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Lexington Communications Advisory Committee Minutes of November 15, 2007 Meeting The meeting was called to order by chair Jeanne Canale at 6:40 PM. Attendees CAC members: Dave Becker, Dave Buczkowski, Jeanne Canale, Jim Gonzalez, Maria Kieslich, Linda Roemer, John Rommelfanger Selectmen’s liaison to the CAC: George Burnell LexMedia attendees: Kay Bell, Tim Counihan, Harry Forsdick, John Hayward, Shelby Kashket, Alan Lazarus Comcast representative: Jane Lyman Verizon representative: Jill Reddish Lexington resident: Jim Baker Minutes of the October 18, 2007 meeting were accepted as submitted Comcast report Jane Lyman gave an answer to a previous question: Comcast does NOT sell ClickStream data (information gathered for Comcast’s own marketing purposes while an Internet user is connected through the Comcast ISP). She also provided a draft proposed amendment to the Comcast license, under which Comcast would no longer be required to provide an I-Net service but would instead provide an annual payment to the Town. The Committee subsequently voted to ask the Board of Selectmen to approve the CAC’s negotiation of such an amendment with Comcast. RCN report No RCN representative was present, and no written report was submitted. Verizon report Jill Reddish reported that provision of basic cable service to 13 Town and School buildings has been validated, and should be established with a couple of weeks. She also reported that availability of FIOS service is well ahead of the schedule required by the Verizon license (i.e., that the service be available to all residents connected by aerial cable no later than October 30, 2007, and to all residents connected by underground cable no later than October 30, 2008). Jim Gonzalez, complaint person for November, received a call from a Harrington Road resident with aerial service who was unable to get FIOS service. Jill will investigate the circumstances and let us know the resolution.