Trunk Cable of the system. Grantee may satisfy this requirement <br />in one of two ways: (1) it may, within 18 months of its acceptance <br />of this franchise, install and activate bi- directional capacity in <br />the Main Trunk Cable of its system or, (2) it may immediately <br />provide service to subscribers along all Main Trunk Cable at such <br />intervals as will provide a "trouble feed -back system" in effect <br />activated by subscriber calls in the event of system failures which <br />is comparable in terms of reliability to an activated bi- <br />directional feed -back system. In the event grantee elects to <br />utilize a subscriber "trouble feed -back system" it must provide the <br />necessary service to subscribers without regard to the system <br />extension requirements contained in this franchise and, if <br />necessary in order to obtain their subscriptions, at no cost to the <br />subscribers that are part of the "trouble feed -back system." <br />4. Grantee shall design and operate its system so that <br />it has interconnect compatability to share programming with any <br />existing franchised cable operator within the unincorporated areas <br />of the county and provide verification to the satisfaction of the <br />county manager of this compatibility. <br />Section X. Programming and Access. <br />A. Grantee shall provide at least one public service and /or <br />access channel. This channel shall be reserved for and used for <br />10 <br />