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DocuSign Envelope ID:A8E51 BF8-6EBC-4632-A21 F-FE02EF5B133D <br /> 8. USE OF FUNDS <br /> a. Contractor will use funds solely for the purposes described in the Scope of Work. Funds <br /> may not be transferred, either partially or completely, to any other entity or person. Any <br /> earnings derived from the broadband network shall be used by Contractor to support the <br /> purposes of fulfilling the Scope of Work. <br /> b. Budge t. Contractor has provided the Owner with a budget for the Scope of Work as <br /> described in the RFP responses. Owner payments are restricted to fund only the Scope <br /> of Work defined in this Agreement. <br /> (i) The initial funds paid upon award of contract will be used for network build. <br /> c. Construction Period. The construction period shall be for a term of 36_month(s). Initial <br /> network build, including first customer activations, will be complete within 6 months of <br /> Notice-to-Proceed. Contractor shall continue to expand the broadband network to cover <br /> the identified areas and activate customers through the end of the Construction Period. <br /> 9. PERFORMANCE MEASURES <br /> a. Network Build: Contractor will invite Owner to tower installation days to personally view the <br /> work taking place. Pictures of antenna and equipment installation will also be taken and <br /> provided via the monthly reports. Bandwidth test will be run on network links, inclusive of the <br /> fiber and tower-to-tower wireless links, and provided to county as evidence of network build. <br /> The first customer will have active service within 6 months of award of contract. <br /> b. Coverage Area: Contractor will build a broadband network to reach at least ninety percent of <br /> the addresses within both the 2-mile and 5-mile radii for each service area as shown on the <br /> Service Area Map. Contractor has the burden of demonstrating to Owner's reasonable <br /> satisfaction broadband connectivity within the coverage areas consistent with minimum speeds <br /> and other applicable terms. There shall be a rebuttable presumption based on coverage <br /> resulting from the Mutually Agreed Test Sites (Attachment B) for each Pilot Program Area 1 <br /> and 2. For the sake of clarification, this means Contractor must demonstrate broadband <br /> connectivity for 45 of 50 addresses list for Pilot Program Area 1 and 18 of 20 addresses listed <br /> for Pilot Program Area 2 as described in Attachment B. <br /> c. Minimum broadband speeds offered: Contractor will build a broadband network to meet a <br /> minimum of 25Mb download and 3 Mb upload speed to customers. Measurement will be made <br /> via online speedtest results as measured by using one of the following online test sites: <br /> https://www.ncspeedtest.c in/ <br /> http://www.speedtest.net/and selecting a test server in North Carolina <br /> Open Broadband will maintain as-built documentation, demonstrating connectivity speeds for <br /> every customer activation, of which at least 90% of the tests will meet the 25Mb download, 3 <br /> Mb upload criteria. A monthly report will be provided to Orange County that shows customer <br /> addresses and the speeds at time of activation as tested to the port of the router within the <br /> home. The county may also obtain on-demand reports with no more than a 48 business hour <br /> turn-around. <br /> 6 <br />