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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549



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FORM 10-Q



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|x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2005



OR



| ̈ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934
|- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------



For the transition period from              to



Commission file number



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Grande Communications Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



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|------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------------
|Delaware                                                      |  | 74-3005133                            
|(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization) |  | (I.R.S. EmployerIdentification Number)
|401 Carlson Circle, San Marcos, TX                            |  | 78666                                 
|(Address of principal executive offices)                      |  | (Zip Code)                            



Registrants
telephone number, including area code: (512) 878-4000



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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No ̈



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an
accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes ̈No  x



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes ̈No  x



Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuers classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.



|                              |  |                                 
|----------------------------- |  | --------------------------------
|                              |  | Outstanding atSeptember 30, 2005
|Common Stock, $.001 par value |  | 12,989,965                      



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GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.



Index



|         |  |                       |  |                                                                                       |  |         
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|         |  |                       |  |                                                                                       |  | Page No.
|         |  |                      
|Part I.  |  | Financial Information |  |                                                                                      
|         |  |                       | 
|         |  | Item 1.               |  | Financial Statements                                                                  |  | 3       
|         |  |                       | 
|         |  |                       |  | Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets                                                 |  | 3       
|         |  |                       | 
|         |  |                       |  | Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations                                       |  | 4       
|         |  |                       | 
|         |  |                       |  | Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows                                       |  | 5       
|         |  |                       | 
|         |  |                       |  | Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements                                  |  | 6       
|         |  |                       | 
|         |  | Item 2.               |  | Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |  | 9       
|         |  |                       | 
|         |  | Item 3.               |  | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk                            |  | 23      
|         |  |                       | 
|         |  | Item 4.               |  | Controls and Procedures                                                               |  | 23      
|         |  |                       | 
|Part II. |  |                       |  | Other Information                                                                     |  |         
|         |  |                       | 
|         |  | Item 1.               |  | Legal Proceedings                                                                     |  | 24      
|         |  |                       | 
|         |  | Item 6.               |  | Exhibits                                                                              |  | 24      
|         |  |                      
|         |  | Signatures            |  | 25                                                                                   



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PART I



FINANCIAL INFORMATION



|ITEM | 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.



CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share data)



|                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------- | -------- | - | ----------------- | - | -------- | -
|                                                                                                                                                                                            |  | December 31,2004 |          |   | September 30,2005 |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                  |          |   | (unaudited)       |  
|Assets                                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  
|Current assets:                                                                                                                                                                             |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  
|Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                                                                                   |  | $                | 41,195   |   |                   | $ | 35,178   |  
|Investments                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                  | 20,000   |   |                   |   |         |  
|Accounts receivable, net                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                  | 20,951   |   |                   |   | 18,578   |  
|Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                                                                                                                                   |  |                  | 2,720    |   |                   |   | 2,207    |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  
|Total current assets                                                                                                                                                                        |  |                  | 84,866   |   |                   |   | 55,963   |  
|Property and equipment, net                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                  | 303,536  |   |                   |   | 303,209  |  
|Goodwill                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                  | 133,145  |   |                   |   | 133,215  |  
|Other intangible assets, net                                                                                                                                                                |  |                  | 5,355    |   |                   |   | 3,960    |  
|Debt issue costs, net                                                                                                                                                                       |  |                  | 6,953    |   |                   |   | 6,214    |  
|Other assets                                                                                                                                                                                |  |                  | 4,661    |   |                   |   | 4,651    |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  
|Total assets                                                                                                                                                                                |  | $                | 538,516  |   |                   | $ | 507,212  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  
|Liabilities and stockholders equity                                                                                                                                                        |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  
|Current liabilities:                                                                                                                                                                        |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  
|Accounts payable                                                                                                                                                                            |  | $                | 13,193   |   |                   | $ | 14,045   |  
|Accrued expenses                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                  | 21,644   |   |                   |   | 25,719   |  
|Note payable                                                                                                                                                                                |  |                  | 43       |   |                   |   | 8        |  
|Deferred revenue                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                  | 5,218    |   |                   |   | 5,560    |  
|Current portion of capital lease obligations                                                                                                                                                |  |                  | 636      |   |                   |   | 701      |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  
|Total current liabilities                                                                                                                                                                   |  |                  | 40,734   |   |                   |   | 46,033   |  
|Deferred rent                                                                                                                                                                               |  |                  | 753      |   |                   |   | 951      |  
|Deferred revenue                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                  | 4,908    |   |                   |   | 4,487    |  
|Capital lease obligations, net of current portion                                                                                                                                           |  |                  | 13,940   |   |                   |   | 13,720   |  
|Long term debt                                                                                                                                                                              |  |                  | 128,237  |   |                   |   | 128,836  |  
|Commitments and contingencies                                                                                                                                                               |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  
|Stockholders equity:                                                                                                                                                                       |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  
|Series A preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share; 232,617,839 shares authorized, issued and outstanding; liquidation preference of
$232,618                                             |  |                  | 233      |   |                   |   | 233      |  
|Series B preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share; 20,833,333 shares authorized, issued and outstanding; liquidation preference of
$25,000                                               |  |                  | 21       |   |                   |   | 21       |  
|Series C preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share; 30,000,000 shares authorized, 17,005,191 shares issued and outstanding; liquidation
preference of $20,406                             |  |                  | 17       |   |                   |   | 17       |  
|Series D preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share; 115,384,615 shares authorized, 114,698,442 shares issued and outstanding; liquidation
preference of $149,108                          |  |                  | 115      |   |                   |   | 115      |  
|Series E preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share; 8,000,000 shares authorized, 7,999,099 shares issued and outstanding; liquidation
preference of $19,998                               |  |                  | 8        |   |                   |   | 8        |  
|Series F preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share; 12,307,692 shares authorized, 11,758,278 shares issued and outstanding; liquidation
preference of $15,286                             |  |                  | 12       |   |                   |   | 12       |  
|Series G preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share; 34,615,384 shares authorized, 34,615,330 shares issued and outstanding; liquidation
preference of $135,000                            |  |                  | 35       |   |                   |   | 35       |  
|Common stock, $0.001 par value per share; 786,835,883 shares authorized, 12,920,366 and 12,989,965 shares issued and outstanding, at
December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2005, respectively |  |                  | 13       |   |                   |   | 13       |  
|Additional paid-in capital                                                                                                                                                                  |  |                  | 508,313  |   |                   |   | 508,343  |  
|Treasury stock, at cost                                                                                                                                                                     |  |                  | (5       | ) |                   |   | (5       | )
|Accumulated deficit                                                                                                                                                                         |  |                  | (158,818 | ) |                   |   | (195,607 | )
|                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  
|Total stockholders equity                                                                                                                                                                  |  |                  | 349,944  |   |                   |   | 313,185  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  
|Total liabilities and stockholders equity                                                                                                                                                  |  | $                | 538,516  |   |                   | $ | 507,212  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                  |          |   |                   |   |          |  



