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Cable Channels for Commercial Use, Local Commercial Television Signals, and Non-Commercial Educational Television. A Franchisee shall designate channel capacity for commercial and no -commercial use by Persons unaffiliated with the Franchisee as required by federal law, consistent with the principle of fairness and equal accessibility to all Persons and the City to the extent they have a legitimate use for such capacity. D. Technical Standards. 1. Any Cable System within the City shall meet or exceed the technical standards set fodh in 47 C.F.R. § 76.601 et seq. And any other applicable federal technical standards, including any such reasonable standards as hereafter may be amended or adopted by the City Council in a manner consistent with federal law. 2. A Franchisee shall use equipment generally used in high-quality, reliable, modern Systems of similar design, including, but not limited to, back-up power supplies at the fiber nodes and head-ends capable of providing power to the System for a minimum of two (2) hours in the event of an electrical outage, plus adequate portable generators to cover longer outages. The obligation to provide backup power supplies requires the Franchisee to install equipment that will (A) cut in automatically on failure of commercial utility AC power, (B) revert automatically to commercial power when it is restored, and (C) prevent the standby power source from powering a "dead" utility line. In addition, the design and construction of a System shall include modulators, antennae, amplifiers, and other electronics that permit and are capable of passing through the signal received at the headend with minimal alteration or deterioration. E. Interconnection. 1. A Frenchisee shall design its System so that it may be interconnected with any or all other Systems or similar communications systems in the area. Interconnection of Systems may be made by direct cable connection, microwave link, satellite or other appropriate methods. 2. Upon receiving the directive of the City Council to interconnect, the Frenchisee shall immediately initiate negotiations with other affected System or Systems so that costs may be shared proportionately for both construction and operation of the interconnection link.