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Tri-Cities Consolidated Plan Page: 59Tri-Cities, Ilinois FTTH/FTTB Broadband Financial Projections - Base Case 2002Programming Expense - Residential

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Limited BasicHeadline News $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WBBM (2) CBS Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WGN (9) Chicago Local Off-Air $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WCIU (26) IND Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WPWR (50) UPN Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WTTW (11) PBS Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WCPX (38) PAX Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00TV Guide Channel $596.43 $691.86 $787.29 $882.72 $978.15 $1,041.37 $1,056.88 $1,057.41 $1,058.46 $1,059.52 $1,060.58 $1,061.64WGBO (66) Univision Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WSNS (44) Telemundo Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WYCC (22) PBS Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00TBS $1,670.01 $1,937.21 $2,204.41 $2,471.61 $2,738.81 $2,915.84 $2,959.26 $2,960.74 $2,963.70 $2,966.66 $2,969.63 $2,972.60Local Govt/Educational/Public Access Channel $1,670.01 $1,937.21 $2,204.41 $2,471.61 $2,738.81 $2,915.84 $2,959.26 $2,960.74 $2,963.70 $2,966.66 $2,969.63 $2,972.60Total Limited Basic $3,936.45 $4,566.28 $5,196.11 $5,825.95 $6,455.78 $6,873.04 $6,975.39 $6,978.88 $6,985.86 $6,992.84 $6,999.83 $7,006.83

Standard BasicA & E $1,359.57 $1,577.10 $1,794.63 $2,012.16 $2,229.69 $2,373.80 $2,409.15 $2,410.36 $2,412.77 $2,415.18 $2,417.59 $2,420.01American Movie Classics $1,475.27 $1,711.32 $1,947.36 $2,183.41 $2,419.45 $2,575.83 $2,614.19 $2,615.49 $2,618.11 $2,620.73 $2,623.35 $2,625.97American's Health Network $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00America's Talking $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00America's Voice Network $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Animal Planet $885.16 $1,026.79 $1,168.42 $1,310.04 $1,451.67 $1,545.50 $1,568.51 $1,569.30 $1,570.86 $1,572.44 $1,574.01 $1,575.58BET $867.81 $1,006.66 $1,145.51 $1,284.36 $1,423.21 $1,515.19 $1,537.76 $1,538.53 $1,540.06 $1,541.60 $1,543.15 $1,544.69BET On Jazz $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Bloomberg Television $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Bravo $940.13 $1,090.55 $1,240.97 $1,391.39 $1,541.81 $1,641.46 $1,665.90 $1,666.74 $1,668.40 $1,670.07 $1,671.74 $1,673.41Cable In the Classroom $20.49 $23.77 $27.05 $30.33 $33.60 $35.78 $36.31 $36.33 $36.36 $36.40 $36.44 $36.47Cartoon Network $734.74 $852.30 $969.86 $1,087.42 $1,204.98 $1,282.86 $1,301.97 $1,302.62 $1,303.92 $1,305.22 $1,306.53 $1,307.84CMTV $578.54 $671.11 $763.67 $856.24 $948.80 $1,010.13 $1,025.17 $1,025.68 $1,026.71 $1,027.74 $1,028.76 $1,029.79CNBC $1,214.93 $1,409.32 $1,603.71 $1,798.10 $1,992.49 $2,121.27 $2,152.86 $2,153.94 $2,156.09 $2,158.25 $2,160.40 $2,162.56CNN $2,215.80 $2,570.33 $2,924.86 $3,279.39 $3,633.92 $3,868.79 $3,926.40 $3,928.37 $3,932.30 $3,936.23 $3,940.16 $3,944.10CNNfn $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00CNNSI $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Comedy Central $954.59 $1,107.32 $1,260.06 $1,412.79 $1,565.53 $1,666.71 $1,691.53 $1,692.38 $1,694.07 $1,695.76 $1,697.46 $1,699.16Court TV $809.95 $939.55 $1,069.14 $1,198.73 $1,328.33 $1,414.18 $1,435.24 $1,435.96 $1,437.39 $1,438.83 $1,440.27 $1,441.71C-Span $347.12 $402.66 $458.20 $513.74 $569.28 $606.08 $615.10 $615.41 $616.03 $616.64 $617.26 $617.88Discovery $1,828.18 $2,120.69 $2,413.20 $2,705.71 $2,998.22 $3,192.01 $3,239.54 $3,241.16 $3,244.40 $3,247.65 $3,250.89 $3,254.14Disney $4,917.58 $5,704.39 $6,491.21 $7,278.02 $8,064.83 $8,586.10 $8,713.95 $8,718.31 $8,727.03 $8,735.75 $8,744.49 $8,753.23

Confidential 9/20/2002 United Telesystems, Inc.



Standard Basic (Cont.)Do It Yourself Network $347.12 $402.66 $458.20 $513.74 $569.28 $606.08 $615.10 $615.41 $616.03 $616.64 $617.26 $617.88E! Entertainment $809.95 $939.55 $1,069.14 $1,198.73 $1,328.33 $1,414.18 $1,435.24 $1,435.96 $1,437.39 $1,438.83 $1,440.27 $1,441.71Encore $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Encore MoviePlex $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00ESPN $10,488.91 $12,167.13 $13,845.36 $15,523.59 $17,201.81 $18,313.64 $18,586.35 $18,595.64 $18,614.24 $18,632.85 $18,651.48 $18,670.13ESPN 2 $2,169.52 $2,516.64 $2,863.77 $3,210.89 $3,558.01 $3,787.98 $3,844.39 $3,846.31 $3,850.16 $3,854.01 $3,857.86 $3,861.72EWTN $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Fit TV $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00ABC Family Channel $1,058.73 $1,228.12 $1,397.52 $1,566.91 $1,736.31 $1,848.54 $1,876.06 $1,877.00 $1,878.88 $1,880.76 $1,882.64 $1,884.52Food Network $491.76 $570.44 $649.12 $727.80 $806.48 $858.61 $871.40 $871.83 $872.70 $873.58 $874.45 $875.32Fox News $1,275.68 $1,479.79 $1,683.90 $1,888.00 $2,092.11 $2,227.33 $2,260.50 $2,261.63 $2,263.89 $2,266.16 $2,268.42 $2,270.69fX $1,724.05 $1,999.89 $2,275.74 $2,551.59 $2,827.44 $3,010.18 $3,055.01 $3,056.54 $3,059.59 $3,062.65 $3,065.72 $3,068.78fX Movies (no fX in system) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Game Show Network $636.39 $738.22 $840.04 $941.86 $1,043.68 $1,111.14 $1,127.69 $1,128.25 $1,129.38 $1,130.51 $1,131.64 $1,132.77Golf Channel $1,214.93 $1,409.32 $1,603.71 $1,798.10 $1,992.49 $2,121.27 $2,152.86 $2,153.94 $2,156.09 $2,158.25 $2,160.40 $2,162.56Great American Country $202.49 $234.89 $267.28 $299.68 $332.08 $353.55 $358.81 $358.99 $359.35 $359.71 $360.07 $360.43Headline News (Free with CNN) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00History Channel $1,041.37 $1,207.99 $1,374.61 $1,541.23 $1,707.85 $1,818.23 $1,845.31 $1,846.23 $1,848.08 $1,849.92 $1,851.77 $1,853.63Home & Garden TV $867.81 $1,006.66 $1,145.51 $1,284.36 $1,423.21 $1,515.19 $1,537.76 $1,538.53 $1,540.06 $1,541.60 $1,543.15 $1,544.69Home Shopping Network $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Independent Film Channel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00International Channel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Inspirational Network $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Lifetime Movie Network $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Open $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Learning Channel $931.45 $1,080.48 $1,229.51 $1,378.54 $1,527.57 $1,626.31 $1,650.53 $1,651.35 $1,653.00 $1,654.65 $1,656.31 $1,657.97Lifetime $1,677.76 $1,946.20 $2,214.65 $2,483.09 $2,751.53 $2,929.37 $2,973.00 $2,974.48 $2,977.46 $2,980.43 $2,983.41 $2,986.40Military Channel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00MSNBC $752.10 $872.44 $992.77 $1,113.11 $1,233.44 $1,313.17 $1,332.72 $1,333.39 $1,334.72 $1,336.06 $1,337.39 $1,338.73MTV $1,706.69 $1,979.76 $2,252.83 $2,525.90 $2,798.97 $2,979.88 $3,024.25 $3,025.77 $3,028.79 $3,031.82 $3,034.85 $3,037.89Much Music $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00NASA TV $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00The National Network $1,793.47 $2,080.43 $2,367.38 $2,654.34 $2,941.29 $3,131.40 $3,178.03 $3,179.62 $3,182.80 $3,185.98 $3,189.17 $3,192.36NET $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Newsport $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Nickelodeon $2,447.22 $2,838.77 $3,230.33 $3,621.88 $4,013.44 $4,272.84 $4,336.47 $4,338.64 $4,342.98 $4,347.32 $4,351.67 $4,356.02




Standard Basic (Cont.)Nostalgia $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Hallmark Channel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Outdoor Life Network $989.30 $1,147.59 $1,305.88 $1,464.17 $1,622.45 $1,727.32 $1,753.04 $1,753.92 $1,755.67 $1,757.43 $1,759.19 $1,760.94The Outdoor Channel $416.55 $483.20 $549.84 $616.49 $683.14 $727.29 $738.12 $738.49 $739.23 $739.97 $740.71 $741.45Ovation $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Oxygen $1,255.43 $1,456.30 $1,657.17 $1,858.04 $2,058.90 $2,191.98 $2,224.62 $2,225.73 $2,227.96 $2,230.19 $2,232.42 $2,234.65Pax Family Network $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Product Information Network (PIN) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00QVC $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Women's Entertainment (formerly Romance Classics) $809.95 $939.55 $1,069.14 $1,198.73 $1,328.33 $1,414.18 $1,435.24 $1,435.96 $1,437.39 $1,438.83 $1,440.27 $1,441.71Sci-Fi Network $925.66 $1,073.77 $1,221.87 $1,369.98 $1,518.09 $1,616.21 $1,640.27 $1,641.09 $1,642.73 $1,644.38 $1,646.02 $1,647.67Speed Channel $989.30 $1,147.59 $1,305.88 $1,464.17 $1,622.45 $1,727.32 $1,753.04 $1,753.92 $1,755.67 $1,757.43 $1,759.19 $1,760.94Fox Sports Midwest $4,339.04 $5,033.29 $5,727.53 $6,421.78 $7,116.03 $7,575.97 $7,688.78 $7,692.63 $7,700.32 $7,708.02 $7,715.73 $7,723.44Style $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00TBN $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00TBS $1,619.91 $1,879.09 $2,138.28 $2,397.46 $2,656.65 $2,828.36 $2,870.48 $2,871.91 $2,874.79 $2,877.66 $2,880.54 $2,883.42TNT $4,165.48 $4,831.96 $5,498.43 $6,164.91 $6,831.39 $7,272.93 $7,381.23 $7,384.92 $7,392.31 $7,399.70 $7,407.10 $7,414.50Toon Disney $520.68 $603.99 $687.30 $770.61 $853.92 $909.12 $922.65 $923.12 $924.04 $924.96 $925.89 $926.81Travel Channel $404.98 $469.77 $534.57 $599.37 $664.16 $707.09 $717.62 $717.98 $718.70 $719.42 $720.13 $720.85Turner Classic Movies $1,272.79 $1,476.43 $1,680.08 $1,883.72 $2,087.37 $2,222.28 $2,255.38 $2,256.50 $2,258.76 $2,261.02 $2,263.28 $2,265.54Turner South $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Tech TV $404.98 $469.77 $534.57 $599.37 $664.16 $707.09 $717.62 $717.98 $718.70 $719.42 $720.13 $720.85TV Land $578.54 $671.11 $763.67 $856.24 $948.80 $1,010.13 $1,025.17 $1,025.68 $1,026.71 $1,027.74 $1,028.76 $1,029.79USA Network $2,314.16 $2,684.42 $3,054.69 $3,424.95 $3,795.21 $4,040.52 $4,100.68 $4,102.73 $4,106.84 $4,110.94 $4,115.05 $4,119.17VH-1 $752.10 $872.44 $992.77 $1,113.11 $1,233.44 $1,313.17 $1,332.72 $1,333.39 $1,334.72 $1,336.06 $1,337.39 $1,338.73Weather Channel $902.52 $1,046.92 $1,191.33 $1,335.73 $1,480.13 $1,575.80 $1,599.27 $1,600.07 $1,601.67 $1,603.27 $1,604.87 $1,606.48WeatherScan $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00SoapNet $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00National Geographic Channel $867.81 $1,006.66 $1,145.51 $1,284.36 $1,423.21 $1,515.19 $1,537.76 $1,538.53 $1,540.06 $1,541.60 $1,543.15 $1,544.69Fine Living $636.39 $738.22 $840.04 $941.86 $1,043.68 $1,111.14 $1,127.69 $1,128.25 $1,129.38 $1,130.51 $1,131.64 $1,132.77Galavision $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Biography (Includes History International) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00




Standard Basic (Cont.)Annual Adjustment $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Total Standard Basic $74,952.84 $86,945.30 $98,937.75 $110,930.21 $122,922.66 $130,867.66 $132,816.43 $132,882.84 $133,015.73 $133,148.74 $133,281.89 $133,415.17




PremiumsHBO Digital Group $3,783.76 $4,389.17 $4,994.57 $5,599.97 $6,205.37 $6,606.45 $6,704.83 $6,708.18 $6,714.89 $6,721.60 $6,728.33 $6,735.05Cinemax Digital Group $1,592.47 $1,847.27 $2,102.06 $2,356.86 $2,611.66 $2,780.46 $2,821.86 $2,823.27 $2,826.10 $2,828.92 $2,831.75 $2,834.58Showtime Digital Group $2,261.67 $2,623.54 $2,985.40 $3,347.27 $3,709.14 $3,948.87 $4,007.68 $4,009.68 $4,013.69 $4,017.71 $4,021.72 $4,025.74The Movie Channel Digital Group $1,371.79 $1,591.28 $1,810.77 $2,030.25 $2,249.74 $2,395.15 $2,430.82 $2,432.03 $2,434.46 $2,436.90 $2,439.34 $2,441.78Starz/Encore Group $3,146.18 $3,649.57 $4,152.95 $4,656.34 $5,159.73 $5,493.23 $5,575.03 $5,577.81 $5,583.39 $5,588.98 $5,594.56 $5,600.16Flix Group $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Independent Film Channel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Sundance Channel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Showtime Digital Combo (Show, TMC, Flix & Sundance) $5,949.41 $6,901.31 $7,853.22 $8,805.12 $9,757.03 $10,387.66 $10,542.35 $10,547.62 $10,558.17 $10,568.73 $10,579.30 $10,589.87HBO Digital Group/Cinemax Digital Group $3,170.04 $3,677.24 $4,184.45 $4,691.65 $5,198.86 $5,534.88 $5,617.30 $5,620.11 $5,625.73 $5,631.36 $5,636.99 $5,642.62Sundance, Flix, Independent Film Channel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Digital Basic Tier with Music Choice $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Video on Demand Movies & Events $4,264.49 $4,946.81 $5,629.12 $6,311.44 $6,993.76 $7,445.79 $7,556.67 $7,560.45 $7,568.01 $7,575.58 $7,583.15 $7,590.74Advertising Sales $5,964.32 $6,918.61 $7,872.90 $8,827.19 $9,781.48 $10,413.70 $10,568.77 $10,574.06 $10,584.63 $10,595.21 $10,605.81 $10,616.42Open $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Open $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Open $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Total $31,504.12 $36,544.78 $41,585.44 $46,626.10 $51,666.76 $55,006.20 $55,825.31 $55,853.22 $55,909.07 $55,964.98 $56,020.95 $56,076.97

Pay Per ViewPPV 1 $772.08 $895.61 $1,019.15 $1,142.68 $1,266.21 $1,348.05 $1,368.13 $1,368.81 $1,370.18 $1,371.55 $1,372.92 $1,374.29PPV 2 $772.08 $895.61 $1,019.15 $1,142.68 $1,266.21 $1,348.05 $1,368.13 $1,368.81 $1,370.18 $1,371.55 $1,372.92 $1,374.29PPV 3 $772.08 $895.61 $1,019.15 $1,142.68 $1,266.21 $1,348.05 $1,368.13 $1,368.81 $1,370.18 $1,371.55 $1,372.92 $1,374.29PPV 4 $772.08 $895.61 $1,019.15 $1,142.68 $1,266.21 $1,348.05 $1,368.13 $1,368.81 $1,370.18 $1,371.55 $1,372.92 $1,374.29PPV 5 $772.08 $895.61 $1,019.15 $1,142.68 $1,266.21 $1,348.05 $1,368.13 $1,368.81 $1,370.18 $1,371.55 $1,372.92 $1,374.29PPV 6 $772.08 $895.61 $1,019.15 $1,142.68 $1,266.21 $1,348.05 $1,368.13 $1,368.81 $1,370.18 $1,371.55 $1,372.92 $1,374.29Open $772.08 $895.61 $1,019.15 $1,142.68 $1,266.21 $1,348.05 $1,368.13 $1,368.81 $1,370.18 $1,371.55 $1,372.92 $1,374.29Open $772.08 $895.61 $1,019.15 $1,142.68 $1,266.21 $1,348.05 $1,368.13 $1,368.81 $1,370.18 $1,371.55 $1,372.92 $1,374.29Open $772.08 $895.61 $1,019.15 $1,142.68 $1,266.21 $1,348.05 $1,368.13 $1,368.81 $1,370.18 $1,371.55 $1,372.92 $1,374.29Total $6,948.72 $8,060.52 $9,172.31 $10,284.11 $11,395.90 $12,132.47 $12,313.13 $12,319.29 $12,331.61 $12,343.94 $12,356.28 $12,368.64


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Limited BasicHeadline News $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WBBM (2) CBS Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WGN (9) Chicago Local Off-Air $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WFLD (32) Fox Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WMAQ (5) Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WCIU (26) IND Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Local Community Channel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WLS (7) ABC Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WPWR (50) UPN Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WTTW (11) PBS Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WCPX (38) PAX Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00TV Guide Channel $2.72 $3.16 $3.60 $4.03 $4.47 $4.76 $4.83 $4.83 $4.83 $4.84 $4.84 $4.85WGBO (66) Univision Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WSNS (44) Telemundo Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00WYCC (22) PBS Chicago $10.35 $12.01 $13.66 $15.32 $16.98 $18.07 $18.34 $18.35 $18.37 $18.39 $18.41 $18.43TBS $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Local Govt/Educational/Public Access Channel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Total Limited Basic $2.72 $3.16 $3.60 $4.03 $4.47 $4.76 $4.83 $4.83 $4.83 $4.84 $4.84 $4.85

Standard BasicA & E $6.40 $7.43 $8.45 $9.47 $10.50 $11.18 $11.34 $11.35 $11.36 $11.37 $11.38 $11.40American Movie Classics $6.95 $8.06 $9.17 $10.28 $11.39 $12.13 $12.31 $12.32 $12.33 $12.34 $12.35 $12.37American's Health Network $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00America's Talking $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00America's Voice Network $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Animal Planet $4.17 $4.84 $5.50 $6.17 $6.84 $7.28 $7.39 $7.39 $7.40 $7.40 $7.41 $7.42BET $4.09 $4.74 $5.39 $6.05 $6.70 $7.13 $7.24 $7.24 $7.25 $7.26 $7.27 $7.27BET On Jazz $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Bloomberg Television $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Bravo $4.43 $5.14 $5.84 $6.55 $7.26 $7.73 $7.84 $7.85 $7.86 $7.86 $7.87 $7.88Cable In the Classroom $1.16 $1.34 $1.53 $1.71 $1.90 $2.02 $2.05 $2.05 $2.05 $2.06 $2.06 $2.06Cartoon Network $3.46 $4.01 $4.57 $5.12 $5.67 $6.04 $6.13 $6.13 $6.14 $6.15 $6.15 $6.16CMTV $2.72 $3.16 $3.60 $4.03 $4.47 $4.76 $4.83 $4.83 $4.83 $4.84 $4.84 $4.85CNBC $5.72 $6.64 $7.55 $8.47 $9.38 $9.99 $10.14 $10.14 $10.15 $10.16 $10.17 $10.18CNN $10.43 $12.10 $13.77 $15.44 $17.11 $18.22 $18.49 $18.50 $18.52 $18.54 $18.55 $18.57


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Standard Basic (Cont.)CNNfn $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00CNNSI $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Comedy Central $4.50 $5.21 $5.93 $6.65 $7.37 $7.85 $7.97 $7.97 $7.98 $7.99 $7.99 $8.00Court TV $3.81 $4.42 $5.03 $5.64 $6.25 $6.66 $6.76 $6.76 $6.77 $6.78 $6.78 $6.79C-Span $1.63 $1.90 $2.16 $2.42 $2.68 $2.85 $2.90 $2.90 $2.90 $2.90 $2.91 $2.91C-Span 2 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Discovery $8.61 $9.99 $11.36 $12.74 $14.12 $15.03 $15.25 $15.26 $15.28 $15.29 $15.31 $15.32Disney $23.16 $26.86 $30.57 $34.27 $37.98 $40.43 $41.03 $41.05 $41.09 $41.14 $41.18 $41.22Do It Yourself Network $1.63 $1.90 $2.16 $2.42 $2.68 $2.85 $2.90 $2.90 $2.90 $2.90 $2.91 $2.91E! Entertainment $3.81 $4.42 $5.03 $5.64 $6.25 $6.66 $6.76 $6.76 $6.77 $6.78 $6.78 $6.79Encore $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Encore MoviePlex $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00ESPN $49.39 $57.29 $65.20 $73.10 $81.00 $86.24 $87.52 $87.56 $87.65 $87.74 $87.83 $87.92ESPN 2 $10.22 $11.85 $13.49 $15.12 $16.75 $17.84 $18.10 $18.11 $18.13 $18.15 $18.17 $18.18ESPN News $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00ESPN Classic Sports $4.09 $4.74 $5.39 $6.05 $6.70 $7.13 $7.24 $7.24 $7.25 $7.26 $7.27 $7.27EWTN $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Fit TV $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00ABC Family Channel $4.99 $5.78 $6.58 $7.38 $8.18 $8.70 $8.83 $8.84 $8.85 $8.86 $8.87 $8.87Food Network $2.32 $2.69 $3.06 $3.43 $3.80 $4.04 $4.10 $4.11 $4.11 $4.11 $4.12 $4.12Fox News $6.01 $6.97 $7.93 $8.89 $9.85 $10.49 $10.64 $10.65 $10.66 $10.67 $10.68 $10.69fX $8.12 $9.42 $10.72 $12.02 $13.31 $14.17 $14.39 $14.39 $14.41 $14.42 $14.44 $14.45fX Movies (no fX in system) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Game Show Network $3.00 $3.48 $3.96 $4.44 $4.91 $5.23 $5.31 $5.31 $5.32 $5.32 $5.33 $5.33Golf Channel $5.72 $6.64 $7.55 $8.47 $9.38 $9.99 $10.14 $10.14 $10.15 $10.16 $10.17 $10.18Great American Country $0.95 $1.11 $1.26 $1.41 $1.56 $1.66 $1.69 $1.69 $1.69 $1.69 $1.70 $1.70Headline News (Free with CNN) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00History Channel $4.90 $5.69 $6.47 $7.26 $8.04 $8.56 $8.69 $8.69 $8.70 $8.71 $8.72 $8.73Home & Garden TV $4.09 $4.74 $5.39 $6.05 $6.70 $7.13 $7.24 $7.24 $7.25 $7.26 $7.27 $7.27Home Shopping Network $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Independent Film Channel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00International Channel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Inspirational Network $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Lifetime Movie Network $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Open $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00




