(A) Every grantee shall, to the extent required by federal statutes, provide institutional networks to the extent that a grantee is obligated to provide the support pursuant to its franchise agreement. This may be supported pursuant to a separate contract arrangement if so agreed upon in the franchise agreement.
(B) Every grantee shall provide a channel or channels, bandwidth capacity, service and funding for separate public, educational and government (PEG) access channels, as specified in its franchise agreement. All these PEG access channels shall be available to all subscribers as part of basic cable service.
(C) Oversight and administration of the PEG access channels shall be set forth in the franchise agreement. The town may designate a community access corporation or similar entity to administer one or more of the access channels.
(D) Cost associated with construction and operation of the I-net shall not be a franchise fee unless specified in the franchise agreement
(Ord. eff. 10-8-2001)