A. All grantees shall interconnect access channels and/or local origination channels of their cable system with any or all other cable systems providing service within the city. Nothing herein shall prohibit the cable administrator or franchise agreement from requiring additional interconnections.
B. All grantees shall obtain agreements for the sharing of interconnection costs among all interconnecting companies. The cable administrator may extend the time to interconnect.
C. A grantee shall cooperate with any entity established for the purpose of regulating, financing or otherwise providing for the interconnection of cable systems.
D. The city may require a grantee to provide local origination equipment that is compatible with that used by other cable systems within the city and in adjacent areas.
E. A grantee shall make every reasonable effort to cooperate with cable television franchise holders in contiguous communities in order to provide cable service in areas outside the grantee's franchise area.
F. The city shall make every reasonable effort to cooperate with the franchising authorities in contiguous communities and with a grantee, in order to provide cable service in areas outside the city.
(Prior code § 113.1-34; Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 4-24-12, p. 23998, § 1)