HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-03 AFN Rate Increase RESOLUTION NO. 2003- ~(~ ~
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CABLE TELEVISION
AND INTERNET RATES FOR THE ASHLAND FIBER
NETWORK, READOPTING ALL OTHER RATES WITHOUT
CHANGE & REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 2002-19.
THE CITY OF ASHLAND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The attached rate schedule is adopted as the rates and fees for AFN
Internet and AFN Cable Television provided by the City of Ashland Electric Utility
Department, Ashland Fiber Network Division. These rates are effective with the Cycle 1
billing in May 2003.
SECTION 2. Installation charges, equipment rental, bulk rates, and other charges may
be set administratively. To the extent practicable, such fees shall be set to recover,
over a fiscally prudent period, the incremental cost of providing such service by taking
into account all costs actually incurred.
SECTION 3. Nothing in Section 1 or Section 2 shall preclude AFN staff from 1)
temporarily reducing or waiving rates or charges in conjunction with promotional
campaigns, 2) establishing different and nondiscriminatory rates and charges for
commercial customers, as allowed by federal law and regulations, or 3) establishing
different and nondiscriminatory rates and charges for AFN high speed data and
wholesale high speed data commercial customers, as allowed by federal law and
regulations.
SECTION 4. Resolution No. 2002-19 is repealed as of the effective date of the new
rates.
SECTION 5. This resolution takes effect upon signing by the Mayor.
This resolution was read by title only in accordance with Ashland Municipal Code
§~ duly PASSED and ADOPTED this 18th day of February , 2003.
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this 18th day of February ,2003.
Alan W. DeBoer, Mayor
Rev,~wed as to form:
Paul Nolte, City Attorney
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RESOLUTION NO. 2003-
Rate Schedule
(Effective on Cycle 1 Billing - May 2003)
AFN TELEVISION BASE FRANCHISE
RATES FEE FEE PEG INCREMENT TOTAL
Tier Rates Per Month
Community (Tier I) $ 6.54 $0.35 $0.75 $ 7.64 $ 7.64
Basic (Tier II) $ 4.53 $0.24 $ 4.77 $12.41
- Increment added to Tier I.
Expanded (Tier III) $17.28 $0.91 $18.19 $30.60
- Increment added to Tiers I & II.
Digital Plus (Tier IV) $ 9.66 $0.51 $10.17 $40.77
- Increment added to Tiers I, II & III.
Premium Rates Per Month
Starz/Encore $ 9.11 $0.48 $9.59
HBO $12.55 $0.66 $13.21
Showtime $12.55 $0.66 $13.21
Pay Per View Per Event
Price Varies From $0 to $150
BASE FRANCHISE FIXED
AFN BUSINESS INTERNET RATES FEE FEE ADDRESS TOTAL
Business Internet (wholesale rate
to certified ISP)
Monthly Rates $65.00 + $3.41 1 $68.41
$70.00 + $3.67 2 $73.67
$75.00 + $3.93 3 $78.93
$80.00 + $4.20 4 $84.20
$85.00 + $4.46 5 $89.46
$90.00 + $4.72 6 $94.72
$95.00 + $4.98 7 $99.98
$100.00 + $5.25 8 $105.25
AFN RESIDENTIAL INTERNET BASE FRANCHISE CHARGE/ADDITIONAL
CUSTOMER PREMISE
RATES FEE FEE EQUIPMENT (ePE) TOTAL
(1 CPE)
Residential Internet
(wholesale rate to certified ISP)
Monthly Rates (Includes 1 CPE)
$20.00
$1.05
$4.00 each plus
Franchise Fee
$21.05
Residential Internet Direct Connect
(no ISP) $4.00 each plus
Monthly Rates (Includes 1 CPE) $24.50 $1.28 Franchise Fee $25.78
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AFN High Speed Pricing
Bundled Hiqh Sp~ed Internet Services
5mbit Access $400.00Month
~mbit Access $500.00Month
~.5mbit Access $600.00Month
2mbit Access $700.00Month
[nstall $ 1.000.00 One Tim~
Tnese services ossume that the customer will not use 011 the available
bandwidth for more than 15'X. of Q billing cycle. If the customer
needs higher sustained bandwidth they ..ill be upgraded to the
unbundled services.
The local loop connection is l00Mbits
These prices replace the existing service prices. These are designed to allow a business
to use a high speed service at a very low rate, but assume that sustained bandwidth to the
internet is not needed. For these services the maximum number of IP addresses that will
be available per service are 32, and they will be given out in blocks of 16.
If a customer needs sustained bandwidth, or other types of services such as a local loop to
connect two locations together then the following rate schedule will be used.
Unbundled Hi h S eed Access
rice per Mbit for Internet Access $615.00Month
ocal Loop Fe.e. $390.00 Month
nstall Fee. $l,OOO.OOOne. Time.
II Services are lOOmbit local loop.
x: 2mbit service. : 390+(2*615) $1,620.00Month
$l,OOO.OOInstall
Ex: l.5mbit service = 390+(1.5*615) $l,312.50Monthly
1 E' uivalent Service $l,OOO.OOInstall
For Services 3mbit and above., no local loop fees will be charged.
For these services any number of IP addresses can be requested, but they must be
justified via the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) regulations.
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