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47 U.S.C. § 542. SECTION 7. INSTITUTIONAL NETWORK (I-NET) PROVISIONS AND RELATED COMMITMENTS 7.1 Institutional Network Facilities and Capacity. 7.1.1 The Grantee shall, at no cost to the City (and its agencies and departments), the Commission and the institutions designated in Exhibit A to receive Institutional Network service (collectively, the "I-Net Users"), construct, activate and maintain an Institutional Network that consists of the following facilities: (i) six (6) bi- directional fiber optic lines to each I-Net Node; and (ii) bi-directional coaxial cable links between the sites designated in Exhibit A to receive Institutional Network service (the "I-Net Sites") and the nearest I-Net Node. If a new City Hall facility is constructed or established during the term of this Franchise, the Grantee shall connect the new site to the Institutional Network, free of charge. The City (and its departments and agencies), the Commission and all institutions located at the I-Net Sites shall have exclusive use of all I-Net capacity, to the extent provided in subsection 7.2. I-Net Users may not sell or resell services or capacity to any third party. However, 1-Net Users may provide video, voice and data services to themselves, including those which the Grantee otherwise sells to others. The limitations of this paragraph shall not prevent I-Net Users from subleasing, bartering, selling, reselling or giving away capacity on the Institutional Network to any other public or nonprofit entity for noncommercial purposes that do not directly compete with any products or services offered by the Grantee. 7.1.2 The I-Net shall provide 450 MHz of activated capacity with no less than 54 standard video (6 MHz) channels (at least 23 upstream channels and at least 31 downstream channels) to the I-Net Sites. The entire I-Net shall be tested before the date of I-Net activation. If any segment does not pass the Grantee's performance test(s), the Grantee shall take all steps necessary to meet applicable standards, and the affected segment shall be retested. At the Commission's request, the Grantee shall send the Commission the results of each test conducted under this paragraph. 7.1.3 All I-Net distribution system power supplies shall have the standby capability of providing at least three (3) hours of backup power. Prior to battery failure, the Grantee shall connect I-Net power supplies to portable generators capable of producing adequate electrical current until commercial power is restored. 7.1.4 The Grantee shall connect the I-Net Sites to the Institutional Network pursuant to Exhibit A, at no cost to the City, the Commission or 1-Net Users. Other governmental, public or educational institutions subsequently designated by the City shall be connected to the I-Net via coaxial cable, free of charge, if the designated 36