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COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAY 18, 2006 MINUTES Attendance: Members: Jeanne Canale, Maria Kieslich, Jim Baker, Dave Becker, Jim Gonzalez, John Rommelfanger and Dave Buczkowski; Guests: Tom Steele (RCN), Jane Lyman (Comcast), Michael Morrissey 1. Minutes – April 27, 2006 Approved as amended. 2. COMCAST Report SCOLA is up and running. a. Third Party Payment Center: Ms Lyman suggested that we continue to return to this subject every other meeting as Comcast has not been successful in finding a business willing to accept payments for Comcast. An ATM-like machine was mentioned as an alternative by a committee member. b. List of Active Ports: Ms. Lyman met with Connie Rawson a year ago. The residential service is in a wire closet but can be switched to an I-Net return drop. Some outlets were connected. I-Net wire is shared in RCN’s conduit into the library. c. Wiring Project: Town Hall is lit up and active. Residential and I-Net are outside the Selectmen’s Room. A schematic was presented by Ms. Lyman. The job is complete. d. Quarterly Checks: Checks for $42,238.43 (4.65%) and $3,179.24 (.35%) were delivered on May 17, 2006 to the Selectmen. e. A discussion of I-Net drops and how Comcast doesn’t continually monitor the drops that aren’t being used was held. When notified that a site will be used for I- Net purposes, Comcast will go out and confirm the quality of the line. Ideally two weeks notice would be needed. 3. RCN Report The following matters were noted by Mr. Steele: - Fiber has been brought into Town Hall; - RCN can’t rate who watches public access; - RCN can do a bill insert with a survey for LexMedia;