Standard Basic (Cont.)Learning Channel $4.39 $5.09 $5.79 $6.49 $7.19 $7.66 $7.77 $7.78 $7.78 $7.79 $7.80 $7.81Lifetime $7.90 $9.16 $10.43 $11.69 $12.96 $13.79 $14.00 $14.01 $14.02 $14.03 $14.05 $14.06Military Channel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00MSNBC $3.54 $4.11 $4.67 $5.24 $5.81 $6.18 $6.28 $6.28 $6.29 $6.29 $6.30 $6.30MTV $8.04 $9.32 $10.61 $11.89 $13.18 $14.03 $14.24 $14.25 $14.26 $14.28 $14.29 $14.31Much Music $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00NASA TV $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00The National Network $8.45 $9.80 $11.15 $12.50 $13.85 $14.75 $14.96 $14.97 $14.99 $15.00 $15.02 $15.03NET $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Newsport $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Nickelodeon $11.52 $13.37 $15.21 $17.05 $18.90 $20.12 $20.42 $20.43 $20.45 $20.47 $20.49 $20.51Nostalgia $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Hallmark Channel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Outdoor Life Network $4.66 $5.40 $6.15 $6.89 $7.64 $8.13 $8.25 $8.26 $8.27 $8.28 $8.28 $8.29The Outdoor Channel $1.96 $2.28 $2.59 $2.90 $3.22 $3.42 $3.48 $3.48 $3.48 $3.48 $3.49 $3.49Ovation $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Oxygen $5.91 $6.86 $7.80 $8.75 $9.70 $10.32 $10.48 $10.48 $10.49 $10.50 $10.51 $10.52Pax Family Network $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Product Information Network (PIN) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00QVC $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Women's Entertainment (formerly Romance Classics) $3.81 $4.42 $5.03 $5.64 $6.25 $6.66 $6.76 $6.76 $6.77 $6.78 $6.78 $6.79Sci-Fi Network $4.36 $5.06 $5.75 $6.45 $7.15 $7.61 $7.72 $7.73 $7.74 $7.74 $7.75 $7.76Speed Channel $4.66 $5.40 $6.15 $6.89 $7.64 $8.13 $8.25 $8.26 $8.27 $8.28 $8.28 $8.29Fox Sports Midwest $20.43 $23.70 $26.97 $30.24 $33.51 $35.67 $36.21 $36.22 $36.26 $36.30 $36.33 $36.37Style $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00TBN $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00TBS $7.63 $8.85 $10.07 $11.29 $12.51 $13.32 $13.52 $13.52 $13.54 $13.55 $13.56 $13.58TNT $19.61 $22.75 $25.89 $29.03 $32.17 $34.25 $34.76 $34.77 $34.81 $34.84 $34.88 $34.91Toon Disney $2.45 $2.84 $3.24 $3.63 $4.02 $4.28 $4.34 $4.35 $4.35 $4.36 $4.36 $4.36Travel Channel $1.91 $2.21 $2.52 $2.82 $3.13 $3.33 $3.38 $3.38 $3.38 $3.39 $3.39 $3.39Turner Classic Movies $5.99 $6.95 $7.91 $8.87 $9.83 $10.46 $10.62 $10.63 $10.64 $10.65 $10.66 $10.67Turner South $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Tech TV $1.91 $2.21 $2.52 $2.82 $3.13 $3.33 $3.38 $3.38 $3.38 $3.39 $3.39 $3.39TV Land $2.72 $3.16 $3.60 $4.03 $4.47 $4.76 $4.83 $4.83 $4.83 $4.84 $4.84 $4.85USA Network $10.90 $12.64 $14.38 $16.13 $17.87 $19.03 $19.31 $19.32 $19.34 $19.36 $19.38 $19.40




Standard Basic (Cont.)VH-1 $3.54 $4.11 $4.67 $5.24 $5.81 $6.18 $6.28 $6.28 $6.29 $6.29 $6.30 $6.30Weather Channel $4.25 $4.93 $5.61 $6.29 $6.97 $7.42 $7.53 $7.53 $7.54 $7.55 $7.56 $7.56WeatherScan $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00SoapNet $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00National Geographic Channel $4.09 $4.74 $5.39 $6.05 $6.70 $7.13 $7.24 $7.24 $7.25 $7.26 $7.27 $7.27Fine Living $3.00 $3.48 $3.96 $4.44 $4.91 $5.23 $5.31 $5.31 $5.32 $5.32 $5.33 $5.33Galavision $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Biography (Includes History International) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Open $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Open $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Open $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Open $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Open $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Annual Adjustment $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Total Standard Basic $358.09 $415.39 $472.68 $529.97 $587.27 $625.23 $634.54 $634.85 $635.49 $636.12 $636.76 $637.40

HBO Analog Only $216.03 $250.60 $285.17 $319.73 $354.30 $377.20 $382.81 $383.00 $383.39 $383.77 $384.15 $384.54Pay Per View $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00


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Basic 5,327 6,254 7,180 8,107 9,033 9,960 10,261 10,261 10,271 10,281 10,292 10,302Expanded Basic 5,168 6,066 6,965 7,864 8,762 9,661 9,953 9,953 9,963 9,973 9,983 9,993Business Basic 11 13 14 16 18 20 21 21 21 21 21 21Line Maintenance Plan 3,463 4,065 4,667 5,269 5,872 6,474 6,670 6,670 6,676 6,683 6,690 6,696HBO Digital Group 426 500 574 649 723 797 821 821 822 823 823 824Cinemax Digital Group 320 375 431 486 542 598 616 616 616 617 618 618Showtime Digital Group 320 375 431 486 542 598 616 616 616 617 618 618The Movie Channel Digital Group 266 313 359 405 452 498 513 513 514 514 515 515Starz/Encore Group 666 782 898 1,013 1,129 1,245 1,283 1,283 1,284 1,285 1,286 1,288Flix Group 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Independent Film Channel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sundance Channel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Showtime Digital Combo (Show, TMC, Flix & Sundance) 799 938 1,077 1,216 1,355 1,494 1,539 1,539 1,541 1,542 1,544 1,545HBO Digital Group/Cinemax Digital Group 266 313 359 405 452 498 513 513 514 514 515 515Sundance, Flix, Independent Film Channel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Digital Basic Tier with Music Choice 1,279 1,501 1,723 1,946 2,168 2,390 2,463 2,463 2,465 2,468 2,470 2,472Video on Demand Movies & Events 586 688 790 892 994 1,096 1,129 1,129 1,130 1,131 1,132 1,133Advertising Sales 5,327 6,254 7,180 8,107 9,033 9,960 10,261 10,261 10,271 10,281 10,292 10,302Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Commercial Basic 115 134 154 174 194 214 221 221 221 221 221 221Commercial HBO 23 27 31 35 39 43 44 44 44 44 44 44Commercial Pay Per View 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Standard High Speed Data - Level 1 168 206 247 290 336 384 420 450 480 510 539 569Silver High Speed Data - Level 2 437 581 730 887 1,050 1,220 1,328 1,404 1,481 1,558 1,635 1,711Gold & Platnimum High Speed Data - Level 3 317 389 465 547 633 725 793 849 906 962 1,018 1,074

Standard Business High Speed Data - Level 1 11 13 15 17 19 21 22 22 22 22 22 22Standard Business High Speed Data - Level 2 23 26 30 34 38 42 43 43 43 43 43 44Business Plus High Speed Data - Level 1 34 39 45 51 57 63 65 65 65 65 65 65Business Plus High Speed Data - Level 2 45 52 60 68 76 83 86 86 86 86 86 86Business Elite High Speed Data - Level 1 56 65 75 85 94 104 107 107 107 107 107 108Business Elite High Speed Data - Level 2 67 78 90 101 113 125 128 128 129 129 129 129Direct Business High Speed Data - Level 1 78 91 105 118 132 145 150 150 150 150 150 150Direct Business High Speed Data - Level 2 89 104 120 135 151 166 171 171 171 171 172 172


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Basic 926 926 926 926 926 301 0 10 10 10 10 10Expanded Basic 899 899 899 899 899 292 0 10 10 10 10 10Business Basic 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Line Maintenance Plan 602 602 602 602 602 196 0 7 7 7 7 7HBO Digital Group 74 74 74 74 74 24 0 1 1 1 1 1Cinemax Digital Group 56 56 56 56 56 18 0 1 1 1 1 1Showtime Digital Group 56 56 56 56 56 18 0 1 1 1 1 1The Movie Channel Digital Group 46 46 46 46 46 15 0 1 1 1 1 1Starz/Encore Group 116 116 116 116 116 38 0 1 1 1 1 1Flix Group 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Independent Film Channel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sundance Channel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Showtime Digital Combo (Show, TMC, Flix & Sundance) 139 139 139 139 139 45 0 2 2 2 2 2



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Standard High Speed Data - Level 1 19 19 19 19 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 0Silver High Speed Data - Level 2 95 95 95 95 95 31 0 1 1 1 1 1Gold & Platnimum High Speed Data - Level 3 36 36 36 36 36 12 0 0 0 0 0 0High Speed Data - Level 1 - Remarket 20 22 25 28 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 32High Speed Data - Level 2 - Remarket 51 58 66 73 81 83 83 83 84 84 84 84High Speed Data - Level 3 - Remarket 37 42 48 53 59 60 60 61 61 61 61 61Total 258 274 290 306 322 225 176 178 178 178 178 178

Standard Business High Speed Data - Level 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Standard Business High Speed Data - Level 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Business Plus High Speed Data - Level 1 6 6 6 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Business Plus High Speed Data - Level 2 8 8 8 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Business Elite High Speed Data - Level 1 10 10 10 10 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Business Elite High Speed Data - Level 2 12 12 12 12 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0Direct Business High Speed Data - Level 1 14 14 14 14 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0Direct Business High Speed Data - Level 2 15 15 15 15 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 70 70 70 70 70 23 0 1 1 1 1 1


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Basic 6,254 7,180 8,107 9,033 9,960 10,261 10,261 10,271 10,281 10,292 10,302 10,312Expanded Basic 6,066 6,965 7,864 8,762 9,661 9,953 9,953 9,963 9,973 9,983 9,993 10,003Business Basic 13 14 16 18 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21Line Maintenance Plan 4,065 4,667 5,269 5,872 6,474 6,670 6,670 6,676 6,683 6,690 6,696 6,703HBO Digital Group 500 574 649 723 797 821 821 822 823 823 824 825Cinemax Digital Group 375 431 486 542 598 616 616 616 617 618 618 619Showtime Digital Group 375 431 486 542 598 616 616 616 617 618 618 619The Movie Channel Digital Group 313 359 405 452 498 513 513 514 514 515 515 516Starz/Encore Group 782 898 1,013 1,129 1,245 1,283 1,283 1,284 1,285 1,286 1,288 1,289Flix Group 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Independent Film Channel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sundance Channel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Showtime Digital Combo (Show, TMC, Flix & Sundance) 938 1,077 1,216 1,355 1,494 1,539 1,539 1,541 1,542 1,544 1,545 1,547



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High Speed Data - Level 1 Disconnects 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3High Speed Data - Level 2 Disconnects 3 4 4 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9High Speed Data - Level 3 Disconnects 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6

High Speed Data - Level 1 Net 206 247 290 336 384 420 450 480 510 539 569 598High Speed Data - Level 2 Net 581 730 887 1,050 1,220 1,328 1,404 1,481 1,558 1,635 1,711 1,787High Speed Data - Level 3 Net 389 465 547 633 725 793 849 906 962 1,018 1,074 1,129

Standard Business High Speed Data - Level 1 13 15 17 19 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22Standard Business High Speed Data - Level 2 26 30 34 38 42 43 43 43 43 43 44 44Business Plus High Speed Data - Level 1 39 45 51 57 63 65 65 65 65 65 65 65Business Plus High Speed Data - Level 2 52 60 68 76 83 86 86 86 86 86 86 86Business Elite High Speed Data - Level 1 65 75 85 94 104 107 107 107 107 107 108 108Business Elite High Speed Data - Level 2 78 90 101 113 125 128 128 129 129 129 129 129Direct Business High Speed Data - Level 1 91 105 118 132 145 150 150 150 150 150 150 150Direct Business High Speed Data - Level 2 104 120 135 151 166 171 171 171 171 172 172 172Total Commercial High Speed Data 471 540 610 680 750 772 772 773 774 775 775 776


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Basic 5,791 6,717 7,644 8,570 9,497 10,110 10,261 10,266 10,276 10,287 10,297 10,307Expanded Basic 5,617 6,516 7,414 8,313 9,212 9,807 9,953 9,958 9,968 9,978 9,988 9,998Business Basic 12 13 15 17 19 20 21 21 21 21 21 21Line Maintenance Plan 3,764 4,366 4,968 5,571 6,173 6,572 6,670 6,673 6,680 6,686 6,693 6,700HBO Digital Group 463 537 611 686 760 809 821 821 822 823 824 825Cinemax Digital Group 347 403 459 514 570 607 616 616 617 617 618 618Showtime Digital Group 347 403 459 514 570 607 616 616 617 617 618 618The Movie Channel Digital Group 290 336 382 429 475 506 513 513 514 514 515 515Starz/Encore Group 724 840 955 1,071 1,187 1,264 1,283 1,283 1,285 1,286 1,287 1,288Flix Group 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Independent Film Channel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sundance Channel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Showtime Digital Combo (Show, TMC, Flix & Sundance) 869 1,008 1,147 1,286 1,424 1,517 1,539 1,540 1,541 1,543 1,545 1,546HBO Digital Group/Cinemax Digital Group 290 336 382 429 475 506 513 513 514 514 515 515Sundance, Flix, Independent Film Channel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Digital Basic Tier with Music Choice 1,390 1,612 1,834 2,057 2,279 2,426 2,463 2,464 2,466 2,469 2,471 2,474Video on Demand Movies & Events 637 739 841 943 1,045 1,112 1,129 1,129 1,130 1,132 1,133 1,134Advertising Sales 5,791 6,717 7,644 8,570 9,497 10,110 10,261 10,266 10,276 10,287 10,297 10,307Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



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Standard High Speed Data - Level 1 187 226 268 313 360 402 435 465 495 525 554 584Silver High Speed Data - Level 2 509 655 809 969 1,135 1,274 1,366 1,443 1,520 1,596 1,673 1,749Gold & Platnimum High Speed Data - Level 3 353 427 506 590 679 759 821 877 934 990 1,046 1,101Total 1,049 1,309 1,583 1,871 2,174 2,435 2,622 2,785 2,948 3,111 3,273 3,434

Standard Business High Speed Data - Level 1 12 14 16 18 20 22 22 22 22 22 22 22Standard Business High Speed Data - Level 2 24 28 32 36 40 43 43 43 43 43 43 44Business Plus High Speed Data - Level 1 36 42 48 54 60 64 65 65 65 65 65 65Business Plus High Speed Data - Level 2 48 56 64 72 79 85 86 86 86 86 86 86Business Elite High Speed Data - Level 1 60 70 80 90 99 106 107 107 107 107 108 108Business Elite High Speed Data - Level 2 72 84 96 107 119 127 128 129 129 129 129 129Direct Business High Speed Data - Level 1 84 98 112 125 139 148 150 150 150 150 150 150Direct Business High Speed Data - Level 2 97 112 127 143 158 168 171 171 171 171 172 172Total 436 506 575 645 715 761 772 773 773 774 775 776


United Telesystems, Inc.

GENEVA FIBER NETWORKBROADBAND NETWORK HEADEND COSTS

QTY DESCRIPTION MODEL PART # PRICE PRICE

ANTENNAS1 SIMULSAT 5 MULTIBEAM ANTENNA SIM 5 $67,500.00 $67,500.00

18 DIGITAL LNB $126.00 $2,268.001 SABRE 195' TOWER W/ANTENNA INSTALL $140,000.00 $140,000.001 HEADEND BUILDING & GENERATOR $350,000.00 $350,000.001 NOAA WEATHER ANTENNA Hollyanne $150.00 $150.001 FM BROADCAST ANTENNA Hollyanne $2,500.00 $2,500.002 VHF 2-6 ANTENNA Wade WL2-6/S $794.46 $1,588.923 VHF 7-13 ANTENNA Wade WL7-13/S $794.46 $2,383.389 UHF ANTENNA Wade UHF $310.00 $2,790.00

$569,180.30

ANALOG HEADEND EQUIPMENT47 IRD RECEIVER/DESCRAMBER 9660 PRO IRD SA $1,532.00 $72,004.00

8 MODEL 9660-RO RECEIVER ONLY 9660-RO SA $925.00 $7,400.005 POWER VU SATELLITE RECEIVERS D9223 SA $1,700.00 $8,500.00

15 DIGITAL TO ANALOG RECEIVERS CDSR-4500 $1,700.00 $25,500.002 RECEIVER, MPEG 2 UNITY 4000 WEGNER $2,775.00 $5,550.00

10 SIGNAL PROCESSORS SP450 $775.00 $7,750.0011 6270 AGILE DEMODULATOR 6270/568550 SA $4,065.00 $44,715.0044 NONAURAL CONT. MODULATOR 9825M 741140 $2,339.00 $102,916.0036 STEREO MODULATOR 9825d 741130 $4,028.00 $145,008.0080 REAR INTERFACE MODULE MODULATOR 9815 741150 $445.00 $35,600.0010 CONTROL MODULE 9810 546100 $665.00 $6,650.0020 REAR INTERFACE MODULE CONTROL 9801 546020 $197.00 $3,940.0015 CONTINUUM BLANK MODULES SA $22.00 $330.0011 CHASIS 19' BLACK 9800 5565410 $256.00 $2,816.00

1 HOLLYANNE EAS SYSTEM 6120A $22,500.00 $22,500.001 WEATHER CHANNEL PROCESSOR WRK-44-32 $6,500.00 $6,500.000 WEATHER CHANNEL PROCESSOR-SCAN WRK-44-32 WTHSCAN $6,500.00 $0.002 VIDEO GIZMO GRAPHICS SYSTEM $3,500.00 $7,000.001 FM STEREO TUNER FMR-1000 $250.00 $250.001 SPARE HEADEND ELECTRONICS $35,000.00 $35,000.00

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HEADEND INSTALLATION, FIBER MGMT, AD INSERTION & LO EQUIPMENT

1 AD INSERTION EQUIPMENT ETI $75,000.00 $75,000.001 LO EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS ETI $125,000.00 $125,000.001 CAMERA & PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT $50,000.00 $50,000.001 STATUS MONITORING EQUIPMENT $40,000.00 $40,000.001 FIBER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SA $35,000.00 $35,000.001 CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM $7,500.00 $7,500.001 COMBINING NETWORK $8,000.00 $8,000.001 GROUNDING PACKAGE $2,500.00 $2,500.001 EQUIPMENT CABINET PACKAGE $52,500.00 $52,500.001 OTHER HE INSTALLATION MATERIALS $5,000.00 $5,000.001 HEADEND TEST EQUIPMENT $10,000.00 $10,000.001 HEADEND WIRING CABLES, ETC. $12,500.00 $12,500.001 HE DESIGN & ENGINEERING $16,500.00 $16,500.001 HE INSTALLATION - ANALOG $100,000.00 $100,000.001 HE SPLICING $40,000.00 $40,000.001 COMPUTER FURNITURE/FURNISHINGS HEADEND $5,000.00 $5,000.001 VIDEO ON DEMAND SYSTEM $325,000.00 $325,000.00

TOTAL HEADEND $1,449,429.00





TELEPHONE & DATA EQUIPMENT1 NMS Servers (Includes BMG) $74,875.00 $74,875.001 OC 12, GigE, DS1 Test Equipment $10,590.00 $10,590.001 Cisco 7206 VXR (C7206VXR/400/GE) $17,500.00 $17,500.001 Extreme Networks BlackDiamond 6808s (3) $479,310.00 $479,310.001 Telica Class 4/5 Solutions Incl. Broadband Components $684,809.00 $684,809.001 Interconnection, Installation, Testing $89,000.00 $89,000.001 OA/DA/E911 Trunkgroups $25,044.00 $25,044.001 SS& A-links $660.00 $660.00

TOTAL TELEPHONE & DATA EQUIPMENT $1,381,788.00


BOM Ref: Digital Subscriber NetworksCustomer: Tri-CitiesSite: Geneva, IllinoisCurrency: All prices in $US.

S-A Part # Product Description Supplier Provided By Quantity Unit Price Total PriceNOTE: REVIEW ASSUMPTIONS ON OVERVIEW SHEET

Control ComponentsDNCS Platform

734864 DNCS Platform, DNCS 250 Sun (et. al.) Scientific-Atlanta 1 $41,600.00 $41,600.00

733091 Binder for System Release 1.2.9 Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $30,000.00 $30,000.00

745040 Transaction Encryption Device, TED FX Gain Systems Scientific-Atlanta 1 $12,000.00 $12,000.00

734860 Application Server, AS240 Ultra 5 Sun (et. al.) Scientific-Atlanta 1 $14,400.00 $14,400.00

574196 Sun E250 Ethernet Card (x1033A) Sun (et. al.) Scientific-Atlanta 1 $800.00 $800.00GPS Hardware Kit

713703 GPS - Kit Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $1,200.00 $1,200.00Fiber Optic Cables

713238SMF, Duplex Cable Assy, w/ FC - SC Conn, 10 ft. Anixter Scientific-Atlanta 1 $52.80 $52.80

713233MMF, Duplex Cable Assy, w/ SC - SC Conn, 50 ft. Anixter Scientific-Atlanta 1 $65.60 $65.60

Sub-total $100,118.40

Content ComponentsCAQAM

567710 CA QAM with ASI Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 21 $3,160.00 $66,360.00-16 fed from DSR-4400MD receiver-1 fed from MDRs-2 fed from Statistical Multiplexer-1 for BFS BIG-1 spare

PowerVu Components

803-360PowerVu MDR, Multiple Decryption Receiver Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 3 $4,796.00 $14,388.00

SA Broadband Integrated Gateway (BIG)

713090 BFS Broadband Integrated Gateway Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $19,440.00 $19,440.00

180774 SWIF Cables, 2 Meter Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $32.00 $32.00

Sub-total $100,220.00

0201-COL-0466Scientific-Atlanta Confidential and Proprietary Information

Information contained on this sheet is subject to the statement on the title page. 1



Communication ComponentsEthernet Hubs

7145413 Com OfficeConnect Dual Speed Hub 8, 10/100bT 3 Comm Scientific-Atlanta 1 $476.00 $476.00

749561 Baystack 70 Series Eth. Switch, 24 Port Nortel Scientific-Atlanta 1 $800.00 $800.00

187199 56K FaxModem, US Robotics USRobotics Scientific-Atlanta 1 $221.60 $221.60

569068RS-232 Serial Cable, DB-25 to DB-25, 10ft. UsRobotics Scientific-Atlanta 1 $16.00 $16.00

574196 Virtual Private Network, VPN, Serial 1

713877 XyplexMAX Server 40 Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $3,840.00 $3,840.00

713878Cisco 2611 Modular Router w/ Serial WAN Interface Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $4,400.00 $4,400.00

717688Explorer 3100 DHCT, Model C w/Serial Debug Port Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $460.00 $460.00

738990 Remote Controller Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $11.00 $11.00

714257Adapter RJ-45 to DB-9 Male (QAM, BIG) Scientific Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 22 Included Included

714532 Adapter RJ-45 to DB-9 Male (Router ) Scientific Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 Included Included

714529 Adapter RJ-45 to DB-9 Female (QPSK ) Scientific Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 17 Included Included

714530 Adapter RJ-45 to DB-25 Male (SUN) Scientific Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 2 Included Included

714535Adapter RJ-45 to DB-25 Male (56K modem) Scientific Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 Included Included

713877 XyplexMAX Server 40 (additional) Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $3,840.00 $3,840.00

Sub-total $14,064.60

Local Hub Components

591920 QPSK Modulator, 110vac (one spare) Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 3 $3,160.00 $9,480.00

591930QPSK Demodulator, 110vac (one spare) Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 14 $2,300.00 $32,200.00






Rack HardwareSA Rack Hardware and Labor

574196 Wiring Harness Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 4 $400.00 $1,600.00

Headend Rack UPS

188540Uninterruptible Power Supply, Headend Racks APC Scientific-Atlanta 4 $3,600.00 $14,400.00


Other Third Party Equipment - SA Provided

560974 NetOptics OM-315-R Converter NetOptics Scientific-Atlanta 1 $2,000.00 $2,000.00

745021RS3000. -Riverstone Layer 3 Router with 32 10/100 ports. Riverstone Scientific-Atlanta 1 $7,196.00 $7,196.00

Riverstone Service Riverstone Scientific-Atlanta

Sub-total $9,196.00

DBDS Services & DocumentationServices

730213 Small-Tier Headend Installation Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $25,800.00 $25,800.00

745666Project management for the Digital HE Install and Launch Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $14,000.00 $14,000.00

733000 Headend or Hub Rack On-Site per rack Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 4 $2,420.00 $9,680.00

713104 On-site Engineer( one week) Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 2 $10,500.00 $21,000.00

730205 VPN installation with Headend Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $2,000.00 $2,000.00

730206 GPS installation with Headend Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $2,000.00 $2,000.00

590264Local/Remote Hub Installation, per Hub/Rack Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $3,700.00 $3,700.00






Documentation and Training

574737 DBDS System Doc. Set Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $75.00 $75.00

573667 Introduction to Digital Training Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $495.00 $495.00

574207 CSR Training Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 10 $195.00 $1,950.00

592264 Technician Training Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 10 $195.00 $1,950.00

573674 Activating and Operating Digital Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $2,325.00 $2,325.00

712947 Advanced Troubleshooting Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $2,500.00 $2,500.00

713215Instructor Training Program (for CSR & Technician training) Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $1,450.00

Sub-total $9,295.00

Total - SA Equipment $368,754.00

Other Digital Equipment

Terayon Digital Cherry Picker Terayon 1 $37,500.00 $37,500.00DSR 4400 MD Motorola 22 $2,400.00 $52,800.00Spare Digital Equipment 1 $15,000.00 $15,000.00

Total - Other Digital Equipment $105,300.00

Total Digital Headend Equipment $474,054.00





Cable Modem and Explorer Pricing749874

DPX100 Cable ModemScientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $85.00 $85.00

