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<br />CABLE/INTERNET SERVICE TO CLUSTER DEVELOPMENTS IN WARD 2 <br /> <br />completed so that their lines will not be disrupted. Charter Communications may likely <br />choose to wait until that time also to protect their investment in fiber-optic cable. Best <br />case scenario, residents in the Windsor Park area could see service by the end of 2006. <br />Realistically, residents probably will not see service until the summer/fall of2007. <br /> <br />Ridges of Rice Lake <br />This development is located in the northern center of the community. It has approximately <br />seventy residential lots. According to the Comprehensive Plan, land south and west (the <br />area between the Windsor Park area and Ridges of Rice Lake) is a part of a phasing plan <br />from agricultural to rural residential which should be realized around 2008. Even as this <br />area develops it may never meet the density that would require Charter to assume one <br />hundred percent of the cost to extend service to this area. Therefore, if cable service is <br />brought into the Ridges of Rice Lake development it would have to be at a shared cost. An <br />approximate cost to extend cable service to this development is $105,260. This estimate <br />was prepared by Charter Communications measuring from the closest existing connection <br />point on/around Meadowvale Road. Given the fact that work will be done along County <br />Road 1 in 2006, discussions to extend fiber-optic cable to the City border should begin <br />now as Ridges of Rice Lake is less than % mile from County Road 1. <br /> <br />Rolling Hills <br />This development is located in the far northeast comer of the community. It has <br />approximately thirty residential lots. According to the Comprehensive Plan, land <br />surrounding this development is part of the phasing plan from agricultural to rural <br />residential which should be realized around 2010. As with the Ridges of Rice Lake, as the <br />area south and west of Rolling Hills develops it may still not meet the density <br />requirements. Therefore, if cable service is brought into the Rolling Hills development it <br />would have to be at a shared cost. An approximate cost to extend cable service to this <br />development is $140,525. This estimate was prepared by Charter Communications <br />measuring from the closest existing connection point on/around 205th Avenue (County <br />Road 33). <br /> <br />INTERNET SERVICE <br />In Elk River, there are four Internet providers: <br />. Northstar Access provides dial-up service <br />. Charter Communications provides three options for high speed service <br />. Qwest provides two options for DSL service <br />. Direct Way Satellite provides DSL service <br /> <br />NorthStar Access <br />Northstar Access can provide dial-up Internet service to the Windsor Park and Ridges of <br />Rice Lake developments. Cost for Internet service is: <br />. Dial-up - Stand-alone $19.95/month, with phone service $15.95/month <br />. A four feature phone service package is $36.95 per month plus taxes <br /> <br />2 <br />