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<br /> <br /> <br />7 <br />passed due to the unwillingness of the property owner(s) to grant the needed easements <br />or other rights of use, until such time as easements or rights of use can be secured. <br />Provider will make best efforts to ensure a Passing of any and all Blocked Locations in <br />future years during the Construction Period and for a period of five years after the <br />Construction Period. <br /> <br />h. Authorizations. Provider shall be responsible for obtaining all necessary and useful <br />Authorizations and paying all applicable Authorization Fees relating to execution of the Work. <br /> <br />i. Progress Reports and Inspections. Provider shall keep County well-informed as to the <br />progress and quality of the Work, and of any delays that have occurred, or that Provider <br />reasonably anticipates will occur. No less than monthly during the construction period, or as <br />otherwise agreed by the Parties, Provider shall provide to County and its approved designees <br />up-to-date information identified below, and such other information that may be useful or <br />relevant to County as to the Work: <br /> <br /> Nature of Work completed during the preceding period; <br /> Estimated percentages of physical completion for the Network; <br /> Number of route miles of fiber constructed and activated; <br /> Overall project schedule status; <br /> Overall project budget status; <br /> Number of locations Passed by Network section; <br /> Number of residential subscriptions by service type added in that quarter, and to <br />date; <br /> Any delays that have occurred, or are continuing to occur, with a detailed <br />explanation and plan to address such delay; <br /> Any anticipated delays in the Work, with a detailed explanation; <br /> Responses to particular requests for information from County; <br /> Any proposed changes to the Work; and <br /> Other information reasonably requested by County. <br /> <br />j. As-Builts. Promptly following completion of the Network, Provider shall make available “as- <br />built” documentation in such format reasonably required by County. <br /> <br /> <br />8. NETWORK OPERATIONS <br /> <br />a. Activation. Provider will activate or “light” all fiber constituting the Network, and otherwise <br />cause the Network to be capable of providing Communication Services to Customers. <br />Provider will identify and procure all equipment necessary to activate the Network <br /> <br />b. Network Operations Center. Provider will operate a Network Operations Center (“NOC”), <br />and be primarily responsible for Network operation and monitoring. Provider will monitor the <br />Network for outages or service degradation in a manner consistent with industry standards. <br />Provider will implement a plan to, and will, promptly respond to Network outages or trouble <br />tickets, including escalation procedures as appropriate. <br /> <br />c. Communications Service. <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 32FCA70F-8C9D-4D85-A0BE-B88413353B8B