717683 Model Explorer 2100 Digital Home Communications Terminal - 4MB Flash, 4MB Graphics, 8MB DRAM

Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $325.00 $325.00





589252 SARA Resident Application & User Interface


738990 Remote Control - 3 Function Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $10.00 $10.00

544345 RF-Bypass Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $11.75 $11.75

735996 E2152 IR Shooter Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta 1 $7.50 $7.50




GENEVA FIBER NETWORKFTTH HEADEND COSTS

Sample Design Homes Passed 20000Sample Design Last Mile Cores 200 45.88%Model Homes Passed 12,548Model Last Mile Cores 92

QT ITEM PART NUMBER VENDOR PRICE TOTALOPTICAL ELECTRONICS: Jumpers, Patch, FEC, Frames OE

1 FIBER MANAGEMENT (FDF) 7' E-501-L91 ADC Telecommunications $582.55 $582.551 FDF INTERBAY STRG. E-501-L139 ADC Telecommunications $396.50 $396.501 END GUARD 12" X 7' PUTTY UEGP-7PW ADC Telecommunications $151.28 $151.28

551 SC-SC PATCH CORDS, 3mm JACKET / 6m LENGTH (vams) FPC-SPSC-S-6M ADC Telecommunications $21.78 $12,000.780 SC-SC PATCH CORDS, 3mm JACKET / 15m LENGTH (misc. patc FPC-SPSC-S-15M ADC Telecommunications $25.00 $0.000 FC/APC-SC PATCH CORDS, 3mm JACKET / 15m (TX's) FPC-SPSC/APFC-S-15M ADC Telecommunications $29.25 $0.000 SC DUPLEX ZIP JMPR, SINGLEMODE, 15m LENGTH (ATM) FPCZ-SPSC-S-15M ADC Telecommunications $50.00 $0.000 SC DUPLEX ZIP JMPR, MULTIMODE, 4m LENGTH (ATM) FPCZ-MDSC-4M ADC Telecommunications $20.00 $0.000 SC DUPLEX ZIP JMPR, MULTIMODE, 22m LENGTH (@HOME) FPCZ-MDSC-22M ADC Telecommunications $25.00 $0.003 VAM SPLITTER CHASSIS, 12 POSITION FDF-FCMVAM ADC Telecommunications $335.50 $1,006.508 SC 72 FIBER STUBBED PATCH PANEL FCM-87V025 ADC Telecommunications $2,367.54 $18,940.320 CHASSIS, VAM, EMPTY 12 POS. 8"X12" 600-5687 ADC Telecommunications $224.00 $0.000 SPLITTER MODULE 600-6530 ADC Telecommunications $224.40 $0.00

10 CABLE MANAGEMENT TRAY STORAGE MODULE E-501-L16 ADC Telecommunications $188.64 $1,886.400 SC IN-LINE ATTENUATOR ATN-131-01 SENKO ADVANCED COMPONENTS $55.00 $0.001 RACK ANCHOR KIT RINST-FLR ADC Telecommunications $0.001 FIBER ENTRANCE CABINETS (F.E.C) FEC - 864 ADC Telecommunications $2,450.00 $2,450.00

551 FUSION SPLICE PROTECTION TUBES, HEAT SHRINK FST-ACC002 ADC Telecommunications $0.10 $55.103 LARGE OSP CABLE CLAMP KIT OSP-CLPFEC-LG ADC Telecommunications $100.00 $300.003 IFC CABLE (84) OSP-CLPFEC ADC Telecommunications $965.00 $2,895.003 IFC CABLE CLAMP KIT OSP-CLPSST ADC Telecommunications $20.00 $60.00

23 FEC SPLICE TRAYS, ALUMINUM, 12 FIBER CT. FST-HS ADC Telecommunications $24.40 $561.20 TOTAL $41,285.63

OPTICAL ELECTRONICS: Transmitters and Rec. OE

2 Optical SHELF HX-1281-ECEC ADC Telecommunications $1,300.00 $2,600.001 RACK FAN / POWER SUPPLY HWPSFAN-300-2 ADC Telecommunications $1,000.20 $1,000.201 1550 7DB Transport Laser HX-7L11-DTA-114 ADC Telecommunications $19,875.00 $19,875.000 1550 EDFA 17 HX-7L12-DTA-114 ADC Telecommunications $14,791.00 $0.001 1550 EDFA 23 with 1 x 4 split HX-7L 13-DTA-114 ADC Telecommunications $18,000.00 $18,000.00

10 1552 EDFA 33 with 1 x 16 split HX3870XP0105 ADC Telecommunications $45,000.00 $450,000.00138 Optical Splitter 1x2 $60.00 $8,280.00

0 Optical Splitter 1x3 $0.002 Optical Splitter 1x4 $150.00 $300.000 Optical Splitter 1x6 $0.000 Optical Splitter 1x8 $0.000 Optical Splitter 1x16 $0.000 Optical Splitter 1x24 $0.000 Optical Splitter 1x30 $0.00

0 RACK FAN DV6948-FAN ADC Telecommunications $325.00 $0.00 TOTAL $500,055.20

Hub Materials Total

Hub Labor DT12 EDFA installation &Proof of performance MM2000 MOTOROLA $1,200.00 $14,400.00551 Passive Optical Hardware Installation MM2010 MOTOROLA $150.00 $82,650.00

0 MMLN4007 MOTOROLA $0.00 $0.000 MMLN4006 MOTOROLA $0.00 $0.00

TOTAL $97,050.00HEADEND TOTAL TOTAL $638,390.83


Budgetary Pricing for United Telesystems - Allen Davis

Item # Wave7 Part Number Description Price1 LC-01-03-04-00-00-02 LMC 10 km, no broadcast, tapped $12,1252 LC-01-03-04-00-00-05-CLP2/12LMC 10 km, no broadcast, HR $18,7793 LC-01-03-04-00-04-02-CLP3/12LMC 10 km, broadcast video (3 fibers), tapped $15,2624 LC-01-03-04-00-04-05-CLP1/12LMC 10 km, broadcast video (3 fibers,) HR $21,4975 LC-01-03-04-03-03-02-CLP3/12LMC 10 km, broadcast video (1 fiber w/ EDFA), tapped $29,5836 LC-01-03-04-03-03-05-CLP1/12LMC 10 km, broadcast video (1 fiber w/ EDFA), HR $35,8187 LC-03-03-04-03-03-02-CLP3/12LMC 70 km, broadcast video (1 fiber w/ EDFA), tapped $30,8248 LC-03-03-04-03-03-05-CLP1/12LMC 70 km, broadcast video (1 fiber w/ EDFA), HR $37,059

Note: All Last Mile Cores (LMC) equipped for 1 GbE, redundant -130 VDC power, 1 main module, 100% fill

9 GU-03-01-01 LMG residential modular, 4 POTS, 4 10/100 data, video $1,06510 GS-01-01 LMG residential low-cost, 0 POTS, 1 10/100 data, video $81411 GS-03-01 LMG residential low-cost, 4 POTS, 1 10/100 data, video $824

Note: Last Mile Gateways-Residential/Modular Residential equipped with power supply and battery back-up

12 GB-01-05-00-01 LMG business, 0 DS-1, 8 POTS, 4 10/100 data, no video $2,39813 GB-01-02-00-01 LMG business, 2 DS-1, 4 POTS, 4 10/100 data, no video $4,42514 GB-01-01-00-01 LMG business, 2 DS-1, 0 POTS, 4 10/100 data, no video $4,28215 GB-01-03-00-01 LMG business, 4 DS-1, 0 POTS, 4 10/100 data, no video $5,152

Note: Last Mile Gateway-Business equipped with 120 VAC power

16 LMM-08-RAC LMM (at hub or CO to mux/demux DS-1s from LMG-B), 8 DS-1s $15,12017 LMM-16-RAC LMM (at hub or CO to mux/demux DS-1s from LMG-B), 16 DS-1s $19,779

Note: Last Mile Multiplexers equipped with redundant AC power supplies

18 LMT-00-01-01-01 LMT closure for HR $18919 LMT-01-01-01-01 LMT with 1x4 splitter $51820 LMT-02-01-01-01 LMT with 1x4 splitter and 1x2 pass through $65921 LMT-03-01-01-01 LMT with 1x8 splitter $729

Note: LMT closure equipped with 1 network splice tray and pigtails LMT with splitters equipped with 1 network and 1 drop splice tray

Wave7 Optics Proprietary and Confidential


City of Geneva WAVE7 FTTHBroadband Network EquipmentTotal Plant Miles: 113.24Total Cost Per Mile: $24,051.78Total Res. Homes Passed: 8,052Total LMCs: 92Total HP/LMC: 88

QTY/Mile Unit price VND Description Model DescriptionAMPLIFIERS/OPTICAL SPLITTERS

0.81 $12,358.00 $10,014.24 W7 LMC, 10km, No EDFA, Tapped, w/broadcast passives LAST MILE CORE0.81 $1,000.00 $810.34 W7 LMC Activation LAST MILE CORE9.72 $173.00 $1,682.28 W7 Tapped with/WDM CLP-03A9.72 $689.00 $6,699.93 W7 LMT with 1x8 splitter OPTICAL SPLITTER & ENCLOSURE

0.00000 $489.00 $0.00 W7 LMT with 1x4 splitter OPTICAL SPLITTER & ENCLOSURE0.00000 $622.00 $0.00 W7 LMT with 1x4 splitter and 1x2 pass through OPTICAL SPLITTER & ENCLOSURE

Power Equipment

0.27011 $2,750.00 $742.82 ALPHA XM2 SERIES CABLE UPS1.62069 $113.48 $183.92 ALPHA ALPHACELL BATTERIES0.27011 $500.00 $135.06 CONCRETE PAD

ENCLOSURES, VAULTS, CONDUIT

4.00000 $20.95 $44.36 CH DROP VAULT8.00000 $23.00 $97.41 CH FEEDER VAULT LABOR4.00000 $18.00 $38.12 CH DROP VAULT LABOR8.00000 $35.00 $148.23 CS CONDUIT RISER GUARD

400.00000 $0.50 $105.88 CS CONDUIT400.00000 $13.75 $2,911.70 CS CONDUIT LABOR



City of GenevaBroadband Network EquipmentTotal Plant Miles: 113.24Total Cost Per Mile: $24,051.78Total Res. Homes Passed: 8,052Total LMCs: 92Total HP/LMC: 88

QTY/Mile Unit price VND Description Model DescriptionAMPLIFIERS/OPTICAL SPLITTERS

0.81 $12,358.00 $10,014.24 W7 LMC, 10km, No EDFA, Tapped, w/broadcast passives LAST MIL0.81 $1,000.00 $810.34 W7 LMC Activation LAST MIL9.72 $173.00 $1,682.28 W7 Tapped with/WDM CLP-03A9.72 $689.00 $6,699.93 W7 LMT with 1x8 splitter OPTICAL

0.00000 $489.00 $0.00 W7 LMT with 1x4 splitter OPTICAL 0.00000 $622.00 $0.00 W7 LMT with 1x4 splitter and 1x2 pass through OPTICAL

Power Equipment

0.27011 $2,750.00 $742.82 ALPHA XM2 SERIES CABLE UPS1.62069 $113.48 $183.92 ALPHA ALPHACELL BATTERIES0.27011 $500.00 $135.06 CONCRETE PAD

ENCLOSURES, VAULTS, CONDUIT

4.00000 $20.95 $44.36 CH DROP VAULT8.00000 $23.00 $97.41 CH FEEDER VAULT LABOR4.00000 $18.00 $38.12 CH DROP VAULT LABOR8.00000 $35.00 $148.23 CS CONDUIT RISER GUARD

400.00000 $0.50 $105.88 CS CONDUIT400.00000 $13.75 $2,911.70 CS CONDUIT LABOR


City of GenevaGeneva, Ilinois FTTH/FTTB Broadband Financial Projections - Base Case 2002Construction Cost Analysis

Units/ Cost/ Cost/ Cost/Aerial Strand Materials Mile Unit Mile Foot

Strand - Class A 5,544.00 $0.07 $388.08 $0.0735D-Lashing Wire 80.00 $0.40 $32.00 $0.0061SS Support Strap - 10" 90.00 $0.15 $13.50 $0.0026SS Support Strap - 16" 40.00 $0.20 $8.00 $0.0015Bell Spacers BTS 1/2 80.00 $0.03 $2.40 $0.0005Kinsel Spacer 3/4" 40.00 $8.47 $338.80 $0.0642Pickle Splice J-5000 2.00 $4.34 $8.68 $0.0016Screw Anchor 15.00 $7.15 $107.25 $0.0203Guy Attachment 15.00 $0.89 $13.35 $0.0025Yellow Guy Guard - 8' 15.00 $3.10 $46.50 $0.0088Preformed Dead End 60.00 $0.85 $51.00 $0.0097Machine Bolt 8814 (5/8" x 14") 35.00 $0.73 $25.55 $0.0048T/E Bolt 8053 (5/8" x 14") 2.00 $2.09 $4.18 $0.0008T/E Nut Threaded 25955 10.00 $1.51 $15.10 $0.0029Straight Clamp 3-Bolt 35.00 $1.70 $59.50 $0.0113Curved Clamp 3-Bolt 5.00 $2.25 $11.25 $0.0021Square Washer 2" 80.00 $0.11 $8.80 $0.0017Square Nut 5/8" 40.00 $0.14 $5.60 $0.0011Cross-Over Clamp 2.00 $0.89 $1.78 $0.0003Copper Guard 8' 3.00 $5.53 $16.59 $0.0031Bronze Guard Rod Clamp 3.00 $0.65 $1.95 $0.0004Copper Wire #6 50.00 $0.12 $6.00 $0.0011Copper Staples 2.00 $0.58 $1.16 $0.0002Verticle Guard 0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.0000Bonding Clamp UCK2 40.00 $1.05 $42.00 $0.0080Split Bolt #4 4H 40.00 $0.48 $19.20 $0.0036Heat Shrink CFTV 1300-48FT 15.00 $4.94 $74.10 $0.0140Heat Shrink CFTV 1500-48FT 5.00 $5.00 $25.00 $0.0047Tap Bracket 2 1/2" 20.00 $0.55 $11.00 $0.0021Tap Bracket 3-9" HDTBL 5.00 $77.00 $385.00 $0.0729Other 1.00 $95.00 $95.00 $0.0180Total Aerial Strand Materials $1,818.32 $0.3444



DROP INSTALLATION COSTUnit Unit Price

Aerial Drop Quantity Price Totals

Fiber Drop with Messenger (2 Pair) 250.00 $0.25 $62.50Twisted Pair 25.00 $0.35 $8.75Average Station Wire 100.00 $0.07 $7.00CAT 5 Cable 50.00 $0.15 $7.50Gilbert RG 11 Quad Connector 0.00 $2.75 $0.00Gilbert RG 6 Quad Connector 8.00 $0.33 $2.60GRB-AR 0.00 $1.80 $0.00Splitters 2 & 3 Way 1.00 $2.50 $2.50Ground Wire 3.00 $0.25 $0.75Housebox 0.00 $3.20 $0.00Split Bolt 1.00 $0.48 $0.48Drop Clamp 1.00 $0.32 $0.32Tie Wraps 8.00 $0.01 $0.08FT Bushing 2.00 $0.03 $0.06Thread On Tag 1.00 $0.15 $0.15Marker Tag 624 1.00 $0.15 $0.15Rams Hook 1.00 $8.10 $8.10Hole Clip 15.00 $0.02 $0.30Screw 8x1 15.00 $0.02 $0.30Screw 10x1 1.00 $0.02 $0.02Q Clamp 1.00 $0.60 $0.60J Hook 1.00 $0.21 $0.21Wall Plate 2.00 $0.28 $0.56F-81 Connector 2.00 $0.28 $0.56CAT 5 Connectors 2.00 $0.50 $1.00Other 0.00 $0.00 $0.00Total Aerial Materials $104.49



DROP INSTALLATION COSTUnit Unit Price

Underground Drop Quantity Price Totals

Fiber Drop with Messenger (2 Pair) 250.00 $0.20 $48.75Twisted Pair 25.00 $0.35 $8.75Average Station Wire 100.00 $0.07 $7.00CAT 5 Cable 50.00 $0.15 $7.50Gilbert RG 6 Quad Connector 8.00 $0.33 $2.60GRB-AR 1.00 $1.80 $1.80Splitter 2 Way 1.00 $2.50 $2.50Ground Wire 3.00 $0.25 $0.75Housebox 0.00 $3.20 $0.00Split Bolt 1.00 $0.48 $0.48FT Bushing 2.00 $0.03 $0.06Thread On Tag 1.00 $0.15 $0.15Marker Tag 624 1.00 $0.15 $0.15Hole Clip 15.00 $0.02 $0.30Screw 8x1 15.00 $0.02 $0.30Screw 10x1 1.00 $0.02 $0.02Wall Plate 2.00 $0.28 $0.56F-81 Connector 2.00 $0.21 $0.42Spiral Wrap 1.00 $0.05 $0.05CAT 5 Connectors 2.00 $0.50 $1.00Total Underground Materials $83.14


City of GenevaGeneva, Ilinois FTTH/FTTB Broadband Financial Projections - Base Case 2002Customer Premise Equipment

Unit Unit PriceAnalog Customer Premise Equipment Quantity Price Totals

SA 8710X558 Converter 0.00 $185.00 $0.00 EAST 870 Mhz Set-Top with Remote 0.05 $80.00 $4.00 Universal Remote Control 0.05 $16.00 $0.80 SA Remote Control 0.00 $9.50 $0.00 A/B Switch 0.05 $5.00 $0.25 Jumper/Connectors/Other 1.00 $2.25 $2.25Traps - Neg for HBO & LP-22 Traps 0.80 $6.00 $4.80 VCR Commander 0.02 $16.50 $0.33 Genius Cards 0.00 $40.00 $0.00 Other 1.00 $1.00 $1.00Total Customer Interface Equipment $13.43



Unit Unit Price Cost/Engineering and Design Quantity Price Totals Mile

Walk Out 1 $175.00 $175.00 $175.00Permits 1 $50.00 $50.00 $50.00Digitize Base Maps 1 $110.00 $22.00 $22.00Posting Strand 1 $55.00 $55.00 $55.00System Design 1 $175.00 $175.00 $175.00Fiber Design 1 $50.00 $175.00 $175.00Total $652.00 $652.00



Unit Digital Customer Premise Equipment Quantity Price Total

Explorer 4100 0.60 $395.00 $237.00Explorer 3100 0.10 $355.00 $35.50MPEG Royalty Fee 0.70 $4.00 $2.80Explorer Remote 0.70 $10.00 $7.00Explorer Wireless Key Board 0.10 $37.50 $3.75Explorer VCR Commander Module 0.05 $14.00 $0.70Explorer RF External Bypass Module 0.05 $11.50 $0.58Jumpers, Connectors, etc. 0.70 $2.25 $1.58Miscellanous 0.70 $2.50 $1.75Explorer Navigator Software 0.70 $10.00 $7.00Total Digital Interface Equipment $297.65


City of GenevaGeneva, Ilinois FTTH/FTTB Broadband Financial Projections - Base Case 2002Baseband Customer Premise Equipment

Wave7 FTTH Equipment Unit List UnitResidential Quantity Price Totals Price

LMG residential low-cost, 4 POTS, 1 10/100 data, video 1.18 $778.00 $918.04 $824.004 POTS, 4 10/100BaseT, 4 Video, Pwr. Supply & Battery 0.06 $1,561.00 $93.66 $1,561.00APC/UPC Connectors 1.30 $8.28 $10.73 $8.28Other 1.30 $10.00 $12.96Total $1,035.39



Wave7 FTTH Equipment Unit List UnitSmall Business A Quantity Price Totals Price

LMG business, 0 DS-1, 8 POTS, 4 10/100 data, no video 1.00 $2,392.00 $2,392.00 $2,398.00APC/UPC Connectors 2.00 $8.28 $16.56 $8.28Total FTTH Interface Equipment $2,408.56



Wave7 FTTH Equipment Unit List UnitSmall Business B Quantity Price Totals Price

LMG business, 0 DS-1, 8 POTS, 4 10/100 data, no video 1.00 $4,307.00 $4,307.00 $4,425.00APC/UPC Connectors 2.00 $8.28 $16.56 $8.28Other 1.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00Total FTTH Interface Equipment $4,333.56



Wave7 FTTH Equipment Unit List UnitLarge Entities Quantity Price Totals Price

LMG business, 4 DS-1, 0 POTS, 4 10/100 data, no video 1.00 $5,128.00 $5,128.00 $5,152.00LMM-08-RAC 0.05 $14,280.00 $714.00 $14,280.00LMM-16-RAC 0.05 $18,680.00 $934.00 $18,680.00APC/UPC Connectors 2.00 $8.28 $16.56 $8.28Other 1.00 $10 $10.00 $10.00Total FTTH Interface Equipment $6,802.56



Cable Television Programming ServicesService Rates - 2002

Basic Services Rate Equipment Rental (per month) Rate

Basic Service (31 Channels) $15.79 Basic Only Converter $2.00Expanded Basic Service (25 Channels) $19.69 Non-Basic Only Converter(Non-Rebuild) $3.99Full Basic Service (86 Channels) $35.48 Non-Basic Only Converter (Rebuild) $4.85Plus applicable franchise fees and taxes Digital Converter $4.85

Remote Control $0.30Premium Services

Installation & ServiceHBO $12.99Cinemax $12.99 Install Unwired Home (Aerial within 125 ft.) $43.99Showtime $12.99 Install Prewired Home (Aerial within 125 ft.) $27.99The Movie Channel $12.99 Install Additional Outlet--Initial Install $13.99Starz! & Encore (Digital Subscription) $10.99 Install Additional Outlet-- Separate Trip $21.99

Relocate Outlet $18.99Digital Services Up/Downgrade of Addressable Services $1.99

Upgrade Optional Services--Separate Trip $15.99Digital Basic $12.00 Downgrade Optional Services--Separate Trip $10.99Digital Programming Access Fee $4.99 VCR Connection --Initial Install $5.99Digital Packages: VCR Connection --Separate Trip .$12.99Digital Platinum $76.99 Administrative Fee for Late Payment (Day 30) $2.95Digital Gold $62.99 Administrative Fee for Late Payment (Day 45) $2.00Digital Silver $52.99 Non-Sufficient Funds Charge $20.00Digital Bronze $44.99 Field Collection Fee $20.00Digital Starter (Requires Subscription to Expanded $6.99 Unreturned Non-Addressable Converter $90.00Basic Service) Unreturned Addressable Converter $158.00

Unreturned Digital Converter $318.00Broadband Monthly Magazine $2.99 Unreturned Analog Remote Control $4.00

Unreturned Digital Remote Control $7.19Hourly Service Charge $28.49Trouble Call $16.99

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AT&T BroadbandGeneva, Illinois

Analog Channel Lineup

Channel Service Channel Service2 WBBM(2) CBS 31 MSNBC3 WFLD(32) FOX 32 Headline News4 TV Guide Channel 63 Access/College of Dupage5 WMAQ(5) NBC 71/95 Great American Country6 WCIU(26) 72/96 Sci-Fi Channel7 WLS(7) ABC 73/97 BET8 WPWR((50) UPN 33 CNN9 WGN(9) WB 34 The Weather Channel

10 TLN 36 Disney Channel11 WTTW(11) PBS 37 The History Channel12 WCPX(38) PAX 38 Discovery Channel13 WJYS(62) 39 ESPN14 TBS 40 ESPN 215 EWTN 41 Fox Sports Net16 WGBO(66) UNI 42 TNT17 Access 43 TNN18 Access 44 VH 119 WSNS(44) TEL 46 MTV20 WYCC(20) PBS 48 CLTV21 Showtime 49 USA Network22 The Movie Channel 50 A&E23 HBO 52 Nickelodeon24 Cinemax 53 Comedy Central25 The Learning Channel 54 Home & Garden26 Fox News Channel 55 Lifetime27 ABC Family 56 AMC28 C-Span 57 TV Land29 C-Span 2 58 Cartoon Network30 CNBC 59 Turner Classic Movies

60 WE: Women's Entertainment61 QVC

Ch 2-73/97 Basic ServiceCh 21-24 Analog Premium ServiceCh 33-61 Expanded Basic Service



Digital Channel LineupChannel Service Channel Service

Digital Basic Digital Premium120 Noggin 550 HBO121 Discovery Kids 552 HBO 2161 Game Show Network 554 HBO Signature162 BBC America 556 HBO Family180 Bravo 562 Cinemax220 Discovery Health 564 More Max272 The Science Channel 575 Showtime401 Fox Sports World 577 Showtime 2402 ESPNews 579 Showtime Showcase403 ESPN Classic Sports 581 Showtime Extreme404 Outdoor Life 590 The Movie Channel405 The Golf Channel 592 The Movie Channel Xtra503 Independent Film Channel Digital Pay-Per-View

Digital Premium 801-806 In Demand 1-6517 Encore 844 The Hot Network519 Encore Love Stories 853 Playboy Channel521 Encore Mystery Digital Music523 Encore Westerns 900 The Listening room527 Encore True Stories 901 Lite Classical529 Encore Action 902 Jazz Vocal Blend533 Starz! 903 Hottest Hits535 Starz! Theater 904 Modern Country

905 AlternativeDigital Packages 906 Adult Contemporary

908 Rock 'Roll OldiesBronze Package--Includes: Basic, 909 Classic rockExpanded Basic, Digital Basic, 910 Urban BeatDigital DMX, New Encore, Digital 702 Black Starz!Converter, and Digital remote 703 Starz! 4 Family

704 Starz! 5 CinemaSilver Package--Includes:Basic ,Expanded Basic, DigitalBasic, Digital DMX, Starz!, Starz! Plex, New Encore, HBO,HBOPlex, Digital Converter & Remote

Gold Package--Includes:Basic, Expanded Basic, Digital Basic, Digital DMX, Starz!, Starz!Plex, New Encore, HBO, HBO Plex,Cinemax, Cinemax Plex, 2 DigitalConverters, & 2 Remotes.

