000-27927
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43-1857213
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(Commission File
Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated May 7, 2009. *
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the
completion of the Company’s restructuring including the outcome and impact
on our business of the proceedings under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code;
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the
ability of the Company to satisfy closing conditions under the
agreements-in-principle with certain of our bondholders and pre-arranged
Joint Plan of Reorganization (“the Plan”) and related documents and to
have the Plan confirmed by the bankruptcy
court;
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the
availability and access, in general, of funds to meet interest payment
obligations under our debt and to fund our operations and necessary
capital expenditures, either through cash on hand, cash flows from
operating activities, further borrowings or other sources and, in
particular, our ability to fund debt obligations (by dividend, investment
or otherwise) to the applicable obligor of such
debt;
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our
ability to comply with all covenants in our indentures and credit
facilities, any violation of which, if not cured in a timely manner, could
trigger a default of our other obligations under cross-default
provisions;
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our
ability to repay debt prior to or when it becomes due and/or successfully
access the capital or credit markets to refinance that debt through new
issuances, exchange offers or otherwise, including restructuring our
balance sheet and leverage position, especially given recent volatility
and disruption in the capital and credit
markets;
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the
impact of competition from other distributors, including but not limited
to incumbent telephone companies, direct broadcast satellite operators,
wireless broadband providers, and digital subscriber line (“DSL”)
providers;
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difficulties
in growing and operating our telephone services, while adequately meeting
customer expectations for the reliability of voice
services;
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our
ability to adequately meet demand for installations and customer
service;
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our
ability to sustain and grow revenues and cash flows from operating
activities by offering video, high-speed Internet, telephone and other
services, and to maintain and grow our customer base, particularly in the
face of increasingly aggressive
competition;
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our
ability to obtain programming at reasonable prices or to adequately raise
prices to offset the effects of higher programming
costs;
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general
business conditions, economic uncertainty or downturn, including the
recent volatility and disruption in the capital and credit markets and the
significant downturn in the housing sector and overall economy;
and
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the
effects of governmental regulation on our
business.
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By:/s/ Kevin D.
Howard
Name:
Kevin D. Howard
Title: Vice President,
Controller and Chief Accounting
Officer
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated May 7,
2009. *
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