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July 11, 1980 <br /> <br /> PROGRESS REPORT AND POSITION PAPER <br /> <br />At the endof the secondquarter of 1980 Vision Cable of Metrolina is <br />pleased to report the following construction progress: <br /> <br />I .. We have completed the placement of approximately 90 miles of strand <br />and activated service to areas containing about ~500 residences. Construction <br />and activation hag been in both the City of Concord and in Cabarrus County. <br />The upcoming quarter should provide time for completion of the City and an <br />additional construction crew will resume stranding in Kannapoliq this month <br />(July). Our intent is to be able to provide service lo an equal nutaber of City <br />and County residents by the close of the next quarter. <br /> <br />2. Pole clearances are being maintained ['ar enough ahead of actual strand <br />construction to allow additional construction crews. This, in turn, allows the <br />turnover of completed plant on an accelerated schedule, l.n the upcoming <br />quarter we expect to increase our rate of construction by 50%. By year end <br />we anticipate the avaiIibility of service to approximately 8000 homes, or one <br />third of the area we will serve. <br /> <br />3. Additional service vehicles have been purchased and some adjustments <br />have been made to our staff. We are currently employing between forty and <br />fifty office, field, and contracted personnel. <br /> <br />4. Four exciting new services have been added to our b~etro Cable lineup <br />($9.00.per month) during the past quarter - making what is already the finest <br />entertainment bargain in the Carolinas even greater. Our affiliation with the <br />new USA Ne(work now brings Madison Square Garden Sports and Thursday Night <br />Major League Baseball; gavel to gavel coverage of the U. S, Itouse of <br />Representatives, award winning childrens programming from Calliope, and the <br />new Black-Entertainment Network to Vision Cabl~ of Metrolina. <br /> <br />A formal announcement of these services will be made this month. <br /> <br />5. Pole clearance engineering has now been completed for our ~ervice areas <br />in Rowan County, Landis and China Grove, and actual line arrangements will <br />commence in those areas in the upcoming quarter. <br /> <br /> <br />