Platinum Package--Includes:Basic, Expanded Basic, Digital Basic, Digital DMX, Starz!, Starz! Plex, NewEncore, HBO, HBO Plex, Cinemax,Cinemax Plex, TMC, TMC Plex, Showtime, Showtime Plex, 2 Digital Converters & 2 remotes.

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CITY OF GENEVA, ILLINOIS BROADBAND NETWORK INITIATIVE

INCUMBENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER OVERVIEW SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

AMERITECH

I. OVERVIEW When considering telecommunications opportunities in Illinois, it is important to consider the operations and strategic objectives of its incumbent provider. Ameritech is a leading telecommunications service provider in the nation and in Illinois. Following is recent information concerning SBC and Ameritech along with the company’s current service offerings. II. GENERAL In October 1999, SBC and Ameritech completed their merger. SBC/Ameritech is a communications services company headquartered in San Antonio, TX, serving nearly 60 million access line equivalents and over 21.6 million wireless customers (Cingular/SBC).

In 1999, as the first post-Ameritech merger initiative, a $6 billion broadband services initiative was announced (Project Pronto). Project Pronto is expected to create a broadband platform that will allow high-speed voice, data and video services to be provided via Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) services to approximately 80 percent of SBC’s United States (U.S.) wireline customers. During the third quarter of 2001, due primarily to an adverse and uncertain regulatory environment, SBC began a slowdown of the capital expenditures to build its national broadband network, which includes fiber, electronic and other technology. As of December 31, 2001 it had spent $3.2 billion on Project Pronto and had 1.3 million DSL subscribers with more than half, or 25 million, of its wireline customers DSL-capable.

SBC/Ameritech has five reportable segments that reflect the current management of its business: (1) wireline; (2) wireless; (3) directory; (4) international; and (5) other.

The wireline segment, which accounts for approximately 75% of total normalized operating revenues in 2001, provides landline



telecommunications services, including local, network access and long distance services, messaging and Internet services and sells customer premise and private business exchange equipment.

Prior to the fourth quarter of 2000, the wireless segment, which accounted for approximately 16% of total normalized operating revenues in 2001, included consolidated businesses that provides wireless telecommunications services and sells wireless equipment. Cingular offers both wireless voice and data communications services across most of the U.S., providing cellular and PCS services.

The directory segment, which accounted for approximately 8% of total normalized operating revenues in 2001, includes all directory operations, including Yellow and White Pages advertising and electronic publishing.

All investments with primarily international operations are included in the international segment. The other segment includes all corporate operations and Ameritech’s paging, cable television and SecurityLink operations. SecurityLink was sold in January 2001, and Ameritech New Media, and Ameritech’s cable television operations, were both sold in November 2001.

Ameritech provides a full array of broadband data and e-commerce solutions to business customers, including Web hosting and other Internet services. In the residential market, Ameritech offers DSL high-speed Internet access, advanced voice features and other services. Ameritech consists of more than 193,000 employees and had $45.9 Billion in 2001 revenues. Ameritech’s presence extends across 13 states; Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin. III. LONG DISTANCE Ameritech offers interLATA (Local Access and Transport Area) long distance services in the states of Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Connecticut. They intend to seek approval from the FCC to offer interLATA long distance in their other in-region states. As a first step in that process, they have filed applications with the state commissions in California, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada and Ohio.


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IV. INTERNET ACCESS Ameritech offers a range of Internet services and products for residences and businesses, varying by market. Internet services offered include basic dial-up access service, dedicated access, web hosting, e-mail, and high-speed access services. During 2000, they formed a relationship with Prodigy Communications Corporation (Prodigy) that combined its residential and small business Internet operations. In the fourth quarter of 2001, they acquired Prodigy.

In November 2001, Ameritech announced an agreement with Yahoo! to provide broadband access to customers in its 13-state area and co-branded dial-up service nationwide. This agreement was enacted in order to help customers access internet services virtually nationwide. The expectation is that this offering of co-branded service with Yahoo! will begin during the second half of 2002. V. LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICES Local exchange services include traditional dial tone primarily used to make or receive voice, fax, or analog modem calls from a residence or business. Ameritech also offers this service on a wholesale basis to competitors. On December 31, 2001, they were providing wholesale services to approximately 3.6 million access lines. Other local services include certain extended area service, directory assistance and operator services.

Vertical services include custom calling services such as Caller ID, Call Waiting, voice mail and other enhanced services. These features allow telephone users to manage their local services with enhanced features such as displaying the number and/or name of callers, signaling to the telephone user that additional calls are incoming, and sending and receiving voice messages. These services are not regulated by the FCC and are generally more profitable. VI. DATA SERVICES



Revenues from data services may be classified as local, network access or long distance revenues and include high-speed data communication services used for transporting digital traffic from one computer system to another. Data services include digital products categorized into three basic categories:

• Switched Transport services such as Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), Frame Relay, and DSL;

• Dedicated Transport services such as Digital Services and Synchronous Optical Network (SONET); and

• Application and Data Communications services which include Internet access and network integration.

ISDN transmits voice, video, and data over a single line in support of a wide range of applications, including Internet access. Frame Relay is a fast packet switching technology that allows data to travel in individual packets, or pieces, of information. DSL is a digital modem technology that converts existing twisted-pair telephone lines into access paths for multimedia and high-speed data communications to the Internet or private networks. DSL allows customers to simultaneously make a phone call and access information via the Internet or an office local area network. Digital Services are high-speed dedicated digital circuits offered with various speeds of transport. SONET provides customer access to our backbone network at very high speeds. Network integration services include installation of business data systems, local area networking, and other data networking solutions. VII. NETWORK ACCESS SERVICES Network access services connect a customer’s telephone or other equipment to the transmission facilities of other carriers that provide long distance and other communications services.

VIII. CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENT

CPE and other equipment sales range from single-line and cordless telephones to sophisticated digital PBX systems. PBX is a private telephone



switching system, usually located on a customer’s premises, which provides intra-premise telephone services as well as access to the public switched network.

VIII. AMERITECH’S BUSINESS TRENDS

Overview Despite passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Telecom Act), the U.S. telecommunications industry, including DSL and other advanced services, continues, in many respects, to operate as a heavily regulated industry. The expected transition from an industry overseen by multiple regulatory bodies to a market-driven industry monitored by state and federal agencies has been slow. Ameritech’s wireline subsidiaries remain subject to regulation by state regulatory commissions for intrastate services and by the FCC for interstate services. This continuing difficult and uncertain regulatory environment combined with the recent downturn in the U.S. economy presents challenges for this business.

• Expected Growth Areas Ameritech expects the wireline segment to remain the most significant portion of its business and have also discussed trends affecting this segment. Over the next few years they expect an increasing percentage of their business to come from two areas within the wireline segment - data/broadband and long distance - and their wireless segment.

o Data/Broadband In October 1999, they announced plans to upgrade their network to make broadband services available to approximately 80% of their U.S. wireline customers over the four years through 2003 (Project Pronto). Due to the weakening U.S. economy and uncertain regulatory environment, in October 2001 they announced a scale-back in their broadband deployment plans. At December 31, 2001, they had approximately 1.3 million DSL subscribers, and more than half, or 25 million, of the wireline customer locations were DSL-capable. Additionally, they have spent approximately $3.2 billion as of December 31, 2001, for fiber, electronics and other technology for Project Pronto. The build-out will include transferring certain portions of their existing copper network to a new fiber network. Over the deployment period, marketing costs will be incurred depending on the rate of customer sign-ups and installations.



o Long Distance Ameritech offers landline interLATA long distance services to customers in selected areas outside its wireline subsidiaries’ operating areas. Further, they offer interLATA long distance services to customers in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Connecticut. The FCC approved its application to provide interLATA long distance service for calls originating in Kansas and Oklahoma effective March 7, 2001, and in Arkansas and Missouri on November 16, 2001. They officially launched service under the SBC Southwestern Bell brand in those states on the effective approval dates or shortly thereafter, offering domestic residential and business long distance services as well as international calling plans. They continue to seek long distance approval in their other in-region states and have filed applications with state commissions in California, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada and Ohio.

• In October 2001, the FCC completed its re-examination of certain information contained in their previously approved Kansas and Oklahoma long distance applications and found that they did not intentionally provide false information. However, the FCC proposed that they pay approximately $3 for alleged collateral violations related to those applications. This FCC ruling is still pending and has no effect on their ability to continue to offer long distance service in either state.

• Wireless In October 2000, Cingular began operations as the second-largest wireless provider in the U.S. Cingular’s top priorities for 2002 include geographic expansion, including expansion into New York City through an infrastructure-sharing agreement with VoiceStream Wireless Corporation (VoiceStream), further rollout of wireless data services, overlaying GSM voice and GPRS high-speed data technology over its existing networks and integration of operations to strengthen its competitive position and realize cost synergies. The fastest growing area of the wireless business is data. Although data revenues are not currently a significant portion of Cingular’s total revenues, Cingular plans to accelerate the development of this business. In late 2001, Cingular launched GPRS in Seattle, Las Vegas, eastern Tennessee, coastal Georgia and the Carolinas and plans to launch GPRS in California by mid-2002. In January 2002, Cingular announced the formation of a joint venture with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (AT&T Wireless) that is expected to allow




Cingular to extend its GSM/GPRS network coverage along interstate highways in the upper Midwestern and Western sections of the U.S. Cingular expects the new networks to be operational by the first quarter of 2003. Additionally, Cingular has announced it will begin upgrading its network to third generation (3G) wireless data technology by introducing Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE). EDGE technology is Cingular’s choice for a 3G wireless communications standard that will allow customers to access the Internet from their wireless devices at higher speeds than in the past. This upgrade is expected to be completed by early 2004. During 2002, Cingular expects to spend approximately $4.5 billion for ongoing capital expenditures and to begin overlaying its existing network with GSM voice and GPRS/EDGE data technology.


Service Rates - 2002

Basic Services Rate Service Packages Rate

Basic Touch Tone Service - Primary Line $14.00 Economy Solution $31.95Basic Service - Additional Line $14.00 Includes local calls, 60 toll free minutes Sensible Solution $39.95A La Carte Services Includes local calls, 200 toll free minutes, Call Waiting911 Free Caller ID, Call Forwarding, 3 Way Calling, Call Waiting $2.95 Preferred Call Forwarding Caller ID(Name & Number) (Free 1st 3 Months) $5.95 Complete Solution $49.953 Way Calling $2.25 Includes local calls, Unlimited toll free minutes, Call Forwarding $2.25 Call Waiting, Caller ID, Call Forwarding, 3 WayPreferred Call Forwarding $3.50 Calling, Preferred Call Forwarding Priority Ring $4.00 Distinctive Ring $4.00 Installation Charges Selective Call Blocking $4.00 900/976 Blocking Free Installation-Primary Line (Existing Wiring) $45.40Last Call Return $3.95 Installation-Secondary Line (Existing Wiring) $20.50Speed Dial 8 $5.00 New Installation (No wires or jacks) (Per Jack) $48.99Speed Dial 30 $5.00 Non-published Number $2.75 Internet Services Listing Omitted from Directory FreeStandard Directory Listing Free Unlimited Dial-Up Internet Access (With any package)$15.00Inside Wire Maintenance $3.95 Unlimited Dial-Up Internet Access(Without package $21.95Continuous Redial *66 $2.25 Fast Access DSL Service (With any package) $29.95Voice Mail $5.95 Fast Access DSL Service (Without package) $49.94Privacy Management ( Free 1st 3 Months) $6.95Customer Code Restriction $2.00

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Business Telephone Rates--AmeritechService Rates - 2002

Basic Services Rate Service Packages Rate

Basic Touch Tone Service - Primary Service $17.00 Complete Choice $58.12Basic Touch Tone Service - Additional Line $17.00 Includes: 1200 Local Minutes, 300 Local Toll

Minutes, Call Waiting, Caller ID, 3 Way Calling,A La Carte Services Automatic Calling, Call Forwarding

911 Free Installation ChargesCall Waiting $5.00Caller ID (Name & Number) $10.00 Installation - Primary Line (Existing Wiring) $52.853 Way Calling $5.00 Installation - Secondary Line (Existing Wiring) $17.50Call Forwarding $5.00 New Installation ( No Wires or Jacks) $85.00Selective Call Blocking $6.00 Installation of Additional Jacks $20.00Last Call Return $5.00 Additional Jacks $5.00Speed Dial 8 $5.00Speed Dial 30 $5.00 Internet ServicesInside Wire Maintenance $4.00900/976 Blocking Free Unlimited Dial-Up Internet Access(With Package) $15.95Non-Published Number $3.00 Unlimited Dial-Up Internet Access(Without Package $21.95Repeat Dialing $5.00 Fast Access DSL Service(With Package) $39.95Voice Mail $17.45 Fast Access DSL Service(Without Package) $49.95Voice Mail with Pager Notifications $21.45

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CITY OF GENEVA, ILLINOIS BROADBAND NETWORK INITIATIVE

COMPETITIVE LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER OVERVIEW SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

I. OVERVIEW

A. General

As a result of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, alternative local exchange telephone companies are striving to penetrate the local telecommunications market. The passage of this legislation has placed the industry in a pro-competitive environment, providing many new alternative local service providers with an opportunity to compete in this evolving industry. The following is a list of some of the potential barriers to entry for alternative local exchange telephone companies:

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Building awareness of entrants and their services

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Customers service (including billing systems)

While the above list includes potential barriers, these barriers are not insurmountable. Competition should result in the advancement of deployed technology, creative service offerings, and greater choice and flexibility in the market place. As competition in the telecommunications industry continues to evolve, many new and innovative service offerings and combinations of services will be introduced to the market place.

B. The State of Illinois

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1. The Illinois Commerce Commission

Illinois Commerce Commission 527 E. Capitol Avenue Springfield, IL 62701

The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) is responsible for providing information and making recommendations to the Commissioners of the ICC on matters concerning telecommunications. In addition, the ICC provides telecommunications information and assistance to members of the general public as well as other governmental bodies and the press. The ICC’s Telecommunications Division provides analytical, technical, and policy support on all telecommunications issues coming to the ICC--tariffs, rules, federal requirements, alternative regulatory proposals, mediation/arbitration requests, or any other circumstances in which state or federal law is applied to telecommunication services in Illinois.

2. Incumbent Local Exchange Telephone companies

Incumbent Local exchange telephone companies are defined as telecommunications companies that were historically granted exclusive franchises to build, maintain, and provide local telephone service. Incumbent local exchange telephone companies were certificated by the ICC to provide local exchange telecommunications service in the state on or before 1995.

In response to the numerous inquiries about who is providing local exchange service in Illinois, the Illinois Commerce Commission has coordinated a listing of local exchange telephone companies. This listing includes the new competitive local exchange companies, as well as incumbent local exchange companies. Each company listed has the burden to keep this information current by providing the Illinois Commerce Commission with updated information. The Illinois Commerce Commission does not endorse any of these companies, but provides this information to further consumer education about customer choices. Following, is a list of competitive local exchange providers certified in Illinois:



@LINK NETWORKS, INC. 361 Centennial Parkway Suite 250 Louisville, CO 80027 888-375-9750 (customer service phone number) 303-542-1414 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) Communities Served Provides service statewide. Provides business and residential service. Other services offered include point-to-point data service. ACCESS ONE, INC. 125 N. Halsted 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60661 800-804-8333 (customer service phone number) 312-441-1010 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) Www.accessoneinc.com (Internet address) Communities Served Chicago land and suburbs Provides business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance and Internet ADAMS TELEPHONE CO-OPERATIVE 301 Rt. 94 P.O. Box 217 Golden, IL 62339 888-696-4611 (customer service phone number) 217-696-4811 (customer service fax number) www.adams.net (Internet address) Communities Served Augusta Golden Mendon Chambersburg Hersman Meyer Coatsburg Lima Mindale Fishhook Loraine Plymouth



Ursa Provides business service Offers local service Adams TelSystems, Inc. 301 Rt. 94 PO Box 99 Golden, IL 62339 217-696-4611 (customer service phone number) 217-696-4811 (customer service fax number) Communities Served Hersman Chambersburg Fishhook Augusta Coatsburg Plymouth Meyer Mindale Golden Mendon Loraine Ursa Lima Provides both residential and business services Offers long distance service ALHAMBRA-GRANTFORK TELEPHONE COMPANY 114 Wall St. P.O. Box 207 Alhambra, IL 62001 618-488-2165 (customer service phone number) 618-488-2121 (customer service fax number) www.agtelco.com (Internet address) Communities Served Alhambra Grantfork Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local, long distance, Internet, and DSL (limited service area) ALLEGIANCE TELECOM OF ILLINOIS, INC. 9201 North Central Expressway Dallas, TX 75231-5916 800-553-1989 (customer service phone number)



214-261-7185 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.allegiancetelecom.com (Internet address) Communities Served Arlington Heights Bartlett Chicago Cicero Des Plaines Downers Grove Elk Grove Village Elmhurst Evanston Glen Ellyn Glenview Highland Park

Hinsdale Hoffman Estates La Grange Lake Forest Libertyville Lombard Morton Grove Naperville Northbrook Oak Brook Oak Lawn Oak Park

Orland Park Palatine River Grove Roselle Schaumburg Skokie Tinley Park Wheaton Wheeling Winnetka Park Ridge Waukegan

Provides business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet, and DSL AMERITECH 555 East Cook Street Springfield, IL 62721 1-800-244-4444 (customer service phone number) www.Ameritech.com (Internet address) Communities Served Algonquin Alton Antioch Arlington Heights Athens Aurora Aviston Barrington Bartlett Batavia Beardstown Beckemeyer Beecher Belleville Bellwood

Bensenville Berwyn Bethalto Big Rock Blue Island Bluford Braidwood Breese Brighton Brookfield Buffalo Burton Cairo Calumet City Canton

Cantrall Carlyle Cary Caitlin Centralia Champaign Chicago Chicago Heights Cicero Coal City Collinsville Columbus Crescent City Crete Crystal Lake


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Harding Harmony Harristown Harvard Harvey Herscher Highland Park Hinsdale Homewood Huntley Illinois City Indianola Ipava Itasca Iuka Joliet Kaneville Kankakee Kaskaskia Kell Kinmundy La Grange LaSalle Lake Forest Lake Villa Lake Zurich Lansing Lebanon Lemont Lewiston Liberty Libertyville Lisbon Lockport Lombard Manhattan Manteno Marengo Marine Maywood Mazon McClure McHenry Minooka Mokena Moline Momence Monee

Morris Mound City Mounds Mount Vernon Mundelein Naperville Nashville New Athens New Lenox Newark Northbrook O’Fallon Oak Forest Oak Lawn Oak Park Oakford Oakwood Oglesby Olive Branch Onarga Orland Park Oswego Ottawa Palatine Palos Park Park Ridge Payson Peoria Peotone Petersburg Pistakee Highlands Plainfield Plano Plato Center Plattville Quincy Ridge Farm River Grove Riverdale Riverside Riverton Rochester Rock Island Rockford Roselle Round Lake Saint Anne Saint Charles



Saint Joseph Salem San Jose Seneca Skokie South Beloit Spring Bay Springfield Sterling Sugar Grove Summit Tallula Tamms Thebes

Thornton Tinley Park Trivoli Trenton Troy Union Urbana Utica Vandalia Verona Warrenville Watseka Wauconda Waukegan

West Chicago West Dana Western Springs Westville Wheaton Wheeling Willow Springs Wilmette Wilmington Winnetka Wood River Woodstock Yorkville Zion

AMERIVOICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. (AVTI) 212 West Wisconsin Avenue Suite 500 Milwaukee, WI 53203 800-471-2701 (customer service phone number) 800-790-2242 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.amerivoice.com (Internet address) Communities Served State of Illinois Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet, paging, wireless, voice mail, and customer premises equipment AMI COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 W. State Suite 203A Geneva, IL 60134 800-254-3202 (customer service phone number) 630-262-2910 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.amicomm.com (Internet address) Communities Served See Ameritech Communities Served



Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local, long distance, DSL, Internet, Point to Point circuits, and Frame relay. ARBROS COMMUNICATIONS LICENSING COMPANY CENTRAL, L.L.C 1100 Wayne Ave. Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 888-427-2767 (customer service phone number) 301-577-5289 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.arbros.com (Internet address) Serves the entire state of Illinois Provides only business service Also provides local, long distance, customer, ISDN PRI, Private line, and customer premises equipment ATS Services LLC Facilitel, Hav-a-phon 729 Pinecrest Dr. Prospect Heights, IL 60070 888-675-6347 (Customer Service Phone Number) 847-243-8701 (Customer Service Fax Number) Communities Served MSA1 communities Provides residential service. Offers local, long distance, and local toll services AT&T 800-288-4622 (customer service phone number) 800-222-0300 (customer service phone number) www.digitalphone.att.com (internet address) Communities Served Arlington Heights Hanover Park Prospect Heights


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Bannockburn Highland Park Riverwoods Bartlett Highwood Schaumburg Deerfield Kenilworth Streamwood Delmar Woods Lincolnshire Unincorporated Lake & Cook County Des Plaines Mt. Prospect Wheeling Glencoe Park Ridge Winnetka Provides residential service. Other services offered include local toll, long distance, paging, Internet, wireless, and customer premises equipment. AT&T WIRELESS www.attws.com (internet address) Communities Served AT&T Wireless serves a variety of communities throughout the State of Illinois. For the most complete and up-to-date listings, please access the AT&T Wireless website. Provides residential and business service. Other services offered include local toll, long distance, paging, Internet, wireless, and customer premises equipment. 105 Plain St. Sharon, WI 53585 262-736-9981 (customer service phone number) 262-736-9200 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) Communities Served Caledonia Clinton

Sharon Harvard

Capron Poplar Grove

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local BULLS EYE TELECOM, INC. 25900 Greenfield Road Suite 330 Oak Park, MI 877-638-2855 (customer service phone number) 248-784-2679 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.bullseyetelecom.com (Internet address) Communities Served All Ameritech serving locations


http://www.bullseyetelecom.com/


Provides Business service Also offers local and long distance CAMBRIDGE TELEPHONE COMPANY Scott Rubin 111 East First Street Geneseo, IL 61254 309-944-2103 (customer service phone number) 309-944-4406 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.geneseo.com (Internet address) Communities Served Cambridge Osco Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet and customer premises equipment CASS TELEPHONE COMPANY PO Box 200 100 Red Bud Road Virginia, IL 62691 217-452-3022 (customer service phone number) 217-452-7797 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.casscomm.com (Internet address) Communities Served Ashland Chandlerville

Easton Virginia

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, DSL and customer premises equipment CIMCO COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 18 W. 100 22nd Street Suite 109 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 800-922-4626 (customer service phone number) 630-691-8788 (customer service fax number) www.cimco.net (internet address) Communities Served State of Illinois




