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4.5 Line Extension Requirements. 4.5.1 Subject to subsection 4.3 above, the Grantee shall make Cable Service available to all Qualified Living Units within the City, including multiple dwelling unit buildings except for multiple dwelling unit buildings to which the Grantee, after best efforts, has not obtained authorization to access. Grantee shall have a line extension obligation a reasonable time after the first date by which Grantee is providing Cable Service to more than fifty percent (50%) of all subscribers receiving facilities based Cable Service from both the Grantee and any other provider(s) of Cable Service within the City based on such Subscriber count information as City may possess, including information available to the City on a trade-secret or non-public basis. At that time, the City, in its reasonable discretion and after meeting with Grantee, shall discuss the timeframe to complete deployment to the remaining households in the City subject to a Line Extension requirement that is the same or similar to the requirement of the incumbent franchised cable operator. 4.5.2 Within the City's boundaries, including any areas annexed after the Effective Date of this Franchise, the Grantee must provide Service to a Qualified Living Unit upon request. 4.6 System Maintenance. 4.6.1 The Grantee shall interrupt Service only for good cause and for the shortest time possible. Such interruption shall occur during periods of minimum use of the System. The Grantee shall use its best efforts to provide the City with at least twenty-four (24) hours' prior notice of a planned service interruption, except for a planned service interruption which will have a minimal impact on Subscribers, usually meaning affecting less than one hundred (100) Subscribers or less than a fifteen(15)minute interruption. 4.6.2 Maintenance of the System shall be performed in accordance with the applicable technical performance and operating standards established by FCC rules and regulations. Should the FCC choose to abandon this field and does not preempt the City's entry into this field, the City may adopt such technical performance and operating standards as its own, and the Grantee shall comply with them at all times. 4.7 System Tests and Inspections; Special Testing. 4.7.1 Grantee shall perform all tests necessary to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the Franchise and other performance standards established by law or regulation. 4.7.2 The City shall have the right to inspect all construction or installation work performed pursuant to the provisions of this Franchise. In addition, the City may require special testing of a location or locations within the System if there is a particular matter of controversy or unresolved complaints regarding System construction, operations or installation work pertaining to such location(s). Such 20 48923242 RJV QU210-6