understood that AT & T plans to upgrade to a fiber system after the initial overhead to underground conversion is complete. AT & T has indicated that the costs associated with this fiber upgrade, including any additional fiber optic equipment, will be the responsibility of AT & T. This opinion further considers the use of a single 5-inch conduit for main AT & T trunk line coaxial cables rather than their typical standard of two 4-inch conduits for this purpose. AT & T stressed that this modification of their design standard will only be applicable to the Town of Palm Beach conversion program.
• y“ Like-for-Like” fiber / coaxial systems( FTTN) were considered in this estimate for the undergrounding of cable television facilities. Comcast has stated that they will install an upgraded fiber optic network concurrently with the Town’ s undergrounding program only if the Town funds those upgrade costs. The additional cost of this fiber optic network upgrade( both Comcast cabling and equipment required upgrades and Town conduit required upgrades) has not been considered in this master plan’ s opinion of probable cost. This opinion further considers the use of a single 3-inch conduit for main Comcast trunk line coaxial cables rather than their typical standard of two 2-inch conduits for this purpose. Comcast stressed that this modification of their design standard will only be applicable to the Town of Palm Beach conversion program. y • This opinion of cost only considers the minimum number and size of conduits required to implement the overhead to underground utility conversion. Spare conduits have not been included in this opinion of probable cost.
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