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E. “Equipment” shall mean any poles, wires, cable, antennae, underground conduits, manholes, and other conductors, fixtures, equipment and other facilities used for the maintenance and operation of physical facilities located in the Streets, including the Cable System. F. “FCC” shall mean the Federal Communications Commission and any successor governmental entity thereto. G. “Franchise” shall mean the non-exclusive rights granted pursuant to this Franchise to construct operate and maintain a Cable System along the public ways within all or a specified area in the Franchise Area. H. “Franchise Area” shall mean the geographic boundaries of the Grantor and shall include any additions thereto by annexation or other legal means. I. “Gross Revenue” means any revenue, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, received by the Grantee from the operation of the Cable System to provide Cable Services in the Franchise Area, provided, however, that such phrase shall not include: (1) any taxes, fees or assessments collected by the Grantee from Subscribers for pass-through to a government agency, including, without limitation, any state or federal regulatory fees, the franchise fee, or any sales or utility taxes; (2) unrecovered bad debt; (3) credits, refunds and deposits paid to Subscribers; (4) any exclusions available under applicable State law. J. “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, association, organization, corporation, trust or governmental entity. K. “Service Area” shall mean the area described in subsection 6.1 herein. L. “Standard Installation” shall mean installations to residences and buildings that are located up to 150 feet from the point of connection to Grantee’s existing distribution system. M. “State” shall mean the State of New York. N. “Street” shall include each of the following located within the Franchise Area: public streets, roadways, highways, bridges, land paths, boulevards, avenues, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, circles, drives, easements, rights of way and similar public ways and extensions and additions thereto, including but not limited to public utility easements, dedicated utility strips, or rights-of-way dedicated for compatible uses now or hereafter held by the Grantor in the Franchise Area, which shall entitle the Grantee to the use thereof for the purpose of installing, operating, extending, repairing and maintaining the Cable System. O. “Subscriber” shall mean any Person lawfully receiving Cable Service from the Grantee. 2