Provides business service Other services offered include local toll and long distance CITY OF SPRINGFIELD 800 East Monroe St. Springfield, IL 62757 217-757-8520 ext 2111 (customer service phone number) 217-789-2082 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.cwlp.com (Internet address) Communities Served Springfield Provides business service Other services offered include Ethernet, high-speed data, and wide area network services Compass Telecommunications, Inc. 7001 N. Scottsdale Ave. Suite 2000 Scottsdales, AZ 85253 877-615-3468 (Residential Customer Service phone number) 480-367-8000 (Business Customer Service phone number) 877-879-0284 (Residential customer Service phone number) 480-367-8008 (Business Customer Service phone number) [email protected] (E-mail Address) www.compasstel.com (Internet Address) Provides both residential and business services. Offers long distance service. Provides no local service at this time COMTECH SOLUTIONS, L.L.C INTEGRATED CONNECTIONS 310 Rt. 94 PO Box 43 Golden, IL 62339 217-696-4627 (customer service phone number) 217-696-4811 (customer service fax number) Communities Served Alvin DeLand Mt. Sterling Arcola Donovan Newman Armstrong East Lynn Ogden Arrowsmith Elliott Onarga Arthur Emington Paxton Ashkum Fairbury Payson



http://www.cwlp.com/


http://www.compasstel.com/


Atwood Farmer City Penfield Augusta Fiairmount Pesotum Bellflower Fisher Philo Bement Fithian Piper City Bismarck Flatville Potomac Bondville Foosland Quincy Bowen Forrest Rankin Broadlands Fowler Rantoul Buckley Georgetown Ridge Farms Burton Gibson City Roberts Cabery Gifford Rossville Cerro Gordo Hammond Sadorus Chambersburg Henning Saint Anne Champaign Herscher Saint Joseph Chatsworth Hersman Saunemin Chebanse Homer Saybrook Cheneyville Hoopseton Seymour Chenoa Ivesdale Sibley Cisco Kempton Sidell Cissna Park La Place Sidney Clayton Littleton Stockland Clifton Loda Strawn Coatsburg Loraine Thawville Colfax Ludlow Thomasboro Collison Mahomet Tolono Columbus Mansfield Tuscola Cooksville Melvin Urbana Crescent City Mendon Ursa Cropsey Meyer Versailles Cullom Milford Villa Grove Danforth Mindale Wellington Danville Monticello Woodland Provides both residential and business services Also provides long distance CONCERT 11921 Freedom Drive Reston, VA 20190 Attn: Mark Creech 703-262-1681 (Customer service phone number) 703-262-1697 (Customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service E-mail Address) www.concert.com (Internet Address) Communities Served: Not Available Provides Business Service. Offers local and long distance service



http://www.concert.com/


CONVERGENT COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. 6892 S. Yosemite Ct. 1st Floor Englewood, IL 80112 Phone number, fax number, and E-Mail address not available www.converg.com (Internet address) NO SERVICE AVAILABLE AS OF JULY 31, 2001 CORECOMM ILLINOIS, INC. 5910 Landerbrook Drive Mayfield Heights, OH 44124 (877) 267-3266 (Customer service phone number) www.core.com (customer service email address) Communities Served: Chicago Metropolitan Area Provides business and residential service. Other services offered include local, long distance and Internet. C-R TELEPHONE COMPANY P.O. Box 339 106 N. 6th Street Cornell, IL 61319 815-358-2211 (customer service phone number) 815-358-2219 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.crtelco.net (Internet address) Communities Served Cornell Ransom Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, DSL, Internet, and customer premises equipment CROSSVILLE COMMUNICATIONS 301 W. Main St. P.O. Box 209 Crossville, IL 62827 618-966-2196 (customer service phone number) 618-966-2195 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address)


http://www.converg.com/


Communities Served Calvin Crossville Phillipstown Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance and customer premises equipment DATA NET SYSTEMS 1608 Barclay Blvd. Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-4523 847-808-0288 (customer service phone number) 847-808-8913 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (E-Mail address) dnsys.com (Internet address) Serves Evanston and Peoria Provides residential and business services Offers local service. DIGITAL TELEPORT, INC. 8112 Maryland Avenue St. Louis, MO 63105 314-880-1000 (customer service phone number) 314-880-1999 (customer service fax number) www.digitalteleport.net (Internet address) Communities Served None Other services offered include wholesale carrier services DIVERSE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 246 N. Division St. Woodhull, Illinois 61490 309-334-2150 (Customer Service Phone Number) 309-334-2989 (Customer Service Fax Number) Communities Served Alpha Offers residential and business service Other services offered are local, long distance, Internet, customer premises equipment, and by the end of the year (2001) DSL DONTEL INTERNATIONAL, LLC 1400 S. Wolf Road



http://www.digitalteleport.net/


Suite 105 Wheeling, IL 60090 888-835-6932 (customer service phone number) 847-465-1092 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.dontel.com (Internet address) Communities Served State of Illinois Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet, paging, wireless and customer premises equipment DSL.NET, INC. 545 Long Wharf Dr. 5th Floor New Haven, CI 06511 800-455-5546 (customer service phone number) 203-624-3612 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail) www.dsl.net (Internet address) Communities served: Arlington Heights Libertyville Bensenville Lombard Champaign Naperville Deerfield Northbrook Des Plains Oak Park Downers Grove Palatine Elgin Park Ridge Elk Grove Village Roselle Elmhurst Skokie Evanston Springfield Geneva Wheaten Hinsdale Wheeling Hoffman Estates Provides business service Offers DSL service eMERITUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. TELEPHONE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC. 8750 N. Central Expressway



http://www.dsl.net/


Suite 2000 Dallas, TX 75231 800-871-0999 (customer service phone number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.eMerituscorp.com (internet address) Communities Served Statewide long distance Also provides local toll EAGLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC 60 E. 56th St. 9th Floor New York, NY 10022 800-339-7171 (Customer service phone number) 212-758-3453 (Customer service fax number) [email protected] (E-mail address) www.eagletelco.com (Internet address) Provides business service Other services offered are local and long distance. Eagle is not providing local service at this time. They are providing long distance in Rushville. EASTON TELECOM SERVICES, INC. Summit 11-Unit A 3046 Brecksville Rd. Richfield, OH 44286 800-222-8122 (customer service phone number) 800-227-8420 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.eastontelecom.com (Internet address) Provides service for all communities in Illinois Both residential and business services offered Other services included: local and long distance EAST CALL HOME 4212 W. Lawrence Chicago, IL 60630 773-736-3952 (customer service phone number)



http://www.emerituscorp.com/


http://www.eagletelco.com/


http://www.eastontelecom.com/


773-427-8497 (customer service fax number) easycall.com (Internet address) Communities Served Chicago Area and all surrounding suburbs All Ameritech Region Provides residential service Other services offered are local and pre-paid local EGYPTIAN TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC. 1010 W. Broadway Steeleville, IL 62288 618-774-1000 (customer service phone number) 618-774-1025 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.egyptian.com (Internet address) Communities Served Baldwin Blair Glenn

Oakdale Rice St. Libory

Venedy

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet and customer premises equipment ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE, INC. 4400 Northeast 77th Avenue Vancouver, WA 98662-6706 800-354-2780 (customer service phone number) 360-816-5319 (customer service fax number) E-mail address can be established with customer upon request. Http://www.eli.net (internet address) Communities Served: All of the State of Illinois via switched and dedicated long distance calls termination. Provides business service. Other services offered including long-distance. EL PASO TELEPHONE COMPANY 48 West First Street P.O. Box 257 El Paso, IL 61738 309-527-4500 (customer service phone number)



309-527-5700 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.elpaso.net (internet address) Communities Served El Paso Kappa Panola Provides both residential and business service Communities Served- Internet Only Secor Eureka Other services offered include long distance, DSL and Internet ENRON BROADBAND SERVICES,INC. 1400 Smith St. Houston, TX 77002 713-853-9191 (Customer Service Phone Number) 713-646-8160 (Customer Service Fax Number) [email protected] (Customer Service E-Mail Address) www.enron.com (Internet Address) Services Offered: Data Only ESSEX TELCOM, INC. 2 East 3rd Street Sterling, IL 61081 815-625-8893 (Customer service phone number) 815-625-8894 (Customer service fax number) [email protected] (E-mail address) essextelcom.com (Internet address) Provides both Residential and Business services Other services offered are local, wireless, DSL, and customer premises equipment Communities Served Amboy Ashton Chadwick Coleta Creston DeKalb Dixon Franklin Grove Fulton Genoa Grand Detour Harmon Hinckley Hooppole Kirkland Lanark Leaf River Lyndon Malta Maple Park Milledgeville Monroe Center Morrison Mt. Carroll Mt. Morris Nelson Oregon



http://www.elpaso.net/


http://www.enron.com/



Polo Prophetstown Rochelle Savanna Shannon Sterling Steward Sublette Sycamore Tampico Thomas Waterman Freeport EXCEL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC 8750 N. Central Expressway Suite 2000 Dallas, TX 75231 www.excel.com (Internet address) Communities Served Statewide long distance Provides both residential and business service Other services offered are: long distance, Internet, wireless, local toll, and paging EZ TALK COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 4727 South Main Stafford, TX 77477 800-804-6880 (customer service phone number) 888-401-0998 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service email address) Eztalktelephone.com (internet address) Communities Served Provides both residential and business service. Other services offered include local toll. FLAT ROCK TELEPHONE CO-OPERATIVE, INC. 104 N. Rundle St. P. O. Box 147 Flat Rock, IL 62427 618-584-3211 (customer service phone number) 618-584-3210 (customer service fax number) Communities Served Flat Rock Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet and customer premises equipment


http://www.excel.com/


FLAT ROCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Po Box 147 104 North Rundle St. Flat Rock, IL 62427 618-584-3211 (customer service phone number) 618-584-3210 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.frtci.net (Internet address) Communities Served Flat Rock Crawford County Does not provide business or residential service Other services provide long distance FOCAL COMMUNICATONS CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS 200 N. LaSalle St. Chicago, IL 60601 888-362-2522 or 888-FOCAL-CC (customer service phone number) 888-895-8402 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.focal.com (Internet address) Communities Served Addison Algonquin Arlington Heights Aurora Bannockburn Barrington Batavia Bedford Park Bensenville Bolingbrook Broadview Buffalo Grove Burbank Calumet City Carol Stream Carpentersville Cary Chicago Chicago Heights Cicero

Cook County Crystal Lake Deerfield Des Plaines Dolton Downers Grove DuPage Elburn Elgin Elk Grove Village Elmhurst Evanston Forest Park Franklin Park Glenview Grundy County Gurnee Hanover Park Harvey Harwood Heights

Hickory Hills Highland Park Hillside Hinsdale Hoffman Estates Itasca Joliet Kane County La Grange Lake Bluff Lake County Lake Forest Lake Zurich Lansing Libertyville Lincolnshire Lincolnwood Lisle Lombard Long Grove



http://www.frtci.net/


Lynwood Maywood McHenry Melrose Park Morton Grove Mount Prospect Mundelein Naperville New Lenox Niles North Chicago Northbrook Northfield Oak Brook Oak Lawn Oak Park Oakbrook Terrace Orland Park Palatine

Palos Hills Park Ridge Plainfield Prairie Grove Prospect Heights Riverdale Riverwoods Rolling Meadows Romeoville Rosemont Round Lake Round Lake Beach Schaumburg Schiller Park Skokie South Barrington South Holland St. Charles Stickney

Streamwood Summit Tinley Park University Park Vernon Hills Villa Park Warrenville Waukegan Westchester Western Springs Westmont Wheaton Wheeling Will County Wilmette Winnetka Wood Dale Woodridge Woodstock

Provides business service Other services offered include local toll, message toll, long distance, collocation and customer premises equipment FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS - LAKESIDE, INC. 117 W. Jefferson St. Mt. Pulaski, IL 62548 800-921-8101 residential (customer service phone number) 800-921-8104 business (customer service phone number) For customer service e-mail, see form on homepage. www.globalcrossing.com (Internet address) Communities Served Findlay Kirksville Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll and long distance FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS - MIDLAND, INC. 117 W. Jefferson St. Mt. Pulaski, IL 62548-1156 800-845-5128 (customer service phone number) For customer service e-mail, see form on homepage.



www.frontiercorp.com (Internet address) Communities Served Arenzville Concord Dorchester Herrick

Modesto Oconee Pocahontas Scottsville

Sefton Shipman Woodburn

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance and Internet FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF DEPUE, INC. P.O. Box 110 Fourth & Lake Street Depue, IL 61322 800-565-7138(customer service phone number) For customer service e-mail, see form on homepage. www.frontiercorp.com (Internet address) Communities Served Depue Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, customer premises equipment and Internet FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF ILLINOIS, INC. 117 W. Jefferson St. Mt. Pulaski, IL 62548 800-845-5130 (customer service phone number) For customer service e-mail, see form on homepage. www.globalcrossing.com (Internet address) Communities Served Cooksville Cullom Danvers

Kempton Moweaqua Saunemin

Towanda

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, DSL, customer premises equipment, and Internet FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF LAKESIDE 117 W. Jefferson St. Mt. Pulaski, IL 62548-1156



800-845-5035 (Customer Service Phone Number) www.frontiercorp.com (Internet Address) Provides both residential and business service. Provides local, long distance, Internet, and customer premises equipment Communities Served Findlay and Kirksville FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF MOUNT PULASKI, INC. 117 W. Jefferson St. Mt. Pulaski, IL 62548 217-792-5618 (customer service phone number) For customer service e-mail, see form on homepage. www.frontiercorp.com (Internet address) Communities Served Chestnut Latham Mt. Pulaski Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance and Internet FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF ORION, INC. 1018 4th St. Orion, IL 61273 800-565-5509 res (customer service phone number) 309-526-9905 bus (customer service phone number) For customer service e-mail, see form on homepage. www.frontiercorp.com (Internet address) Communities Served Orion/ Coal Valley/ Lynn Center/ Oseo Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance and Internet FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF SCHUYLER, INC. 172 S. Congress Rushville, IL 62681 800-728-2203 (customer service phone number) For customer service e-mail, see form on homepage. www.frontiercorp.com (Internet address)


http://www.frontiercorp.com/


Communities Served Rushville Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, DSL, customer premises equipment, and Internet FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS - PRAIRIE, INC. 117 W. Jefferson St. Mt. Pulaski, IL 62548-1156 800-845-5127 (customer service phone number) For customer service e-mail, see form on homepage. www.frontiercorp.com (Internet address) Communities Served Flanagan Graymont Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance and Internet GALLATIN RIVER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 100 N. Cherry Galesburg, IL 61401 800-223-1851 (customer service phone number - residential) 800-371-6712 (customer service phone number - business) www.gallatinriver.com (internet address) Communities Served Avon Cameron Dixon Forest City Galesburg Grand Detour Green Valley

Harmon Havana Knoxville Lacon Mount Carroll Nelson North Pekin

Pekin Savanna South Pekin Talbott Thompson Topeka Wataga

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll and customer premises equipment GALLATIN RIVER LONG DISTANCE SOLUTIONS 100 North Cherry St. Galesburg, IL 61401 800-233-1851 (customer service phone number –residential) 800-371-6712 (customer service fax number –business) www.gallatinriver.com (internet address)


http://www.gallatinriver.com/


Serves entire state of Illinois Provides both residential and business services Other services offered are long distance and local toll GENESEO COMMUNICATION SERVICES, INC. 111 East First Street Geneseo, IL 61254 309-944-2103 (customer service phone number) 309-944-4406 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.geneseo.net (internet address) Communities Served None Does not provide residential or business service GENESEO TELEPHONE COMPANY 111 East First St. Geneseo, IL 61254 309-944-2103 (customer service phone number) 309-944-4406 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.geneseo.com (Internet address) Communities Served Colona Geneseo Green River Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet, wireless and customer premises equipment GLOBALCOM, INC. 333 West Wacker Drive Suite 1500 Chicago, IL 60606 888-754-7283 (customer service telephone number) 312-492-1414 (customer service fax number) www.global-com.com (internet address) Communities Served Throughout Illinois



http://www.geneseo.net/



Provides business service and incidental residential service Other services offered include local toll, Internet, DSL, local, long distance, and customer premises equipment GLOBAL METRO NETWORK ILLINOIS, L.L.C. 8401 Colesville Road Silver Spring, MD 20910 888-372-6430 (customer service phone number) 301-578-1965 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.globalmetro.com (internet address) Communities Served None Offers Dark Fiber service GRAFTON TELEPHONE COMPANY 119 East Main St. Grafton, IL 62037 618-786-4000 (customer service phone number) 618-786-3891 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.gtec.com (Internet address) Communities Served Jerseyville Provides both residential and business service in 2002 Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet, DSL, and customer premises equipment GRIDLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY 108 East Third Street P.O. Box 129 Gridley, IL 61744-0129 309-747-2221 (customer service phone number) 309-747-2888 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.gridtel.com (Internet address) Communities Served Grafton Lake Bloomington Meadow


http://www.globalmetro.com/



Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll and DSL GRIDLEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 108 East Third Street Gridley, IL 61744 309-747-2800 (customer service phone number) 309-747-2888 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.gridtel.com (internet address) Communities Served Gridley Meadows Lake Bloomington Provides both residential and business services Other services include long distance, Internet, wireless, and customer premises equipment GTE NORTH INCORPORATED - SEE VERIZON NORTH, INC. GTE SOUTH INCORPORATED - SEE VERIZON SOUTH, INC. HAMILTON COUNTY TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE P.O. Box 40 Dahlgren, IL 62828 618-736-2211 (customer service phone number) 618-736-2616 (customer service fax number) Communities Served Belle Prairie Belle Rive Blairsville

Broughton Dahlgren Dale

Macedonia

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance and customer premises equipment Hamilton County Communications, Inc Hwy. 142 P.O. Box 40 Dahlgren, IL 62828 618-736-2211 (Customer Service Phone Number) 618-736-2616 (Customer Service Fax Number) At present time, HCCI does not provide and telephone services. HARRISONVILLE TELEPHONE COMPANY 213 South Main Street


http://www.gridtel.com/



P.O. Box 149 Waterloo, IL 62298-0149 618-939-6112 (customer service phone number) 618-939-4826 (customer service fax number) www.htc.net (Internet address) Communities Served Columbia Dupo Prairie du Rocher

Red Bud Renault Valmeyer

Waterloo

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet, DSL, paging and customer premises equipment HENRY COUNTY COMMUNICATIOS, INC. 111 East First Street Geneseo, IL 61254 309-944-2103 (customer service phone number) 309-944-4406 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.geneseo.net (internet address) Communities Served None Does not provide residential or business service HENRY COUNTY TELEPHONE COMPANY 111 East First Street Geneseo, IL 61254 309-944-2103 (customer service phone number) 309-944-4406 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.geneseo.com (Internet address) Communities Served Annawan Atkinson Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet, DSL and customer premises equipment HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY 501 North Douglas

http://www.geneseo.net/



P.O. Box 215 St. Jacob, IL 62281 618-644-2111 (customer service phone number) 618-644-9525 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.hometel.com (Internet address) Communities Served St. Jacob Highland Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include customer premises equipment, local, long distance, Internet, and local toll HTC TECHNOLOGIES CO. 213 S. Main PO Box 149 Waterloo, IL 62298-0149 618-939-1600 (Customer Service phone number) 618-939-4826 (Customer Service fax number) [email protected] (Customer service e-mail address) www.htc.com (Internet address) Communities Served Belleville O’Fallon Collinsville Edwardsville Alton E. St. Louis Provides residential and business service Other services include wireless, Internet and DSL IG2, INC. 888-428-8654 (customer service phone number) 718-520-0783 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.ig2.com (Internet address) Will provide local, long distance, Internet (digital video), DSL, customer premises equipment, local toll, and video conferencing Will provide both residential and business services Does not provide any communities ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY - SEE AMERITECH


http://www.htc.com/


http://www.ig2.com/



ILLINOIS CONSOLIDATED TELEPHONE COMPANY 121 South 17th Street Mattoon, IL 61938 800-500-9000 (customer service phone number - business) 800-553-9981 (customer service phone number - residential) 217-235-5600 (customer service fax number - business) 217-234-9600 (customer service fax number - residential) www.illinoisconsolidated.com (Internet address) Communities Served Arcola Arthur Ashmore Assumption Atwood Blue Mound Charleston Cowden Edinburg Effingham Farmersville Gays Hillsboro

Humboldt Irving Kincaid Litchfield Martinsville Mattoon Morrisonville Mt. Auburn Nokomis Oakland Oblong Owaneco Pana

Raymond Shelbyville Sigel Stewardson Stonington Strasburg Taylorville Tower Hill Westervelt Windsor Witt

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet, paging, wireless and customer premises equipment ILLINOIS TELEPHONE COMPANY 2300 North 17th Avenue Franklin Park, IL 60131 847-451-8888 (customer service phone number) 847-451-7878 (customer service fax number) Communities Served Addison Elgin Naperville Arlington Heights Elmhurst Oak Lawn Aurora Elmwood Park Oak Park Bellwood Franklin Park Park Ridge Bensenville Glendale Heights River Forest Berwyn Glenview Roselle Rolling Brook Hindsdale Schaumburg Brookfield Itaska Skokie Carol Stream LaGrange Villa Park Chicago Lombard Wheaton


Cicero Maywood Woodridge Des Plaines Melrose Park Wood Dale Downers Grove Miles INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3625 Queen Palm Drive Tampa, FL 33619-1309 888-879-2300 (customer service phone number) 813-829-5975 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) http://www.intermedia.com (Internet address) Communities Served Provides statewide service. Provides business service. Other services offered include local toll and long distance. INTETECH, L.C. 7077 Bonneral Road Suite 600 Jacksonville, FL 32216 877-468-3832 (customer service phone number) 904-564-6201 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.intetech.com (Internet address) Communities Served Urbana Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include long distance, Internet, and cable (resell) KCI LONG DISTANCE, INC. One Telergy Parkway East Syracuse, NY 13057 800-448-4700 (phone number) 315-449-0397 (fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) IN THE PROCESS OF WITHDRAWING AS A TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER LA HARPE TELEPHONE COMPANY P.O. Box 462




104 N. Center St. La Harpe, IL 61450 217-659-7721 (customer service phone number) 217-659-7727 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) Communities Served La Harpe Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet, and customer premises equipment LEAF RIVER TELEPHONE COMPANY 102 W. 2nd St. Leaf River, IL 61047 815-738-2211 (customer service phone number) 815-738-6060 (customer service fax number) Communities Served Leaf River Lightsville Egan

Myrtle Rockvale

Provides both residential and business service Provides local service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet, and customer premises equipment (leased) LIGHTSPEED TELECOM, LLC 111 A East Main Suite 201 Salem, IL 62881 618-548-8484 (customer service phone number) 618-548-3491 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (Internet address) www.getinthering.net (Internet address) Communities Served All of Illinois Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll and long distance




LOCAL EXCHANGE- PRE PAID 4727 S. Main Stafford, TX 77477 800-804-6880 (customer service phone number) 281-274-7750 (customer service fax number) eztalk@eztalktelephone (e-mail address) www.eztalktelephone.com (internet address) Communities Served State of Illinois Provides residential serviceAlso offers local service LOOKING GLAS NETWORKS, INC 1111 W. 22nd St. Suite 600 Oak Brook, IL 60523 866-778-5461 (Customer service phone number) 866-778-5462 (Customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.lglass.com (Internet address) Residential service will not be provided. The company expects to be providing non-switched dedicated access and transport services. Offers local service No communities are being served at this time. The company is completing the building of its Chicago metropolitan area network and expects to be providing service to the Chicago metropolitan area before the end of the year. LOOP TELECOM, LP 330 Wells #711 Chicago, IL 60606 312-344-5116 (customer service phone number) 312-341-9596 (customer service fax number) kspellacy2looptel.com (e-mail address) Communities Served Chicago Provides both residential and business services Other services provided are local, long distance, and Internet MADISON TELEPHONE COMPANY 118 East State Street Hamel, IL 62046 618-633-2267 (customer service phone number)


mailto:eztalk@eztalktelephone

http://www.eztalktelephone.com/


http://www.lglass.com/


618-633-2713 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.madisontelco.com (internet address) Communities Served Hamel Livingston

Prairietown Staunton

Worden

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, DSL, Internet, and cable MADISON RIVER COMMUNICATIONS L.L.C. GALLATIN RIVER INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIOS SOLUTIONS 100 North Cherry Street Galesburg, IL 61401 800-223-1851 (customer service phone number) www.grics.com (internet address) Communities Served Savanna Mt. Carroll Thomson Galesburg Knoxville Wataga Cameron Avon Dixon Grand Detour Harmon Forest City Pekin North Pekin Talbott Manito Topeka Havana Nelson Monmouth Abingdon Provides both residential and business service Other services provided are Internet and DSL MADISON RIVER COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C. PO Box 430 103 South Fifth St. Mebane, NC 27302 877-249-1841 (customer service phone number) 919-304-9068 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.emadisonriver.com/cd/customer Communities Served Peoria Bloomington Provides business service Other services offered are local, Internet, DSL, long distance, local toll, Internet egress, and customer premises equipment


http://www.grics.com/


http://www.emadisonriver.com/cd/customer


MARSEILLES TELEPHONE COMPANY P.O. Box 800 Metamora, IL 61548-0800 309-367-4197 (customer service phone number) 309-367-2616 (customer service fax number) Communities Served Marseilles The company actively markets service to business customers. The company accepts orders for residential service via its toll free number. Offers local Internet, long distance, DSL, local toll, and web hosting. MAX-TEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. P.O. Box 280 Alvord, TX 76225 800-583-2289 (customer service phone number) 940-427-3942 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.max-tel.com (internet address) Communities Served State of Illinois Provides residential service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, paging and Internet MCDONOUGH TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC. MCT Communications P.O. Box 359 210 North Coal St. Colchester, IL 62326 309-776-4090 or 888-640-4334 (customer service phone number) 309-776-3299 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.mdtc.net/mtc.html (Internet address) Communities Served Adair Bardolph Blandinsville Colchester

Colusa Good Hope Industry Littleton

Lomax Raritan Smithshire Swan Creek

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet and customer premises equipment MCLEOD USA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.



