§ 7. Interconnection with other cable systems.

At the request of the city, TWEAN shall interconnect its cable system with adjacent cable systems operating within the city pursuant to a city franchise as necessary to allow subscribers throughout the city to view access programming, (i) through independent interconnection or (ii) through connection to a central facility at 251 Plant Street. Said interconnection shall be completed and activated no later than three months after the date of receipt of notice by the city unless the city has extended the deadline or waived this obligation. The cost of such interconnection shall be equitably distributed among the interconnecting parties based on the benefits received by each affected franchisee and its subscribers and the terms of the interconnection arrangement shall be set by agreement of the affected franchisees on a commercially reasonable basis. The cost of such interconnection shall include without limitation: capital costs of the interconnection equipment needed for the interconnection, ongoing costs of service and maintenance related to the interconnection; costs associated with the interconnection going forward (e.g. undergrounding of the interconnection equipment); and any other costs reasonably incurred by TWEAN related to the interconnection, but shall not include any prior costs incurred by TWEAN unrelated to the interconnection.