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Communications Advisory Committee REVISION February 15, 2007 Meeting Recorder: Jim Baker The meeting was called to order at 6:40 p.m.. Present were Jeanne Canale, Jim Baker, Dave Becker, Dave Buczkowski, and Linda Roemer -- all CAC member. Also present were Jill Reddish of Verizon, Alan Lazarus and George Preston from LexMedia (Lazarus leaving early). The minutes from Jan. 18 were seconded and approved. Comcast's Jane Lyman and RCN's Tom Steel were not present, but Lyman sent an email about two issues on the I-Net. She said the land on which Comcast's I-Net hub is located was sold to a Commonwealth developer, leading to having to vacate the property and moving the I-Net to the Bowman school would be a good solution. She said Comcast will be working with the school dept. to affect the move. (2) A related issue is connecting the newly re-located LexMedia studio to the I-Net. The preliminary design work on the wiring has been done. It will be required in extending the I-Net to the new Avalon property. Preston indicated to her the current target time for moving into the space is next fall. Verizon's Jill Reddish noted Potter Pond is an MDU (multiple dwelling unit) and said there'll be a meeting March 2 with a Verizon committee. She said PEG deployment was on schedule for the Feb. 27 drop-dead commitment date, but a 10-day delay may be needed. She assured, "We'll absolutely be done by March 9." Becker noted problems, saying the vote is March 4 and suggested contacting Krieger for advice. Three complaints were recorded: (1) Kathe Fukai reporting Scola is out and indeed that channel is showing snow. A contractor may have to be hired. (2) Julian Bussgang wanted to know when local access channels would be available on Verizon FIOS, which channels would be used and he requested town-specific channel listings. (3) Ben Moroze, with utilities buried between his house and street, said Verizon doesn't understand his situation and requested someone from Verizon visit the site. He said he had a similar problem getting service from RCN years ago. Lazarus departed and Preston spoke of meeting with the building inspector earlier in the day about Kline Hall. He also mentioned an outstanding work order with Comcast. When he made other references to Kline, Becker said: "I don't know when you'll be in Kline Hall. It could be a year from when you think." Preston referred to Scola's recurring dish problem, saying it's a 13-to-16-year-old dish and people in New York and Pa. have been called to fix it. But then he said only 3 people called to complain that Scola is down. Baker asked, "Does that tell you anything?"