P.O. Box 3177 6400 C Street SW Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-3177 800-593-1177 (customer service phone number - business) 800-500-3453 (customer service phone number - residential) 800-593-1170 (customer fax number - business) 319-790-6919 (customer fax number - residential) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.mcleodusa.com (Internet address) Communities Served Algonquin Alton Arlington Heights Aurora Barrington Bartlett Bartonville Batavia Belleville Belleville Adams Bensenville Bethalto Blue Island Bluffs Bolingbrook Cahokia Calumet City Canton Cary Centralia Champaign Chicago Chicago Heights Cicero Collinsville Crystal Lake Danville Decatur Deerfield Des Plaines Downers Grove East Moline East St. Louis Edgemont Edwardsville Elgin Elk Grove

Elmhurst Evanston Fox Lake Geneva Glen Carbon Glen Ellyn Glenview Godfrey Granite City Green Rock Harvey Hickory Hills Highland Park Hillside Hinsdale Hoffman Estates Homewood Jefferson Joliet Kankakee La Grange Lake Forest Lake Zurich LaSalle Libertyville Lockport Lombard Loves Park McHenry Milan Mokena Moline Morris Morton Grove Mt. Vernon Naperville New Lenox

North Chicago Northbrook Oak Brook Oak Lawn Oak Park O’Fallon Orland Park Ottawa Palatine Palos Park Park Forest Park Ridge Peoria Pontoon Beach Quincy River Grove Riverdale Rock Falls Rock Island Rockford Romeoville Roselle Rosewood Heights Schaumburg Schiller Park Silvis Skokie South Beloit Springfield St. Charles Sterling Summit Tinley Park Warrenville Waukegan West Chicago Wheaton



Wheeling Willowcrest

Wilmette Winnetka

Wood River Zion

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, paging, sDSL, Internet and customer premises equipment MCNABB TELEPHONE COMPANY P.O. Box 158 302 W. Main McNabb, IL 61335 815-882-2201 (customer service phone number) 815-882-2141 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.nabbnet.com (Internet address) Communities Served McNabb Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, calling cards, pre-paid calling cards, personal 800 #’s, verified account codes, Internet, CATV, satellite programming, wireless, paging, directional boring, trenching and customer premises equipment METAMORA TELEPHONE COMPANY 220 North Menard St. Metamora, IL 61548-0800 309-367-4197 (customer service phone number) 309-367-2616 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.mtco.com (internet address) Communities Served Germantown Hills Metamora East Peoria Washington Washburn Eureka Provides local, Internet, DSL, paging, and customer premises equipment METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC. 360 Hamilton Ave. White Plains, NY 312-604-5100 Robert Miller (Customer service phone number) [email protected] (Customer Service E-Mail Address) www.mmfn.com (Internet Address)



http://www.mtco.com/


http://www.mmfn.com/


Communities Served Chicago Rosemont Cicero Mt. Prospect Oak Brook Prospect Heights Terrace Wheeling Downer Grove Vernon Hills Westmont Park Ridge Lisle Des Plains Naperville Lagrange Warrenville Schiller Park Hoffman Estates Hillside Schaumburg Elm Hurst Elk Grove Provides business service. Also Provides leasing of unbundled network elements and broadband used for voice and data. MICROSYNC CORPORATION 9915 Hillshire Dr. Richmond, IL 60071 815-678-7962 (customer service phone number) 815-678-7609 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.microsync.com (Internet address) Communities Served Richmond Spring Grove Hebron Wonderlake Provides both residential and business services Other services offered include Internet and DSL MID CENTURY TELEPHONE CO-OPERATIVE Century Enterprises 1055 W. Locust Street PO Box 479 Canton, IL 61520-0479 877-643-2368 (customer service toll free number) 309-647-6113 (customer service number) 309-783-3297 (customer service fax number) www.midcentury.com (internet address) Communities Served Summum Gilson Table Grove Williamsfield Marietta LaFayette Smithfield Bishop Hill Ellisville



http://www.microsync.com/

http://www.midcentury.com/


Altona Fairview Victoria Maquon Provides both residential and business service Also provides local and customer premises equipment MID CENTURY TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE 1055 W. Locust St. P.O. Box 479 Canton, IL 61520 309-647-6113 or 877-643-2368 (customer service phone number) 309-783-3297 (customer service fax number) Communities Served Altona Bishop Hill Ellisville Fairview Gilson

LaFayette Maquon Marietta Smithfield Summum

Table Grove Victoria Williamsfield

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include key systems sales and installation with local toll and long distance service offered by subsidiary Century Enterprises, Inc. MIDWESTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. (MTI) 5401 South Wentworth Chicago, IL 60615 708-679-5000 (customer service phone number) 708-679-5063 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.midwestern.net (Internet address) Communities Served See Ameritech Communities Served Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll MONTROSE MUTUAL TELEPHONE COMPANY P.O.Box 4 102 N. Main Street Dieterich, IL 62424 217-925-5242 (customer service phone number) 217-925-5742 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.mmtcnet.com (Internet address)




Communities Served Dieterich Eberle

Elliottstown Gila

Montrose Wheeler

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet and customer premises equipment MOULTRIE INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE CO 111 State and Broadway P.O. Box 350 Lovington, IL 61937-0350 217-873-5211 (customer service phone number) 217-873-4990 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.moultriemulticorp.com/mitco.htm (Internet address) Communities Served Lovington Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local MPOWER COMMUNICATIONS 1701 Golf Road Tower 2, 5th Floor Rolling Meadows, IL 60068 888-777-5802 (customer service phone number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.mpowercom.com (Internet address) Communities Served Algonquin Antioch Arlington Heights Aurora Barrington Bartlett Batavia Beecher Bellwood Berwyn Blue Island Braidwood Brookfield

Calumet City Cary Chicago Chicago Heights Cicero Coal City Crete Crystal Lake Deerfield Des Plaines Downers Grove Dundee Elburn

Elgin Elk Grove Elmhurst Elwood Evanston Forrest Fox Lake Frankfort Franklin Park Gardner Geneva Gilman Glen Ellyn


Glencoe Glenview Grayslake Half Day Harvey Herscher Highland Park Hinsdale Homewood Huntley Itasca Joliet Kankakee La Grange LaSalle Lake Forest Lake Villa Lake Zurich Lansing Lemont Libertyville Lockport Lombard Manteno Marengo Maywood Mazon

McHenry Minooka Mokena Momence Monee Morris Mundelein Naperville Newark Northbrook Oak Forest Oak Lawn Oak Park Oakford Oakwood Orland Park Oswego Ottawa Palatine Palos Park Park Ridge Peotone Pistakee Highlands Plainfield Plano Plato Center River Grove

Riverdale Riverside Roselle Round Lake Saint Charles Seneca Skokie Sugar Grove Thornton Tinley Park Warrenville Watseka Wauconda Waukegan West Chicago Western Springs Westville Wheaton Wheeling Willow Springs Wilmette Wilmington Winnetka Woodstock Yorkville Zion

Provides business service Other services offered Voice-over DSL Mpower COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 175 Sullys Trail Suite 200 Pittsford, NY 14534 888-777-5802 (Customer service phone number) [email protected]. www.mpowercom.com (Internet address) Serves: Arlington Heights Summit Blue Island Winnetka Downers Grove Bellwood Geneva Deerfield Hillside Elmhurst Joliet Harvey Naperville Libertyville



http://www.mpowercom.com/


Palatine Oak Lawn Schiller Park Roselle Wheaton Tinley Par Aurora Bensenville Calumet Des Plaines Elgin Evanston Glen Ellyn Hickory Hills Hinsdale Homewood La Grange Lombard Northbrook Oak Park Park Ridge Schaumburg Skokie Waukegan River Grove Wheeling Oak Brook Bartlett Cicero Elk Grove Glenview Hoffman Estates Lake Forest The company actively markets service to business customers. The company accepts orders for residential service via its toll free number. Offers local Internet, long distance, DSL, local toll, and web hosting. NAVIGATOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. P.O. Box 13860 North Little Rock, AR 72113-0860 501-954-4000 (customer services phone number) 501-954-4002 (customer services fax number) www.navtel.com (internet address) Provides both residential and business services Also offers local, long distance, and local toll Communities Served No Communities served in Illinois at this time NET2000 COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. 2180 Fox Mill Road Herndon, VA 20171 877-463-8200 (customer service phone number) www.net2000.com (internet address) Communities Served Statewide Provides business service


http://www.navtel.com/


Other services offered include local toll and long distance NEW MILLENIUM TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1111 E. 87th Street Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60619 773-221-5880 (customer service phone number) 773-221-9486 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) Communities Served See Ameritech Communities Served Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll and long distance NEW-PHON P.O. Box E 900 Camarato Drive Herrin, IL 62948 877-639-7466 (customer service phone number) 618-942-6181 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.newphon.com (Internet address) Communities Served See Ameritech and Verizon Provides residential service on a prepaid basis NEW WINDSOR TELEPHONE COMPANY 305 South 5th Avenue P.O. Box 488 New Windsor, IL 61456-0488 309-667-2712 (customer service phone number) 309-667-2888 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.winco.net (internet address) Communities Served New Windsor Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet, wireless, and cable



NOUACON, LLC 500 Skokie Blvd. Suite 280 Northbrook, IL 60062 847-509-0700 (customer service phone number) 847-509-0130 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (E-Mail address) www.nouacon.net (Internet address) Provides business service. Other services included: Internet, customer premises equipment, point-to-point and multipoint data NOW COMMUNICATIONS 2000 Newpoint Place Parkway Suite 900 Lawerenceville, GA 30043 888-565-1011 (customer service phone number) 888-565-1014 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.nowcommunications.com (internet address) Communities Served Not operating yet Provides residential service Other services offered include local, long distance, and Internet ODIN TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, INC. 102 E. Kirkwood St. Odin, IL 62870 618-775-8222 (customer service phone number) 618-775-5000 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.odintelco.com (internet address) Communities Served Odin Shobonier Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll and long distance OMNICALL, INC. 430 Woodruff Road



http://www.nouacon.net/


http://www.nowcommunications.com/


http://www.odintelco.com/


Suite 450 Greenville, SC 29607 800-285-0299 (customer service phone number) 407-736-9439 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) Communities Served None Provides business service. Other services offered include local toll and long distance. ONEIDA TELEPHONE EXCHANGE 129 W. Highway P.O. Box 445 Oneida, IL 61467 309-483-3111 (customer service phone number) 309-483-7777 (customer service fax number) Communities Served Oneida Rio Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll and long distance ONE POINT COMMUNICATIONS - ILLINOIS, L.L.C. 1200 Mercantile Lane Suite 109 Largo, MD 20774-5379 888-663-7646 (customer service phone number) www.onepointcom.com (internet address) Communities Served Chicago Elgin Lisle

Naperville Palatine Schaumburg

St. Charles Westmont

Provides residential service Other services offered include local toll, long distance and Internet ONE POINT COMMUNICATIONS- ILLINOIS, L.L.C. Two Conway Park 150 Field Drive



Suite 300 Lake Forest, IL 60045 888-663-7646 (customer service phone number) 301-618-1830 (customer service fax number) www.onepointcom.com (Internet address) Communities Served Chicago and suburbs including: Belleville Bloomingdale Calumet City Carbondale Carol Stream Carpentersville Chicago Cresthill Des Plaines Elgin Evanston Frankfort Glendale Heights Harvey Joliet Lansing Lemont Lisle Lambard Maywood Naperville Niles Northbrook Oak Park Palatine Schaumburg Tinley Park Waukegan West Chicago Westmont Wheaton Wheeling Woodridge Provides residential in multi-dwelling units Also provides local toll, long distance, Internet, and local service PAE TEC COMMUNICATIONS, INC 290 Woodcliff Drive Fairport, NY 14450 877-340-2600 (customer service phone number) 716-340-2509 (customer service fax number) www.paetec.com (Internet address) Communities Served State of Illinois Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance and bandwidth PAE TEC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. One PaeTec Plaza 600 Willowbrook Office Park Fairport NY 14450 877-340-2600 (customer service phone number) 716-340-2509 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.paetec.com (Internet address) Serves the Chicago metro area Provides long distance, local, Internet, customer premises equipment and local toll Offers Business service


http://www.onepointcom.com/


http://www.paetec.com/


PAYPHONE SERVICES, INC. 800-575-0187 (customer service phone number) 773-254-0034 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) Communities Served Chicago Metro Area - See Ameritech Communities Served Provides residential and business service Other services offered include local toll and long distance through Global Crossing Peak Communications, Inc. 6400 West Main Suite 1A Belleville, IL 62223 618-398-5612 (customer service phone number) 618-398-5618 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) peakcommunications.net (Internet address) Provides local, long distance, Internet, DSL Offers both residential and business services NOT CURRENTLY PROVIDING SERVICE RCN 350 N. Orleans St. Suite 600 Chicago, IL 60654 888-790-2121 (Customer Service phone number) [email protected] (Customer service E-mail Address) www.rcn.com (Internet Address) Communities Served Aurora Bensenville Calumet Des Plaines Elgin Evanston Glen Ellyn Hickory Hills Hinsdale Homewood La Grange Lombard Northbrook Oak Park Park Ridge Schaumburg Skokie Waukegan River Grove Wheeling Oak Brook Bartlett




http://www.rcn.com/


Cicero Elk Grove Glenview Hoffman Estates Lake Forest Provides service in parts of Chicago and Skokie. Call Company to find out if in your service area. Also provides residential service. Offers local, Internet, long distance, local toll, and cable television. REYNOLDS TELEPHONE COMPANY 221 W. Main Street P.O. Box 27 Reynolds, IL 61279-0027 309-372-4214 (customer service phone number) 309-372-8888 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.reytel.com (internet address) Communities Served Reynolds Aledo Milan Taylor Ridge Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance and Internet SHARON TELEPHONE COMPANY PO Box 400 105 Plain Street Sharon, WI 53585 262-736-9981 (customer service phone number) 262-736-9200 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) Communities Served Rural areas of Harvard and Capron Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local SHAWNEE TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. 120 W. Lane St. P.O. Box 69 Equality, IL 62934 618-276-4211 (customer service phone number)




618-276-4922 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.shawneetelco.com (internet address) Communities Served Cave-in-Rock Eddyville Elizabethtown

Equality Glendale Hicks

Renshaw Rosiclare Simpson

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, paging and customer premises equipment

SHAWNEELINK CORPORATION 120 W. Lane St. Equality, IL 62934 618-276-4211 (customer Service Phone Number) 618-276-4922 (Customer Service Fax Number) [email protected] (E-Mail Address) www.shawneelink.net (Internet Address) Communities Served: Albion Leamington Allendale Marion Anna Marion South Annapolis Marissa Ava Maunie Bellmont McLeansboro Benton Metropolis Birds Mt. Carmel Bridgeport Murphysboro Burnt Prairie New Haven Calhoun Newton Carbondale Noble Carmi Norris City Carrier Mills Oblong Carterville Olney Cave-In-Rock Omaha Chauncey Palestine Chester Parkersburg Christopher Paulton Claremont Percy Cobden Pinkneyville Coulterville Raleigh Creal Springs Renshaw Crossville Ridgway Cypress Robinson De Soto Rose Hill



http://www.shawneelink.net/


Dongola Rosiclare Dundas Royalton DuQuin Sailor Springs Eddyville Sessor Eldorado Shawneetown Elizabethtown Simpson Elkville Sparta Ellis Grove St. Francisville Enfield Stonefort Equality Sumner Evansville Thompsonville Ewing Tilden Fairfield Ullin Galatia Vienna Golconda Villa Ridge Goreville Wayne City Grand Tower Wendelin Grayville West Frankfort Hardinville West Salem Harrisburg Westport Herrin Willow Hill Hicks Zeigler Hurst Hutsonville Johnston CityJoppa Karnak Lawerenceville Leamington Marion Marion South Service Offered: No residential or Business Service SNG COMMUNICATIONS 1720 Fifth Ave. Moline, IL 61265 Currently in the process of negotiating inter-connection agreements with Ameritech Not is Service SURETEL COMMUNICATIONS 5 N. McCormick Oklahoma City, OK 73127 800-444-2873 (customer service phone number) 800-256-4980 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.suretel.net (Internet address) Provides services to all of Ameritech’s exchanges



http://www.suretel.net/


Residential services provided Also offers prepaid local exchange service TCG AT&T Post Office Box 10226 Newark, NJ 07193-0226 877-428-8287 (customer service phone number) 888-227-3824 (customer service phone number) Communities Served Alton Antioch Arlington Heights Aurora Barrington Bartlett Batavia Belleville Bellwood Bensenville Berwyn Bloomington Blue Island Brookfield Calumet City Carbondale Cary Chicago Chicago Heights Cicero Collinsville Crystal Lake Deerfield DeKalb Des Plaines Downers Grove Dundee East St. Louis Elgin Elk Grove Elmhurst

Evanston Forest Fox Lake Frankfort Freeport Glen Ellyn Glencoe Glenview Grayslake Half Day Hampshire Harvey Highland Park Hinsdale Itasca Joliet Kankakee La Grange Lake Forest Lake Villa Lansing Lemont Libertyville Lockport Lombard Marion Maywood McHenry Mokena Mundelein Naperville

Northbrook Oak Forest South Oak Lawn Orland Palatine Palos Park Park Ridge Peoria Pistakhlds Riverdale Rivergrove Riverside Rockford Roselle Round Lake Skokie St. Charles Summit Tinley Park Wauconda Waukegan West Chicago Western Springs Wheaton Wheeling Willow Springs Wilmette Winnetka Wonderlake Woodstock Zion

Provides business service.



Other services offered include local toll, long distance, paging, Internet, wireless, and customer premises equipment. TDS METROCOM, INC. 1212 Deming Way Suite 350 Madison, WI 53717 877-208-5111 (customer service telephone number) 608-441-1183 (customer service fax number) tdsmetrol.com (internet address) Communities Served Arlington Heights Bannockburn Beach Park Buffalo Grove Deerfield Des Plaines Downey Fort Sheridan Gages Lake Glenview Grayslake Great Lakes Green Oaks Gurnee Hainesville Half Day Halsey Village

Hawthorn Woods Highland Park Highwood Indian Creek Lake Bluff Lake Forest Lake Villa Libertyville Lincolnshire Long Grove McGaw Park Metawa Mount Prospect Mundelein Nimitz Village North Chicago Northbrook

Old Mill Creek Park City Prairie View Prospect Heights Riverwoods Round Lake Round Lake Beach Round Lake Park Sylvan Lake Third Lake Vernon Hills Wadsworth Waukegan Wheeling Zion

Provides both residential and business service. Other services offered include local toll and long distance. TELECOURIER COMMUNICATIONS TOWER CELLUAR 520 Center St. Bloomington, IL 61701 309-827-4000 (Customer service phone number) 309-823-0100 (Customer service fax number) www.telrcourier.com (Internet Address) Provides both residential and business services. Offers paging, Internet, wireless, and DSL


http://www.telrcourier.com/


Serves Bloomington and Normal TELERGY NETWORK SERVICES, INC. One Telergy Parkway East Syracuse, New York 13057 877-342-4910 (customer service phone number) 315-445-7988 (customer service fax number) www.telergy.net (Internet address) Telergy has yet to commence service in Illinois. Business customers only Other services offered are local and long distance TELENET TELEPHONE SERVICES, LTD. 11134 South Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60628-3911 773-568-7243 Jenaya Smith (customer service phone number) 773-568-3966 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.telenet-il.com (internet address) Communities Served Chicago and surrounding suburbs Provides residential and business services TONICA TELEPHONE COMPANY TonCom, Inc. 208 Allen St. P.O. Box 158 Tonica, IL 61370-0158 815-442-9901 (customer service phone number) 815-442-9921 (customer service fax number) Communities Served Tonica Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance and customer premises equipment TOTAL CONNECT CCCIL, INC. 124 W. Capitol Ave. Ste. 250


http://www.telergy.net/


Little Rock, AR 72201 501-401-7700 (customer service phone number) 501-401-7625 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.connect.com (internet address) Communities Served CCCIL is not operating service at this time TRU COMM CORPORATION 1608 Barclay Blvd. Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-4523 847-808-0288 (customer service phone number) 847-808-8913 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (E-Mail address) trucomm.net (Internet Address) Serves Evanston and Peoria. Provides both residential and business services Offers local service. UNITED STATES TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 5251 110th Ave. North Suite 118 Clearwater, FL 33760 800-300-9204 (customer service phone number) 800-403-4199 (customer service fax number) Communities Served See Ameritech Communities Served Provides residential service UNITED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS CALL ONE 401 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60611 312-CALL-ONE (225-5663) (customer service phone number) 312-494-8275 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.callone.net (internet address) Communities Served Services are provided to customers in the Ameritech region throughout the state of Illinois Provides both residential and business services



http://www.connect.com/



http://www.callone.net/


Also provides local, long distance, Internet, DSL, and local toll UNIVERSAL ACCESS, INC. 233 Wacker Dr. #600 Chicago, IL 60606 888-747-1744 (customer service phone number) 888-482-4669 (customer service phone number) 312-660-5000 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (e-mail address) www.universal.net (internet address) Communities Served Statewide service Provides business service Also provides private line circuits for Data transmission US AVE-TEL 3555 Salt Creek Lane Arlington Heights, IL 60005 800-828-3639 (customer service phone number) 847-398-0704 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.usavetel.com (internet address) Communities Served Chicago Area East St. Louis Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, paging, Internet, wireless and customer premises equipment U.S. GAS ELECTRIC AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP 2640 W. Touhy Ave. Suite 210 Chicago, IL 60645 773-338-7900 (Customer Service phone number) 773-338-7160 (Customer Service fax number) [email protected] (E-mail Address) www.usget.com (Internet Address) Provides services to all Ameritech Territory in the State of Illinois. Other services offered are: local, long distance, Internet, DSL, Data, T-1, and local toll. USHMAN NETWORK RESOURCES ( A DIVISION OF USHMAN COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY ) 405 North Walnut



http://www.universal.net/


http://www.usget.com/


P.O. Box 1030 Springfield, IL 62702 888-301-5789 (customer service phone number) 217-527-2695 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.ushman.com (internet address) Communities Served See Ameritech Communities Served except for Chicago Areas Other services offered include local toll, long distance, paging, wireless, customer premises equipment and data equipment U.S. TELEPACIFIC CORP. TELEPACIFIC COMMUNICATIONS 515 S. Flower St. 47th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071-2201 877-487-8722 (Customer Service phone number) [email protected] (Customer Service E-Mail Address) www.telepacific.com (Internet Address) Provides business service Also offers local, long distance, Internet, and DSL service. Not operating in Illinois at this time US XCHANGE OF ILLINOIS, L.L.C. CHOICE ONE COMMUNICATIONS 124 North Water St. Suite 303 Rockford, IL 61107 888-832-5801 (Customer Service phone number) 877-747-1253 (Customer Service fax number) [email protected] (Customer service E-Mail Address) www.choiceonecom.com (Internet Address) Provides local, Internet, long distance, DSL, and local toll. Communities Served: Rockford Area US XCHANGE OF ILLINOIS, L.L.C.



http://www.telepacific.com/


http://www.choiceonecom.com/


56 Grandville SW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 800-353-1000 (customer service phone number) 877-747-1253 (customer service fax number) www.usxchange.com (internet address) Communities Served Loves Park

Rockford

Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll and long distance VERIZON NORTH, INC. (FORMERLY GTE NORTH INCORPORATED) 1312 East Empire St. Bloomington, IL 61701 800-483-4000 (installation/additional services/changes in services - residential) 800-483-5000 (installation/additional services/changes in services - business) 800-483-3000 (billing questions - residential) 800-483-5000 (billing questions - business) 800-483-1000 (telephone service difficulties - residential and single line business) 800-483-2000 (telephone service difficulties – multi-line business) www.gte.com or www.verizon.com (Internet address) Communities Served Absher Adams Corner Adeline Advance Afolkley Akin Akron Aladdin Albers Albion Alden Aldridge Alexander Allendale Allentown Allerton Allright Alsey Alto Pass Alvin Alworth Amboy

America Amity Anchor Ancona Anna Annapolis Antioch Apple Canyon Lake Apple River Arcadia Archie Argenta Argyle Arlington Armington Arnold Arrowsmith Ashkum Ashton Astoria Athensville

Atlanta Atlas Attila Auburn Ava Bader Baileyville Bainbridge Baker Balcom Bank Lick Ball Barnes Barnhill Barr Barrow Barry Bates Bay City Baylis Beaverville Bedford



