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September 1998

 

Time Warner Cable Report

Subscriber Totals - September 1998

  Beginning Ending Net Gain/Loss

Full Cable Service (excluding Basic only)

65,807

65,827

20

Basic Only

2,685

2,698

13

Bulk Units

2,910

2,910

0

Commercial Customers

1,038

1,015

-23

System Total - Indianapolis

72,440

72,450

10

HBO

29,330

29,228

-102

Cinemax

19,941

19,750

-191

Showtime

12,529

12,494

-35

Disney

3,475

3,360

-115

Starz

4,663

5,422

759

Total Residential Pays

69,938

70,254

316

Homes Passed

154,742

154,813

71

Additional Outlets

40,588

41,177

589

Operator's Incoming Call Report - September 1998

  Month YTD Last 12 Months

Total Calls Received

50,970

473,450

626,728

Total Calls Handled

49,885

463,554

605,020

# of Calls Answered Within 30 Seconds

46,459

423,291

502,265

% of Calls Answered Within 30 Seconds

93.1%

91.4%

83.0%

# of Calls Abandoned After 30 Seconds

223

3249

9462

% of Calls Abandoned After 30 Seconds

0.4%

0.7%

1.5%

Average Answer Time ( in seconds)

8.0

9.4

26.7

Busy Rate

1.6%

1.2%

1.5%

Total Hours Staffed

1440

13,024

17,400

Service Interruption Report - September 1998

  Upgrade Non-Upgrade Combined YTD Last 12 Months

Total # of Outages

39

62

101

1,313

1,633

# of Planned Outages

39

8

47

600

795

% of Planned Outages

100%

12.9%

46.5%

49.8%

48.7%

# of Unplanned Outages

0

54

54

713

838

% of Unplanned Outages

0

87.1%

53.5%

62.7%

51.3%

# of Subscribers Out

8,229

23,436

31,665

410,484

658,412

Total Subscriber Outage Hours

76,467

50,966

127,433

1,439,839

1,819,499

Total System Customer Hours

N/A

N/A

59,691,600

563,958,387

729,043,827

Reliability %

N/A

N/A

99.8%

112.3%

99.8%

Total Duration Hours

352.9

77.5

430.9

3,573

4,432.6

Average Duration per Outage (Hours)

9.0

1.3

4.3

3.6

3.1

Average Customers per Outage

211

378

314

416

5,693

 Service Call Report - September 1998

  Month YTD Last 12 Months

Total Service Calls Received

3260

36,433

46,483

Total Service Calls Scheduled

2185

19,695

25,441

Total Service Calls Completed

2107

19,151

24,720

Same Day

633

5932

7649

Within 24 Hours

1079

9960

13,415

% Within 24 Hours

81.3%

83.4%

85.2%

Within 36 Hours

394

2756

2964

% Within 36 Hours

99.95%

97.5%

97.2%

After 36 Hours

1

503

692

% After 36 Hours

0.05%

2.5%

2.8%

Installation Report - September 1998

  Month YTD Last 12 Months

Total Installs Scheduled

4,712

38,078

51,577

Total Installs Completed

3,624

31,850

42,930

# Within 7 Days

2,895

26,548

35,347

Customer Requests After 7 Days

728

5282

7,549

# After 7 Days

1

20

34

% Within 7 Days

99.9%

99.9%

99.9%

Construction Report - September 1998

# Construction Location
1. IPD Mounted Patrol, State Fairgrounds, "B" Cable -- 3 Units -- .31 Aerial Miles
2. LaRue Carter State Hospital -- 1 Unit -- .09 Underground Miles

Public Affairs Monthly Report

September 1998

Production:

  • Assisted the Indianapolis Government Channel (Ch. 16) with the production of a video celebrating the cultural diversity of the city. The video is being produced for the 25th anniversary of the International Center of Indianapolis. Shary Hoffman-Meadows is a member of the organization’s Board of Directors and co-chaired the International Citizen of the Year Awards dinner at which a preview of the video was introduced.
  • Produced and aired a commercial promoting the Time Warner Cable/Bravo Jazz Concert at the ArtsGarden.
  • Continued airing our series of promotional spots for the Attorney General’s Project Peace initiative.
  • Produced promotional spots for upcoming performances at the Walker Theater, the Phoenix Theatre, the Edyvean Theatre and the American Cabaret Theatre. These spots are run on the cable system as part of our sponsorship of the arts in the Indianapolis community.
  • Produced a recruitment video for the United Way of Central Indiana’s Minority Key Club. Our Human Resources Director, Jan Clark, is chairing the Minority Key Club initiative this year.
  • Aired the third promotional spot for the Cathedral Art’s International Violin Competition as part of Time Warner Cable’s sponsorship of the quadrennial event.

Community Involvement:

  • Time Warner Cable welcomed the C-Span School Bus at Mohawk Trails Elementary School in Carmel on Tuesday, September 8, and Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis on Wednesday, September 9. In all, C-Span personnel gave 250 students information about C-Span programming as well as information about the C-Span School Bus, which is a 45-foot production vehicle that is capable of doing live events.
  • Provided sponsorship for the "3 Cheers for Education" concert benefiting the Indianapolis Public Schools and Martin University.
  • Worked with Golden Apple award-winning teacher Ms. Reinkingk to create a 10-minute video showing how the children at IPS School #81 are using the Cable in the Classroom program.
  • Agreed to be the cable media sponsor for the 1999 American Cancer Society Relay for Life.
  • Provided support for the Arts Council of Indianapolis by sponsoring a table at the annual "Start with Arts" luncheon.
  • Provided video support for the 100 Black Men Recognition Ceremony at the Omega Center.
  • Hosted a booth at the annual Hispanic Festival held on the American Legion Mall. Promoted our carriage of Univision. The Hispanic community in greater Indianapolis is growing significantly. In fact, a 24-hour-a-day Hispanic language radio was launched this month.
  • Sponsored the Circle City Classic Princess Pageant.
  • Sponsored six educators, including three school superintendents, at the educational forum at the Great lakes Cable Expo.
  • Al Aldridge represented Time Warner Cable at the annual "Indiana Children’s Wish Foundation" dinner.
  • Shary Hoffman-Meadows hosted an organizing meeting for "Rangeela Punjab," a celebration of the central Indiana Sikh community that will be held in February, 1999. Time Warner Cable will serve as the key corporate sponsor.
  • Shary Hoffman-Meadows, a board member for the Shalom Wellness Center, which serves low income residents in the Indianapolis franchise area, represented Time Warner Cable at a news conference announcing the Wellness Center’s partnership with the National Guard Medical Corp. to provide flu vaccinations to inner-city residents.

 

 
 

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