Change in Comcast Contract

PCTH Owners,

Many years ago, Mitchell Development marketed the majority of the units at Pirates Cove Townhomes as fractional ownership timeshare units. In conjunction with that ownership approach, a bulk account contract was established with Time Warner Cable who has since become Comcast. Over the years as fractional ownerships were converted to full ownership units, some owners may have continued to receive cable TV services without having established a personal account with Time Warner or Comcast.

The contract has now expired and the PCTH Board of Directors has decided to provide Comcast with a Right of Entry (ROE) license agreement allowing them to step onto the common area property to maintain (actually clean up and repair/replace) the five cable pedestals located around the property that were damaged after Hurricane IKE.

Although Comcast offered some very favorable pricing under a new bulk account agreement, all units would need to be included in the pool and the Board did not want to increase costs to the owners by adding a prorated fee to the current maintenance costs and many owners have alternate providers in place or have elected no service with any provider for TV coverage.

This agreement means that services with Comcast will need to be arranged directly with each owner or with a provider of your choice (Direct TV, etc) but the ROE agreement will be in place so Comcast can step on the common area property should you choose to contract with them. I know from speaking with Comcast that many of you already have a residential agreement in place with Comcast so there will be no change in your service or relationship with them as a result of this action.

For those owners who are receiving cable TV service but do not have an account with Comcast and are NOT paying for services, please note that Comcast will be terminating the remaining units under the expired bulk account contract as of March 10, 2010 so you will need to make other arrangements with a provider of your choice for digital TV service prior to this date.

A letter will likely be sent to all owners of record directly from Comcast stating similar information and action required but thought it best that I send you an e-mail, in advance, explaining the situation as best I can.

Regards,

Tim Towner
Sandcastle Industries
(713) 405-1171
(888) 713-2889

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