Beecreek Belden Belknap Bell Bellair Belleview Bellflower Bellmont Belltown Belvidere Bement Bennington Benson Benton Berdan Berlin Berryville Bethany Bethel Beverly Manor Beverly Biddleborn Big Bay Station Billett Binghamton Birds Birkbeck Bismarck Blackstone Blaine Blair Blairsville Blanding Block Bloomfield Bloomington Blue Ridge Bluff City Bluffs Boaz Bogota Bolton Boody Boos Boskeydell Bowers Bowlesville Boyleston

Bradford Bremen Bridgeport Brimfield Broadlands Broadmoor Broadwell Brocton Brokaw Brooklyn Brookport Brownsville Bruce Buckhorn Bucks Buda Buena Vista Buncombe Bureau Burensburg Burgess Junction Burns Burnt Prairie Burrowsville Burt Burton View Bush Bushnell Byron Cabery Caledonia Calhoun Calvin Camargo Cambria Camp Grove Camp Point Campus Capron Carbondale Cardiff Carlock Carmi Carrier Mills Carrollton Carterville Casner Caspara

Castleton Cayuga Cazenovia Cedar Point Cedarville Cereal Cerro Gordo Chana Chapin Charter Grove Chase Chatham Chatsworth Chauncey Chebanse Chenoa Cherry Point Cherry Valley Cherry Chester Chesterville Chili Chillicothe Chipps Chittyville Choat Chrisman Christopher Churchill Cimic Cincinnati Landing Cisco Clare Claremont Clarence Clark Center Clarksville Clarmin Clay City Clays Prairie Clayton Cleburne Clements Clifford Clifton Clinton Cobden Colfax



Collins Colp Colvin Park Compton Conant Conlogue Cooper Cooperstown Corinth Cortland Cottonwood Coulterville Covell Covington Cowling Crab Orchard Crainville Crandall Creal Springs Creston Croft Cropsey Crossroads Cruger Cuba Curran Cushman Custer Cutler Cypress Dakota Dalton City Dalzell Daminasville Dana Danway Darrow Darwin Daum Davis Davis Junction Daysville Deering Deers DeKalb Denmark Dennison Denny

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Elwin Emergy Emington Emma Energy Enfield Epworth Ernest Esmond Essex Etherton Eureka Evans Evansville Evarts Ewing Exeter Fairbury Fairfield Fairdale Fairland Falmouth Fancy Prairie Farm Ridge Farmer City Farmingdale Farrington Station Fayette Fayetteville Felter Ferges Town Ferrel Ficklin Finney Five Points Flagg Flagg Center Flemington Flint Flora Floraville Florence Florid Foreman Forreston Frankfort Heights Franklin Franklin Grove



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Homer Honey Creek Hoodville Homer Hopedale Horace Houston Howardton Hudgens Hudson Hughes Hugo Hull Hume Hunt Hunter Hurricane Hurst Hutsonville Illiopolis Independence Ingraham Ingrams Inman Irene Iron Iroquois Jacksonville Jalapa Jamesburg Jamestown Jenkins Johnston City Jonesboro Joppa Junction Kane Kangley Kaolin Karnak Kasbeer Kaser Keenes Keensburg Kellerville Kenney Kent Kentucky



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Maytown McConnell McCown McDowell McGirr McKeen McLean McLeansboro McVey Melrose Melvin Melwood Menard Mendota Meredosia Meriden Mermet Merriam Merritt Metcalf Metropolis Middletown Mill Shoals Milla Millstadt Milmine Milo Milton Mindale Mineral Minier Minonk Missal Mitchellsville Modena Monica Monroe Center Montezuma Monticello Morea Morrelville Morristown Morse Mortimer Morton Mossville Mount Carmel Mount Joy



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Villa Grove Villa Hills Villa Ridge Virden Voorhies Waddams Grove Wakefield Walker Walkerville Walnut Grove Walnut Prairie Walnut Wapella Ware Warren Warrensburg Wartrace Washburn Washington Wasson Waterman Water Valley Watkins Waverly Wayne City Waynesville Wayside Weaver Webster Weedman Weldon Welge Welland Wendelin Wenona West Brooklyn West City West End West Frankfort West Hallcock West Liberty West Ridge West Salem West Sandford West Union West Vienna

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Provides both residential and business service



A complete array of telecommunications services are offered VERIZON SELECT SERVICES, INC. 6665 N. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, TX 75039 888-483-7999 (customer service phone number) www.verizon.com (Internet address) Communities Served See Ameritech and Verizon North Communities Served Provides business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet, paging and wireless VERIZON SOUTH, INC. (FORMERLY GTE SOUTH INCORPORATED) 1312 East Empire St. Bloomington, IL 61701 800-483-4000 (installation/additional services/changes in services - residential) 800-483-5000 (installation/additional services/changes in services - business) 800-483-3000 (billing questions - residential) 800-483-5000 (billing questions - business) 800-483-1000 (telephone service difficulties - residential and single line business) 800-483-2000 (telephone service difficulties – multi-line business) 309-663-3073 (customer service fax number) www.gte.com or www.verizon.com (Internet address) Communities Served Armstrong Ash Grove Beason Bondgard Bondeville Bradbury Bryce Casey Cheneyville Cissna Park Clarence Claytonville Cleone Collison Congerville Cutmer Dailey

Danforth Dawson Park Deer Creek Dees Dewey Dillsburg Diona Dudley East Lynn Emden Fisher Flatville Foosland Fountain Creek Gerald Gifford Goodfield

Goodwine Grange Greenup Greer Hartsburg Hazel Dell Heaton Hoopeston Hustle Inclose Ivesdale Jewett Johnston Kansas Leverett Liberty Hill Lotus



Ludlow Midland City Milford Morian Neal Neoga Ogden Oilfield Parkville Penfield Pesotum Philo Potomac

Prospect Rankin Rantoul Reilly Royal Sadorus Schwer Secor Sellers Seymour Stockland Thomasboro Timothy

Toledo Tolono Tominson Trownbridge Union Center Unionville Ustick Warrington Wellington Westfield Woodland Woodworth

Provides both residential and business service A complete array of telecommunications services are offered VIOLA HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY 1303 16th Ave. P.O. Box 309 Viola, IL 61486 309-596-2222 (customer service phone number) 309-596-2079 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) Communities Served Viola Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance, Internet and customer premises equipment WABASH TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC. P.O. Box 299 Louisville, IL 62858 618-665-3311 (customer service phone number) 618-665-4188 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service e-mail address) www.wabash.net (internet address) Communities Served Bible Grove Browns

Cisne Crisp

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Mt. Erie Orchardville Xenia Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include paging and customer premises equipment WOODHULL COMMUNITY TELEPHONE COMPANY 246 North Division Street P.O. Box 117 Woodhull, IL 61490 309-334-2150 (customer service phone number) 309-334-2989 (customer service fax number) Communities Served Woodhull Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include wireless, Internet, and cable WORLDXCHANGE COMMUNICATIONS 9999 Willow Creek Road San Diego, CA 92131 800-569-8700 (customer service phone number) 858-549-2151 (customer service fax number) www.worldxchange.com (internet address) Communities Served State of Illinois Provides both residential and business service Other services offered include local toll, long distance and Internet YATES CITY TELEPHONE COMPANY 107 West Main Yates City, IL 61572 309-358-1300 (customer service phone number) 309-944-3810 (customer service fax number) Communities Served Yates City Provides both residential and business service Z-TEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Z-TEL) 601 South Harbour Island Boulevard



Suite 220 Tampa, FL 33602 800-511-4572 (customer service phone number) 334-368-1101 (customer service fax number) [email protected] (customer service email address) Communities Served Addison Algonquin Antioch Arlington Heights Aurora Barrington Bartlett Batavia Beecher Bellwood Bensenville Berwyn Big Rock Blue Island Braidwood Brookfield Calumet City Cary Chicago Chicago Heights Chicago Zone 1 Chicago Zone 2 Chicago Zone 3 Chicago Zone 4 Chicago Zone 5 Chicago Zone 6 Chicago Zone 7 Chicago Zone 8 Chicago Zone 9 Chicago Zone 10 Chicago Zone 11 Cicero Coal City Crescent City Crete Crystal Lake Deerfield Des Plaines Downers Grove Dundee Dwight

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Riverside Roselle Round Lake Seneca Skokie St. Anne St. Charles Sugargrove Summit Thornton Tinley Park Union Utica Verona West Chicago Warrenville Watseka Wauconda Waukegan Western Spg. Wheaton Wheeling Willow Spg. Wilmette Wilmington Winnetka Woodstock Yorkville Zion

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3. Alternative Local Exchange Telephone companies Alternative local exchange telephone companies are defined as any company, other than incumbent local exchange telephone companies, certificated by the ICC to provide local exchange telecommunications services in the State of Illinois on or after 1995. Alternative local exchange telephone companies planning to provide services in the State of Illinois after 1995 must be certificated by the ICC. Alternative local exchange telephone companies are also required to file a price list specifying their rates and charges for basic local telecommunications services. Certificate authority is on a statewide basis, except where prohibited. As of June, 2001, the ICC was faced with approximately 425 applications from entities desiring to be certified as non-incumbent local exchange companies. II. COMPETITIVE LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER – US

MARKET INFORMAITON The following information was filed by qualifying US telephone

service providers with the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) in 2001. Reporting carriers own the “last mile” of wire, cable, or optical fiber that connects to the end-user premises (or own the equivalent fixed wireless facility) if it reports providing the local telephone line over its own facilities. In general, local exchange and exchange access lines provisioned over facilities (other than dark fiber) and services obtained from another carrier are not the reporting carrier’s “own facilities” for purposes of this data collection, irrespective of whether those facilities or services are obtained under interconnection arrangements, under tariff, or by other means. In particular, owning the switch that provides dial-tone (and other services) over a UNE (unbundled network element) loop leased from another carrier does not qualify a line as being provisioned over the reporting carrier’s own facilities. UNE loops, as the term is used here, includes UNE loops leased from an ILEC on a stand-alone basis and also UNE loops leased in combination with UNE switching or with any other unbundled network element.

Considering the technology deployed in the “last few feet” to the end-user customer’s premises, about 1% of nationwide local telephone lines in service, or about 1.2 million lines, now terminate at the end-user customer’s


premises over coaxial cable facilities. Less than 1% of lines terminate over fixed wireless facilities.

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Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (“CLECs”) reported a total of 16.4 million (or 8.5%) local telephone access lines of the approximately 194 million nationwide local telephone lines in service to end-user customers. At the end of 1999, 8.3 million (or 4.4% of nationwide lines) were provided by CLECs. CLEC market share has grown 93% in the past two years.

CLECs have captured 20% of the market in the State of New York – the most of any state. CLECs reported 2.8 million lines in New York, compared to 1.2 million lines the prior year – an increase of over 130%, from the time the FCC granted Verizon’s long distance application in New York.

CLECs captured 12% of the market in Texas, gaining 644,980 end-user lines in the six months since the FCC authorized SBC’s long distance application in Texas.

CLEC market share in New York and Texas (the third and second most populous states and the two states where incumbent local exchange carriers were granted long distance approval during the reporting period ending in December 2000) are over 135% and 45% higher than the national average, respectively.

The most populous state, California, has the third largest number of CLEC lines reported. At least one CLEC is now serving customers in 56% of the nation’s zip codes. About 88% of United States households reside in these zip codes.

CLECs reported lines in all states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico except Hawaii. Four or more CLECs reported serving customers in 34 states.

In Florida, Georgia, New York, and Texas, at least one-quarter of the zip codes have seven or more reporting CLECs. By contrast, 8% of nationwide zip codes have seven or more reporting CLECs.



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About 60% of CLEC local telephone lines served medium and large business, institutional, and government customers. By contrast, almost 20% of incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) lines served medium and large business customers.

CLECs now serve 4.6% of the residential and small business customers, compared to 2.3% for the year ago period. CLECs share of the residential and small business customer market grew nearly 45% over the past two years.

CLECs provided about 35% of their end-user customer lines over their own local loop facilities.

Incumbent telephone companies now provide about 6.8 million resale lines, and they now provide about 5.3 million UNE loops.

The 77 providers of mobile wireless telephone services that reported information now serve over 101 million subscribers. About 9% of these subscribers received their service via a mobile telephone service reseller.



CITY OF GENEVA, ILLINOIS

CABLE TV FRANCHISE SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

Franchise Area: City Limits of Geneva, IL Primary Franchisee: AT&T Broadband Previous Franchisee: Centel Communications Company of Illinois Effective Date: March 19, 1984 Original Term: 15 Years Expiration Date: March 18, 1999 Extensions: City may renew the franchise on an annual basis provided that Franchisee has been in reasonable compliance with the terms and conditions imposed by the Cable Communications Ordinance. Franchise Fee: 5% of annual gross revenues including advertising revenues Channel Requirements: System will be spaced at 450 MHz. 56 channels will be activated allowing for future channel Expansion. Standby Requirements: None Office Requirements: None Courtesy Service: Courtesy service shall be provided to 5 Schools, Public Library, Geneva Park District, 3 Municipal Government offices, Community Hospital; Character Generator to City, Equipment as listed in Franchise Agreement for local origination and training shall be provided for local origination.




Service Requirements: Franchisee shall provide, install and maintain, free of charge, an Emergency Alert Overide System. On a monthly basis, Franchisee shall mail to all Subscribers a program guide.


BROADBAND GLOSSARY A Access: The service provided by local exchange carriers or alternate access providers, that enables a user to enter a circuit and connect with an interexchange carrier. Access Channels: Channels set aside by a cable operator for use by third parties, including the public, educational institutions, local governments, and commercial interests unaffiliated with the operator (see also PEG and LEASED ACCESS). (ACD) Automatic Call Distributor: A device that is able to distribute incoming calls to a certain group of terminals. (A/D) Analog to Digital Converter: A device that constantly converts varying analog signals to digital signals. (ADI) Area of Dominant Influence: A television market as delineated by the Arbitron Company. Addressable: Capable of being activated or accessed remotely by signals sent from a cable system’s headend (addressable usually refers to descramblers and other set-top boxes). (ADSL) Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line: A modem technology that provides greater bandwidth from ordinary telephone lines. Asymmetrical is able to provide faster one way speed connectivity between the central office and the customer premises. Aerial Plant: Cable that is suspended above ground on telephone or utility poles. (AIN) Advanced Intelligent Network: A network architecture that allows major foreign and US telecommunications companies to direct telephone calls based on activating points to the database used in Signaling System 7 (SS7). Amplifier: A device that boosts the strength of electronic signals. Analog: A mechanism or method in which data is represented by continuous variable physical quantities and that uses nondiscrete variations in frequency, amplitude or location to carry sounds, signals, mathematical data or other information. (ANI) Automatic Number Identification: A function by which the directory number of a calling unit is automatically obtained.

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(ARPA) Advanced Research Project Agency: An agency of the U.S. Department of Defense that funded the ARPANet as a research network. Aspect Ratio: The ratio of a television screen’s width to its height (4:3 for NTSC, 16:9 for HDTV). (AT) Access Tandem: A switching system that provides an interexchange carrier with access to more than one end office. (ATM) Asynchronous Transfer Mode: A high-speed multiplexing and switching technique that uses fixed size of cells to support several types of traffic such as voice, data and video. (ATV) Advanced Television: A series of digital television technologies that are designed to improve the current commercial-quality television system.

B Basic Cable: Primary level or levels of cable service offered for subscription. Basic cable offerings may include retransmitted broadcast signals as well as local and access programming. In addition, regional and national cable network programming may be provided. Basic service offerings at the system level may be offered as more than one tier. Bipolar Signal: A signal that can take on two polarities, of which neither is zero. Box: Electronic equipment used to process television signals in a consumer’s home, usually housed in a “box” that sits atop a TV set or VCR. See also CONVERTER and DESCRAMBLER. (BPS) Bits Per Second: Transmission rate for digital information expressed as the number of bits (zeroes or ones) sent or received per second. Broadband Communications System: A network such as a cable system capable of delivering multiple high capacity services simultaneously. (BS) Base Station: A fixed land station in the land mobile service that relays signals to and from mobile voice and data terminals or handsets. (BSS) Business Support System: A system that supports and manages information of various telecommunication functions such as billing, data warehousing, customer care, network management and account receivables. (BW) Bandwidth: A measure of the capacity of a channel of communications in the broadcast spectrum. A range of frequencies or the amount of spectrum used to transmit pictures, sound,

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and data (In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission has assigned broadcast television channels a bandwidth of 6 megahertz). Bundling: Combining goods and/or services into a single package, often for a discounted price.

C Cablecasting: The use of cable systems by federal, state, and local officials to disseminate information and television programming to their constituents. Cable Modem: A communication device connected to a personal computer which offers customers access to the Internet over a cable system at speeds 50-100 times faster than a telephone connection. Cable Ready: Label for consumer electronic devices, such as television sets and VCRs, that are designed to allow direct connection to a cable television network. Cable System: A localized communications network that distributes television, Internet, and telephone services by means of coaxial cables and/or fiber optics. (CABS) Carrier Access Billing System: A software application also known as Integrated Access Billing System (IABS), that enables local exchange carriers (LECs) to measure minutes of use on access and thereby be able to bill LECs for it. (CAP) Competitive Access Provider: Companies that provide connections to long distance providers while bypassing local telephone companies. (CARS) Community Antenna Relay Service: Microwave facilities used to relay television, FM radio, and other signals from a cable television headend to a reception site for distribution over cable. Cash Flow: A measure often used in the cable industry to assess a company’s financial performance. Generally, cash flow is a company’s earnings before non-cash expenses, such as depreciation and amortization, are taken into account. (CATV) Community Antenna TV: Also known as Cable TV, it uses several TV units connected by cable to a common antenna to serve a community. (CBR) Continuous Bit Rate: A transmission rate that is uniform. (CCIS) Common Channel Interoffice Signaling: The basis for intelligent networks, it routes information to and from specialized databases stored in the network carriers' computers and uses a separate data line to route interoffice signals, thereby providing a faster call set-up. (CCITT) Consultative Committee International Telephony and Telegraphy:

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Presently known as the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the ITU sets and develops standards for telecommunications. (CDMA) Code Division Multiple Access: A digital cellular communications technology used as a multiplexing and multiple access technique in which multiple calls are individually coded for transmission over one channel simultaneously. (CDPD) Cellular Digital Packet Data: Developed by IBM as a way to transmit short wireless data messages, such as credit card verification, over cellular providers' analog network. (CDR) Call Detail Record: A system feature that tracks details about calls, such as type, time, duration, originator and destination. CDRs can be used for network monitoring, accounting and billing purposes. (CELP) Code Excited Linear Prediction: An analog to digital speech coding method that provides near toll quality audio by utilizing smaller samples that are processed faster. Central Office: A telecommunications facility (generally serving 10,000 telephone lines) where local calls are switched. (CENTREX) Central Exchange: This is an exchange system run from the central office that routes and switches calls for commercial and non-profit organizations, while providing them with comparable services provided by private branch exchanges. (CG) Character Generator: Device that electronically displays letters and numbers on the television screen. Channel Capacity: Maximum number of television channels that a cable system can carry simultaneously. (CLASS) Custom Local Area Signaling Services: A number translation service available within a Local Access and Transport Area (LATA). (CLEC) Competitive Local Exchange Carrier: A company that has been allowed to offer local telephone service, in competition with the regional Bell companies. (CMIP) Common Management Information Protocol: The protocol used in order to manage remote systems through an application process that interchanges information and commands. (Coax)Coaxial Cable: A transmission line 1/4 to 1 inch thick with an inner wire to conduct signals and an outer aluminum coating to act as a ground. The two metal layers are separated by insulation and may be wrapped in a protective plastic sheathing. (CODEC) Coder/Decoder: A device that converts digital codes to analog and vice versa.

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Collocation: Placing a competitor’s communications equipment in one’s own facilities to allow efficient interconnection of different networks. Committed Information Rate: The bandwidth committed by the carrier for the port connection that is assigned to a permanent virtual circuit in a frame relay network. Common Carrier: A communications provider, such as a telephone company, which offers its services to all members of the public for a set fee (tariff). Common carriers are regulated by federal and state agencies and exercise no control over the content of the messages they carry. Compression: A technique for reducing the number of bits that make up a digital television signal and reducing the amount of bandwidth required to carry it. By reducing the bandwidth necessary to carry compressed digital signals, cable companies and others can greatly increase the number of channels they offer to consumers. Compulsory License: Statutory license (section 111 of the Copyright Act) which allows cable and MMDS operators to retransmit, for a prescribed fee, programming broadcast by television stations (see also SHVA). Converter: Device which increases the number of channels that a TV set can receive by converting the large number of signals carried on a cable or satellite system to a single channel tuned by the TV set, e.g., channel 3 or 4. (CPE) Customer Premise Equipment: The equipment at the customer's premises that connects with a carrier's communication network, such as terminals and inside wiring. (CRIS) Customer Record Information System: A system that is used to maintain customers' usage records for billing purposes by many local exchange carriers (LECs). (CSMA/CD) Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection: A protocol by which all nodes attached to the network contend for access and listen if another PC is transmitting. If not, it starts to transmit or it waits to retransmit if it detects another station’s jam signal. (CSR) Customer Service Record: A detailed printout of a subscriber's monthly equipment and service charges billed by the local telephone company and uses corresponding USOC codes.

D (DBS) Direct Broadcast Satellite: A TV broadcast service from a small satellite dish antenna that offers similar services, like that of cable TV, and which transmits highly compressed digital signals. (DCS) Digital Crossconnect System: A high-speed data channel switch that in response to dialing instructions independent of the data traveling through, switches transmission paths.

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(DDD) Direct Distance Dialing: A switched service that allows for whomever originates a call to directly place long-distance calls without assistance. (DDS) Digital Data Service: A synchronized digital service that interconnects digital transmission centers. (DE) Discard Eligibility: An indicator in a frame relay that identifies which frames can be discarded in case of network congestion. Descrambler: Electronic circuit that restores a scrambled video signal to its original form. Television signals, especially those transmitted by satellite, are often scrambled to protect against theft and other unauthorized use. Dialing Parity: The ability to reach a residential or business phone by dialing the same number of digits no matter which company’s network is used. (DID) Direct Inward Dialing: A feature that allows calls to the ten-digit DID telephone number to reach that specific extension without human interference. Digital: An intelligence-carrying signal consisting of a stream of bits of zeros and ones for sound, video, computer data or other information. Digital Cable: Cable services, programming, and equipment that use digital, not analog, formats (see DTV and HDTV). Dish: A parabolic antenna used to receive satellite transmissions at home. The older “C band” dishes measure 7-12 feet in diameter, while the newer “Ku band” dishes used to receive high-powered DBS services can be as small as 18 inches in diameter. Distant Signal: Television signal from another city that is imported and carried locally by a cable television system. (DLC) Digital Loop Carrier: The supplies and equipment that are used for digital multiplexing of telephone circuits. This would include the lines. (DLCI) Data Link Connection Indicator: The number sequence that identifies public data networks. (DMA) Designated Market Area: A television market as delineated by the A.C. Nielsen Company. (DMT) Discrete Multitone Technology: A technology that uses digital signals to transmit multiple signals over the present pair of copper wiring. (DN) Directory Number: A 10-digit number assigned by the local telephone provider. Generally referred to as an individual’s telephone number.

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(DOCSIS) Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification: The leading standard for cable modems. (DOD) Department of Defense: The United States federal agency overseeing the military. Downstream: Flow of signals from a cable system’s headend through its distribution network to a customer. (DQPSK) Differential Quadra Phase Shift Keying: A phase modulation technique used in modems to code relative changes of a carrier signal phase in the transmitted waveform. Drop Cable: The final stretch of coaxial cable that connects a customer’s home to the cable system. (DS-O) Digital Signal Level 0: A classification of digital circuits with a rate of transmission rate of 64 kb/s. (DS-1) Digital Signal Level 1: The rate of transmission of a DS-1 (or T -1) is of 1 .544 Mb/s and 24 channels are associated with it. (DS-3) Digital Signal Level 3: The rate of transmission of a DS-3 (or T -3) is of 44.736 Mb/s and is associated with 672 channels. (DSC) Digital Selective Calling: A synchronous system that is used to set up contact by radio with a station or group of stations. (DSP) Digital Signal Processors: A special programmable device used for digital signal processing by providing ultra-fast instruction sequences. (DSU) Data Service Unit: An apparatus used to link data terminal equipment to the carrier's digital services, such as T -1. DTH (Direct-To-Home): All satellite service providers, including C-band and Ku band (DBS). (DTMF) Dual Tone Multi-Frequency: A type of double-frequency audio signals that are generated by a push-button device like those on a touch-tone telephone. DTV (Digital TV): Television signals transmitted and received in digital format (discontinuous zeroes and ones; compare with ANALOG). Digital TV has several formats and varying degrees of resolution, from 480 lines per screen progressively scanned to 1080 lines interlaced. DTV includes HDTV, but not all DTV is HDTV since the bandwidth required for HDTV can be broken down to accommodate several DTV signals of lesser resolution. Dual Cable: Two wires or coaxial cables operating side-by-side to provide extra channel capacity and interactivity.

