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13 <br />$337812 in regulatory fees to the Federal government during the projected period! <br />As a point of note, there are 67 million cable television subsenb This amo Tts to $35 5 million <br />pay an annua153-cent regulatory fee to the Federal governor <br />annually to fund the FCC's cable television regulato hree wears itsBe tremely doubtful able~er <br />responsiveness by the FCC observed dunng the last y <br />television subscribers in this country receive $35.Smillion inould ei beer be resc nded or paidCo <br />on an annual basis. It is the auditor's opinion that this fee sh <br />the local government to fund regulatory activities. <br />Programming Costs <br />Time Warner will collect for the projected period about $ n00 0 ~S t Various cab a operBators have <br />external costs, most of which is attributable to progr g <br />advised that program service providers customarily ust e a e fo each servic a offered. Ho e ~er <br />attributes its programming cost changes to what rt m p y <br />this amount is relatively low compared to upper cable tier service programming costs. Most of <br />the channels on Time Warner's BST are obtained without cost to the company. <br />Inflation <br />Time Warner is claiming inflation adjustments for the true-up period of October 2000 through <br />September 2001, and the projected period of January 2001 through December 2001. The <br />company used the 1.21%true-up inflation rate for the last three quarters of the 2002 true-up <br />period, because it was the then current FCC-PUBLISH sed new infl do figures of 1.24 % fordthe <br />initial FCC1240 form. In October 2002, the FCC relea <br />period April through September 2002. <br />Time Warner did not use the revised factors to calco~ Teteuired t use4this rateittThOCompany <br />2002. Pursuant to FCC rules, Time Warner was n q <br />must use the most recently published rate (1.21 %). As stated in a recent FCC Order, the FCC <br />"does not find a rate unreasonable solely because more accurate inflation data have become „13 <br />available when the FCC or the local franchising authoe tinflation figure m its October filmlgng. <br />Time Warner did not have authority to apply the high <br />Had TWC used the new inflation rates, Time Warner's Maximum Permitted BST rate would <br />126374* $.53 = $3378 <br />13TH the Matter of Time Warner Cable, Petition for Reconsideration, CUID No. NC -0065, Town of <br />Clayton (June 4, 1999). <br />Action Audits, LLC Cable Rate, ~ Ca olina 2751315316 Voie#9 9.4675392 Fax # 919.46d 0 686g lion <br />101 Pocono Lane, Cary, No <br />