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z1 <br />WHEREAS, on or about February 10, 2000, TW2, as <br />transferor, and AOL-TW, as transferee, filed an FCC Form <br />394 seeking the consent of the Franchising Authority to <br />Transaction No. 2; and <br />WF~REAS, on or about February 18, 2000, Med~.a one, <br />transferor, and AT&T, transferee, filed a Form 394 with the <br />Franchising Authority seeking consent to Transaction No. 1; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Franchising Authority has conducted a <br />thorough review of the legal, technical and financial <br />quallificatians of the appl~.cants and the transferees to own <br />and operate the cable system; and <br />WHEREAS, the Franchising Authority has received and <br />reviewed the report. of its cable television consultant <br />concerning the legal, technical and financial ' <br />qualifications of the transferees and provided an <br />opportunity for public comments; and <br />WHEREAS, AT&T and TWI are .the two ~.argest cable <br />television operators in the United states and AOL is the <br />largest and most dozainant provider of Internet services; <br />and <br />WF~REAS, the Franchising Authority Is concerned that <br />cable television operators through the use of their <br />broadband platforms offer a technically superior method of <br />providing Internet services to customers and therefore, <br />there is a substantial. risk that Transaction Nos. 7. and 2 <br />may have an anti-competitive impact on the provision of <br />Internet services and cable programming to the public; and <br />WF3EREAS, following further review and an <br />investigation, the Franchising Authority has concluded that <br />the transferees have established that they meet the <br />technical., legal and financial criteria to operate the <br />cable system and have satisfied all criteria set forth in <br />and/or under all applicable or required local government <br />and federal documents, laws, rules and regulations, <br />including FCC Form 394 and contingent upon applicants <br />meeting all of the requirements set forth belvW; <br />NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that in consideration of <br />the foregoing and the promises set forth herein, the <br /> <br />