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EXHIBIT D CONSUMER PROTECTION AND CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDARDS (1) Cable System office hours and telephone availability. (a) Grantee will maintain a local, toll-free or collect call telephone access line which will be available to its Subscribers twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week. (i) Trained Grantee representatives will be available to respond to customer telephone inquiries during Normal Business Hours. (ii) After Normal Business Hours, the access line may be answered by a service or an automated response system, including an answering machine. Inquiries received after Normal Business Hours must be responded to by a trained Grantee representative on the next business day. (b) Under Normal Operating Conditions, telephone answer time by a customer representative, including wait time, shall not exceed thirty (30) seconds when the connection is made. If the call needs to be transferred, transfer time shall not exceed thirty (30) seconds. These standards shall be met no less than ninety percent (90%) of the time under Normal Operating Conditions, measured on a quarterly basis. ( c) Grantee shall not be required to acquire equipment or perform surveys to measure compliance with the telephone answering standards above unless an historical record of complaints indicates a clear failure to comply. (d) Under Normal Operating Conditions, the customer will receive a busy signal less than three percent (3%) of the time. ( e) Customer service center and bill payment locations will be open at least during Normal Business Hours and will be conveniently located. Current locations include Mound and Chanhassen. Grantee will provide adequate notice to customers of any changes or modifications to locations or hours of operation. (2) Installations, Outages and Service Calls. Under Normal Operating Conditions, each of the following standards will be met no less than ninety-five percent (95%) of the time measured on a quarterly basis: 171276v2 (a) Standard Installations will be performed within seven (7) business days after an order has been placed. (b) Excluding conditions beyond the control of Grantee, Grantee will begin working on "Service Interruptions" promptly and in no event later than twenty-four (24) hours after the interruption becomes known. Grantee must begin actions to correct other Service problems the next business day after n otification of the Service problem. D-1 111