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AT&T Broadband
8000 Eesi Hitt Avenue
Denver,Colorado 80231
March 29, 2002
VIA FACSIMILE AND US MAIL
Weld County Commissioners
Attn: Weld County Clerk
P.O. Box 459
Greeley, Colorado 80632
Dear County Clerk:
I am writing to inform you of a regulatory ruling that will affect a portion of the
franchise fees we remit to you under our cable system franchise. As you may know, the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been studying the regulatory status of
cable operators' offering of high-speed Internet over cable, and related "cable modem"
offerings. On March 15, 2002, the FCC decided that"cable modem service is an
interstate information service within the scope of[its]jurisdiction over interstate and
foreign communications."As a result, the FCC explained that"revenue from cable
modem service would not be included in the calculation of gross revenues from which
the franchise fee ceiling is determined."
In compliance with the FCC's order, AT&T Broadband will no longer bill
customers for franchise fees on cable modem service as of April 1, 2002. Cable modem
customers will be notified of this change on their next bill. In addition, AT&T Broadband
will be issuing credits to customers for franchise fees paid on cable modem service for
the service period after March 15, 2002. Thus, AT&T Broadband will remit to the
franchising authority all franchise fees billed and collected for cable modem service up to
March 15, 2002. Since the FCC has noted that past collections and payments were
made in good faith, we do not plan to request reimbursement of these prior payments
from you or to credit our subscribers for past collections.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss this issue further, please feel
free to call me at 303-603-5012 or Wendy Farley at 303-603-5013.
Sincerely,
AT&T Broadband of Colorado, Lice I/k�/a AT&T Broadband
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Franchise Compliance Coordinator
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