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(DWDM) Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing: A technique by which multiple light signals (generally using four or more signals) of different wavelengths, are simultaneously transmitted in the same direction over a single optical fiber.

E Earth Station: A large dish used for sending and receiving signals from a communications satellite. A one-way, receive-only earth station is known as TVRO. (EB) Electronic Bonding: The ability to forge an interface between the operations support systems of the local and long distance service providers, thereby enabling the seamless exchange of information concerning network needs and customer orders. (EDI) Electronic Data Interchange: An electronic messaging system for the trading and interchanging of information. (ES) Earth Station: A satellite communications center, including the antenna, receiver and electronics necessary in receiving satellite transmitted signals. (ESS) Electronic Switching System: It is a switching system for the telephone network that is based on time-division multiplexing of digitized analog signals. Ethernet: The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers' (IEEE) widely used access method for the local area network (LAN) protocol. Exclusivity: Contractual right to be the sole exhibitor of a television program in a particular area at a specified time. Extranet: The part of a company or an organization internal computer network which outside users and which uses the public Internet as its transmission system, but requires passwords to gain access.

F (FCC) The Federal Communications Commission: Established by the Communications Act of 1934, the FCC is the federal agency in charge of overseeing interstate telecommunications, as well as all the communications services originating and terminating in the United States. (FDDI) Fiber Distributed Data Interface: An ANSI define standard by which computers can communicate at 1 00 million bits per second over fiber-optic token ring network.

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(FDDI-LAN) Fiber Distributed Data Interface- LAN: An American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and ISO defined standard for high-speed (100 MBPS) local area network (LAN) communications using fiber-optic cable as the transmission medium. (FDMA) Frequency Division Multiple Access: A multiplexing and multiple access technique for sharing of a spectrum band where each user is assigned a single transmission channel. (FEC) Forward Error Correction: A data transmission technique that is able to correct for bad data transmitted on the receiving end by using the correction bits and a predetermined algorithm sequence. Feeder Line: Intermediate distribution line (fiber or coaxial cable) that connects a trunk from the headend to the drop cables serving individual homes. Fiber Optics: Thin transparent fibers of glass or plastic that are enclosed by material of a lower index of refraction and in which Light-Emitting Diodes (LED)s send light through the fiber to a detector that turns the light into an electrical signal. Firewire: An interface based on the IEEE–1394 standard which allows OpenCable™ set-top boxes to be connected to digital television sets without signal degradation. Forbearance: A regulatory body’s decision not to exercise its authority over a given market or company, usually because there is competition. (FPS) Fast Packet Switching: A packet-oriented switching technique that uses short and fixed length packets to increase the throughput. (FR) Frame Relay: A packet access protocol primarily used to interconnect distant LANs and routers together, to Internet access via T -1. Franchise: Contractual agreement between a cable operator and a governmental entity that defines the rights and responsibilities of each in the construction and operation of a cable system within a specified geographic area. Franchising Authority: Governmental body (city, county, or state) responsible for awarding and overseeing local cable franchises. (FTP) File Transfer Protocol: Widely used prior to 1995, it is a protocol that enables the user to log onto computers at other sites and transfer or retrieve files. These files were retrieved/transferred in text format.

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(GEO) Geostationary Earth Orbit: A satellite orbit for communications satellites 22,300 miles above the earth and whose speed is the same as the earth's rotation, so thereby appearing stationary. (GS) Gateway Server: A station on the local area network that has devices necessary to provide system interoperability between one or more network users. (GSM) Global Standard for Mobile Telecommunications: A TDMA standard set by the European Union for all European countries and increasingly used throughout the world, for two-way digital cellular systems. It operates in the 1.8 to 1.9 GHz band in North America.

H H.323: An ITU standard for videoconferencing over packet-switched network which is widely supported for Internet telephony. Hardware: Equipment involved in the production, storage, distribution, and reception of electronic signals, such as computers, amplifiers, cameras, and VCRs. (HDSL) High Data Rate DSL: A digital subscriber line technology that allows for upstream data transmission at T -1 of fractional T -1 speeds and quality over copper wires. Headend: Facility that originates and distributes cable service in a given geographic area. Depending on the size of the area it serves, a cable system may be comprised of more than one headend. (HDTV) High Definition Television: Digital television which offers twice the resolution, wider screens, better sound, and better color than the NTSC format. “True” HDTV involves a 16:9 aspect ratio and at least 720 lines per screen. (HFC) Hybrid Fiber/Coax: A network architecture developed by the cable industry which uses a blend of fiber and coaxial cable to bring consumers interactivity, greater channel capacity, increased signal strength, and improved reliability. Home Shopping: Cable and broadcast television programming which allows customers to view and order merchandise at home. Homes Passed: Households with the ability receive cable service and which may opt to subscribe. (HQ) Headquarters: A center of administration or operations.

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I (ILEC) Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier: A term used to refer to a Bell Operating Company. Independent: An individually owned and operated cable television system (compare with MSO). (I-NET) Institutional Network: A private, dedicated network built and/or operated by a cable TV system for local schools, businesses, or government. Interactive: Two-way communications allowing a person to both send and receive information (compare with passive or receive-only systems, such as broadcast television). Interconnection: The linking of two or more telecommunications networks, such as a cable system to a local exchange company or a long distance carrier. Interlaced: A scanning format for televisions which blends two separate images, alternatively scanned on odd and even numbered lines, into one frame (compare with PROGRESSIVE scanning). Internet: A global data network supporting research, engineering, commercial, information, and educational services. Intranet: An in-house company network Web site that serves the employees of the enterprise and which offers similar features and services as the Internet. (IP) Internet Protocol: An International Standards Organization (ISO) standard that implements the network layer 3 of an open system interconnection (OSI) model that contains a network address and is utilized in directing a message to a different network. (IS) Information Service: The department in a company which oversees the computers, networking and data management. This term has been updated to IT (Information Technology). (ISDN) Integrated Services Digital Network: A standard and integrated digital network that allows users to simultaneously send voice, data and video over multiple multiplexed communications channels from a common network interface. (ISN) Internet Service Node: An interconnection point in the Internet network to other specific entities. (ISP) Internet Service Provider: A service provider that has its own network (or leases) to which end-users dial into to connect to the Internet.

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(ITSP) Internet Telephony Service Provider: A company that provides users with telephony service via the Internet through standard telephone wires. (ITU) International Telecommunications Union: An international organization within which governments and private sectors set communications standards. IXC (Interexchange Carrier): A long distance telephone company linking separate local exchanges.

K (Kft) Kilofeet: A thousand feet. (Km) Kilometer: A thousand meters, or 0.62 miles.

L (LAN) Local Area Network: A data communications network that links together computers and peripherals to serve users within a confined area. Leased Access: Commercial channels made available by a cable operator to third parties for a fee, as required by the Cable Acts of 1984 and 1992. (LATA) Local Access Transport Area: The area in which Regional Bell Operating Companies were allowed to provide local telephone and exchange access services as a result of the divestiture of AT&T in 1984. Layer-1: In networking, the fist phase of the communications protocol of the open system interconnection (OSI) model, also referred to as the physical layer, which provides the transmission of bits over the network medium. Layer 2: The second layer of the open system interconnection (OSI) model that contains the physical address of a client or server station, also called the data link layer. Layer 3: The third layer of the open system interconnection (OSI) model, which contains the logical address of a client or server station. Layer 4: Also known as the transport layer, it is the layer of the open system interconnection (OSI) model which provides end-to-end management of the communications session. Layer 5: The fifth layer of the open system interconnection (OSI) model that initiates and manages the communications session.

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(LCD) Liquid Crystal Display: An electro-optical display technology that uses rod-shape molecules that flow like liquid and bend light. (LDAP) Lightweight Directory Application Protocol: A protocol that is implemented in querying directory databases. (LEC) Local Exchange Carrier: Any authorized carrier that has been given permission by the state PUC to provide local voice-level telecommunications services within a predetermined area (LEOS) Low Earth Orbit Satellite: Satellites that orbit the earth at lower altitudes. (LID) Line Information Database: These databases contain all valid telephone and calling card numbers, and when a user places a calling card call, these databases can provide validation. (LMDS) Local Multipoint Distribution Service: A wireless cable system that enables greater upstream bandwidth than most other wireless services from a fixed station for entertainment video and CLEC services. (LNP) Local Number Portability: A feature that allows customers to maintain their present telephone numbers when they change carriers for incoming calls. (LO) Local Origination Programming: Material developed by an individual cable television system specifically for the community it serves. Local Loop: The wire that connects a home or business to a telephone company’s central office. Local-To-Local: The retransmission by DBS of local TV signals back into their local broadcast markets. Long Distance: A call in the public switched telephone network that goes beyond the local calling area. Loop: A pair of wires that connects the central office to the telephone set. The telephone set is the location of the telephone.

M (MAE) Metro Area Exchange: Major access points in a network in the Internet. (MAN) Metropolitan Area Network: A communications network that covers a large portion of a city or a large campus through which two or more LANs interconnect. (MDF) Main Distribution Frame: A unit that connects between outside plant cables and internal lines or line equipment in the central office (CO).

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(MDS) Multipoint Distribution Service: A pay-TV broadcast delivery service through microwave frequencies from a fixed station to multiple small dish antennas. (MF) Multi-Frequency: A frequency composed of two or more frequencies. Miles of Plant: Number of cable plant miles laid or strung by a cable system; the cable miles in place. (MM) Millimeter: A unit of measure for one thousandth of a meter. MMDS (Multi-Channel/Multi-Point Distribution System): A wireless cable service using microwaves to transmit multiple television signals to customers. MODEM (Modulator–Demodulator): An electronic device that allows users to connect computers and other equipment in their homes, schools, or businesses to a network for the purpose of sending and/or receiving data. (MPEG) Moving Picture Experts Group: An international group that sets standards for compressing video images. (MPLS) Multiprotocol Label Switching: A technical description for layer 3 switching using labels of fixed-Length to quicken the pace in traffic paths. (MSO) Multiple System Operator: A major cable TV organization that has franchises in multiple locations. (MUX) Multiplexer: A device that combines many input devices into one compiled signal to be carried over one telephone line. Must Carry: A policy, developed by the FCC in the 1960s and codified by Congress in 1992, requiring cable systems to carry the analog signal of a local television station if that broadcaster so chooses (see also RETRANSMISSION CONSENT). The Supreme Court voted 5-4 in 1997 to uphold must carry for analog broadcast television signals.

N (NAP) Network Access Point: Also known as the Internet Exchanges (IXS), it is a point where major Internet service providers come together and interconnect with each other. Narrowcasting: Delivery of programming that addresses a specific need or highly focused audience. Near Video On Demand: The practice of offering the same programming on different channels at different times so that customers do not have to wait long for a desired show to begin.

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(NEL) Network Element Layer: The layer of an integrated digital network whose function and capabilities include the information necessary for billing and collection, for routing or transmission of a telecommunications service. Network Non-Duplication Rules: FCC rules prohibiting a cable operator from importing a network’s broadcast signals from a distant television market when they are available simultaneously from a local network affiliate. (NIC) Network Interface Card: An interface card that interconnects all the adapters in a computer to provide access to the network. Node: A connection point in a cable system (often where a fiber enters a neighborhood and connects to coaxial cables serving 200-1000 individual homes). Noise: Static and other distortions to an electronic signal which degrade the quality of television pictures and sound received by the consumer. (NPA) Numbering Plan Area: The first three digits of a North American telephone number, often an “area code”, in which the first digit cannot be a 1 or a 0 and that the remaining numbers can be 2 through 9. (NPAC) Number Portability Administration Center: A national database that keeps track of all ported number at the national and regional levels. (NSP) Network Service Provide: An Internet provider that offers high-speed backbone services. (NTSC) National Television System Committee: Responsible for the specifications administered by the FCC for commercial broadcasting. Number Portability: The right of telephone customers to keep their existing phone numbers if they change locations or service providers.

O Off The Air: Refers to the reception of broadcast television signals with a local antenna (either roof-top or set-top) instead of through a cable or satellite dish. OpenCable: An initiative of the cable industry (through CableLabs) to develop and label a new generation of interoperable digital boxes available through retail stores that will provide subscribers with video, data, and interactive services. Operating Income: Generally defined as a company’s income before interest payments and taxes.

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Optical Amplifier: A device that receives an optical signal and amplifies it and retransmits it as an optical signal to the system. (OSI) Open System Interconnection: A logical structure developed by the International Standards Organization to enable devices from multiple vendors to communicate with any other OSI-compliant system. OSP (On-Line Service Provider): An interactive computer service such as Road Runner, @Home, or AOL which provides subscribers with proprietary information as well as access to the Internet (compare with ISP). (OSS) Operations Support Systems: A system that processes telecommunications information which supports various management functions like network management, inventory control, maintenance, trouble ticket reporting, surveillance and service provisioning.

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P Packet: A group of bits switched as a unit block of data used for transmission in a packet-switched network. Pay Cable: A network or service available for an added monthly fee. Also called premium. Some services, call mini-pay, are marketed at an average monthly rate below that of full-priced premium. Pay Cable Unit: Each premium service to which a household subscribes is counted as one unit. Pay-Per-View: Pay service that enables a subscriber to order and view events or movies on an individual basis. (PBX) Private Branch Exchange: A private telephone system switch that interconnects telephone extensions to each other, as well as to the outside telephone network. (PCM) Pulse Code Modulation: The sampling of a signal and each sample is then digitized so as to have it transmitted over a medium. (PCN) Personal Communications Network: A kind of wireless communications system that transmits through low-power antennas and uses lightweight and inexpensive handsets. (PCS) Personal Communications Service: A wireless service concept that allow users to communicate with the combination of terminal and personal mobility. The allocation of spectrum in the 1800-1900 MHz band is called the PCS band. PEG (Public, Educational, and Governmental): See ACCESS CHANNELS. Penetration: The number of homes actually served by cable in a given area, expressed as a percentage of homes passed (e.g. cable penetration in November 1998 was 67.4 percent nationwide). (PIC) Primary Inter-Exchange Carrier: The carrier for interstate and international calling that can be accessed without being required to dial extra digits. Calls get automatically routed to the customer's “PIC”. Point of Presence: A site where telecommunications companies (such as cellular and long distance providers) physically interconnect their systems with other networks (such as local telephone companies or cable companies). Pole Attachment: The place where, for a fee, cable systems attach their wires to telephone or utility poles.

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(POP) Point of Presence: The location at which a line from a long distance carrier (IXC) connects into a local telephone carrier's switching network facility. (POTS) Plain Old Telephone Service: The basic telephone lines connecting most residential and small business users to the public telephone network. (PPP) Point-to Point Protocol: A data link protocol that is popular for Internet access and for carrying higher level protocols, while supporting both asynchronous and synchronous lines. Premium Services: Individual channels such as HBO and SHOWTIME which are available to cable customers for a monthly subscription fee. Progressive: A scanning format used by computer monitors and some television sets where each picture frame is presented sequentially and is scanned continuously from the top left of the screen down to the bottom right corner (compare with INTERLACED). (PRI) Primary Rate Interface: An interface standard for integrated services digital network providing a total of 1.544 MBPS. (PSC) Public Service Commission: Also known as the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), a state regulatory body that oversees public utility service providers. (PSN) Packet Switching Node: A node in a packet-switching network, supporting the formatting, transmitting and routing packets. (PSTN) Public Switched Telecom Network: The common domestic telecommunications network that is access by private branch exchange trunks, telephones, and Centrex systems. (PTM) Packet Transfer Mode: A technique of packet switching and transmission that enables more effective sharing of network resources by various users. (PUC) Public Utility Commission: A state regulatory body that is responsible for establishing and implementing public policy and regulating intrastate utilities. (PVC) Permanent Virtual Connection: A point-to-point virtual connection scheduled ahead of time for a long-term connection between data terminal equipment.

R (RADSL) Rate Adaptive DSL: A modem technology (DSL) that maximizes the digital speed of copper lines and adjusts speeds in reference to signal quality.

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(RBOC) Regional Bell Operating Company: The regional holding companies that resulted from the divestiture of A T& T. The previous 22 bell telephone companies were combined into 7 regional companies in 1984. Regional Hubs: Fiber optic rings that link several adjacent or regional headends, thus improving reliability, lowering costs, and expanding cable’s offerings to include Internet access and telephone service. Retransmission Consent: A policy enacted by Congress in 1992 requiring cable operators to secure the consent of local television stations before retransmitting their signals. Instead of retransmission consent, broadcasters may choose MUST CARRY. (RF) Radio Frequency: The range on the electromagnetic frequencies with radio transmission. (RJ-11 Jack) Registered Jack -11: The type of phone jack that local telephone companies wire for most residential homes and which can only hold one line. Router: A device that forwards data packets of a specific protocol type from one logical network to another logical network, based on routing tables and routing protocols. (RSVP) Resource Reservation Protocol: A network protocol that signals a router to reserve a resource along the data path for real-time transmission. (RT) RingbackTone: Also known as an audible ringing tone, it is the signal that the calling party hears during the ringing interval as an audio tone interrupted at a slow repetition rate. (RTP) Real Time Protocol: An Internet protocol for the transmission of voice and video.

S Satellite: Communications device usually located in geostationary orbit, which receives transmissions from earth and retransmits them to different parts of the globe. (SBC) SBC Communications Inc: A regional telecommunications company made up of Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, Nevada Bell and Cellular One. (SCE) Service Creation Environment: Software for inputting comprehensive and elaborate enhanced service specifications. (SCP) Service Control Point: Software that enables carriers' computers to offer enhanced services by handling 800 numbers, collect and third-party billing calls, as well as calling cards, while involving the customer with data interaction. Scrambling: An electronic security technique used to render a TV signal unviewable unless it is processed and restored by an authorized decoder or descrambler.

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Set Top Box: see BOX, CONVERTER, and DESCRAMBLER. Share: The percent of television households tuned to a particular program or category of programming. SHVA (Satellite Home Viewer Act): Federal law (section 119 of the Copyright Act) which gives direct-to-home satellite distributors such as DBS a compulsory license for the retransmission of broadcast television programming. The SHVA will expire on December 31, 1999, unless extended by Congress. Signaling: The transmission of electrical signals that contain switching information between stations, user's premises, offices and various central offices. (SLIP) Serial Line Internet Protocol: A protocol that enables a computer to utilize Internet Protocol via high-speed modem and a telephone line. SMATV (Satellite Master Antenna Television): Small-scale, private cable system using a central rooftop antenna to serve the TV sets in an apartment building, hotel, or multiple dwelling unit. (SMDS) Switched Multimegabit Data Service: A fast packet-switching service offered by local telephone companies to provide cross-premises communications services between LANs. (SMS) Service Management System: A system that coordinates all of the national 800 telephone numbers for all the US telephone companies through service control points (SCP). (SONET) Synchronous Optical Network: An American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard for high speed, fiber optical transmission on the network. Spot Revenue: Revenue from advertising placed on a cable system by a local or national advertiser. (SS7) Signaling System #7: An addressing protocol for setting up calls and providing a faster processing of a call by operating out of band, for transaction services such as caller ID, automatic recall and call forwarding. (SSP) Service Switching Point: Software capable of sending triggering signals to service control points and queering these databases for information to process telephone calls. (STP) Shielded Twisted Pair: A two-wire twisted metallic transmission line that is protected by a sheath of conductive material. (STPs) Signal Transfer Points: Packet switches that routes signals over paths completely separate from the voice paths.

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(STS) Synchronous Transport Signal: The signal rate carried over a Synchronous Optical Network (SONET). Subscriber: This term is used interchangeably with household. Switch: A mechanical or electronic device for making, breaking, or changing the direction flow of electrical or optical signals from one side to the other. Syndicated Exclusivity (SYNDEX): Federal requirement that cable systems black out syndicated programming from distant signals (out-of-town television stations) for which a local broadcaster has exclusive contractual rights. For example, cable operators cannot import “I Love Lucy” as part of a distant TV signal if a local broadcaster has purchased the syndication rights for that program in its market. (The FCC eliminated this requirement in 1980 and subsequently reimposed it in 1990.) System: Facility that provides cable service in a given geographic area, comprised of one or more headends.

T T-I: Two pairs of copper wire that can carry 24 DS-O signals at a rate of 1.544 MBPS. (TA) Terminal Adapter: An external device, which connects computers to an ISDN line. TANDEM: A special ILEC switch which interconnects local ILEC switches directly serving providing dial tone to users with IXC or CLEC switches and/or networks. (TCP/IP) Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol: A communications protocol developed by the Department of Defense to inter-network dissimilar systems and operates at layers 3 and 4 (network and transport, respectively) of the OSI model. (TDM) Time Division Multiplexing: A digital multiplexing method to merge signals from two or more channels, such as telephones, computers, and video, into a common channel for transmission over telephone lines. (TELCO) Public Telephone Company: A company that provides telecommunication services. Teleradiology: A system that enables the viewing and processing of images within a hospital's nuclear medicine departments or remote image viewing from home computers or remote sites. (TELNET) Virtual Terminal Protocol: An Internet service that allows a user to create an interactive session with a computer on a different network as if they were actually on that system.

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Tier: A package of television channels offered to customers for a single price. Most cable systems have more than one tier, e.g., a basic package including local broadcast stations, and one or more expanded tiers featuring popular cable program networks. In addition, cable operators offer premium subscription services, such as HBO and SHOWTIME, and pay-per-view events such as movies, boxing matches, and concerts. (TMN) Telecommunications Management Network: A network using a set of international standards that interconnects and interfaces with a telecommunications network in order to interchange information in order to control and maintain the telecommunications network. Translator: Relay system that picks up distant television signals, converts the signals to another channel to avoid interference, and retransmits them into areas the original television station could not reach. Transponder: The part of a satellite that receives and retransmits a signal. Transport: The transfer access service to and from a point of presence (POP) serving wire center and a customer's serving wire center or end office (EO). Trunk: A communications network that can be used to connect circuits between switches or to interconnect switches themselves to form a network. Trunking: Transporting signals from one central point in a cable system (such as a headend) to another site without serving customers directly. Trunking can be accomplished by using fiber optics, coaxial cable, or microwave, although fiber is now the norm for the cable industry. (TV) Television: An electronic system of transmitting transient images and sound by means of electronic signals transmitted through wires and optical fibers. Twisted Pair: The wire traditionally used by telephone companies to connect customers to their central offices. It consists of two or more strands of color-coded copper wire bound together in a protective sheath. Two-Way: See INTERACTIVE. (TWTA) Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers: The main microwave repeaters or transmitters on a satellite.

U (UDP) User Datagram Protocol: A host-to-host protocol, which allows an application program on one computer to send a datagram to an application on another computer via packet-switched communications network.

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Unbundling: Requiring local exchange companies to separate the various components of their telephone service into independently available and separately priced features, such as the local loop, switching, operator assistance, and billing. Underground Installation: Installing coaxial and fiber cable underground as opposed to hanging it from poles (compare with AERIAL PLANT). (UNE) Unbundled Network Elements: Parts and components of a system that are sold separately, including local loops, OSS, local and tandem switches, as well as network interface devices. Universal Service: A fund to which interstate carrier must contribute in order to provide access to the advanced interexchange telecommunications services to those people living in rural areas and where it world otherwise not be cost-efficient to invest. Unserved Area: See WHITE AREA. Upstream: Flow of information from a customer back up through a cable system to the headend.

V (VCR) Video Cassette Recorder: A recording and playback machine that takes signals from a television camera via a television receiver and records them on magnetic tapes. Video On Demand: The ability to provide television programming to customers upon request (see also NEAR VIDEO ON DEMAND). (VOD) Voice Operated Device: A device that is operated by a system with speech recognition. (VPI/VCI) Virtual Path Identifier Virtual Channel Identifier: The combination of the address of a virtual circuit and of a virtual path, thereby identifying a connection on an ATM network. (VPN) Virtual Private Network: A private switched network that allows sites that are connected with one another to contact each other without dialing all eleven digits. (VRU) Voice Response Unit: A device that is capable to form a spoken message from an assortment of stored words. (VSAT) Very Small Aperture Terminal: A small earth station for satellite transmission and which is made up of one master earth station and several two-way satellite terminals. Commonly used by multinational firms in the transmission of fax, voice, and data throughout a widespread area.

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W (WAN) Wide Area Network: A network that connects two or more LANs in multiple cities via telephone lines. (WDN) Wavelength Division Multiplexing: A technology that utilizes the transmission of multiple light signals simultaneously through the same optical fiber, while preserving the integrity of each individual signal. White Area: An area unserved by a local, over-the-air broadcast signal (outside its grade B contour). (WLL) Wireless Local Loop: A system that uses radio waves, as a substitute for copper in making telephone connections from your home or office to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). (WWW) World Wide Web: A basic way of communication through the Internet for world-wide hypertext linking of multimedia documents.

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