The accompanying notes
are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.



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GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.



CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except per share data)



|                                                                       |  |                                 |         |   |                                |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------- | - | ------------------------------ | - | ------- | ---- |  | - | ------- | - |  | - | ------- | -
|                                                                       |  | Three Months EndedSeptember 30, |         |   | Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, |  
|                                                                       |  | 2004                            |         |   | 2005                           |   |         | 2004 |  |   | 2005    |  
|Operating revenues                                                     |  | $                               | 45,104  |   |                                | $ | 48,106  |      |  | $ | 132,606 |   |  | $ | 146,341 |  
|Operating expenses:                                                    |  |                                 |         |   |                                |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Direct costs                                                           |  |                                 | 16,703  |   |                                |   | 17,596  |      |  |   | 49,233  |   |  |   | 55,121  |  
|Selling, general and administrative                                    |  |                                 | 23,587  |   |                                |   | 24,689  |      |  |   | 70,367  |   |  |   | 72,035  |  
|Depreciation and amortization                                          |  |                                 | 14,720  |   |                                |   | 13,864  |      |  |   | 41,145  |   |  |   | 43,466  |  
|                                                                       |  |                                 |         |   |                                |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Total operating expenses                                               |  |                                 | 55,010  |   |                                |   | 56,149  |      |  |   | 160,745 |   |  |   | 170,622 |  
|                                                                       |  |                                 |         |   |                                |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Operating loss                                                         |  |                                 | (9,906  | ) |                                |   | (8,043  | )    |  |   | (28,139 | ) |  |   | (24,281 | )
|Other income (expense):                                                |  |                                 |         |   |                                |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Interest income                                                        |  |                                 | 207     |   |                                |   | 161     |      |  |   | 558     |   |  |   | 619     |  
|Interest expense                                                       |  |                                 | (4,475  | ) |                                |   | (4,609  | )    |  |   | (10,301 | ) |  |   | (13,964 | )
|Other income                                                           |  |                                 |        |   |                                |   |        |      |  |   |        |   |  |   | 750     |  
|Gain on disposal of assets                                             |  |                                 | 16      |   |                                |   | 3       |      |  |   | 48      |   |  |   | 87      |  
|Loss on extinguishment of debt                                         |  |                                 |        |   |                                |   |        |      |  |   | (2,145  | ) |  |   |        |  
|                                                                       |  |                                 |         |   |                                |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Total other income (expense)                                           |  |                                 | (4,252  | ) |                                |   | (4,445  | )    |  |   | (11,840 | ) |  |   | (12,508 | )
|                                                                       |  |                                 |         |   |                                |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Net loss                                                               |  | $                               | (14,158 | ) |                                | $ | (12,488 | )    |  | $ | (39,979 | ) |  | $ | (36,789 | )
|                                                                       |  |                                 |         |   |                                |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Basic and diluted net loss per share                                   |  | $                               | (1.14   | ) |                                | $ | (1.00   | )    |  | $ | (3.27   | ) |  | $ | (2.96   | )
|Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding |  |                                 | 12,386  |   |                                |   | 12,476  |      |  |   | 12,226  |   |  |   | 12,447  |  



The accompanying notes
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GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.



CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands)



|                                                                               |  |                                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ------------------------------ | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                                                               |  | Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, |        
|                                                                               |  | 2004                           |         |   | 2005 |  
|Cash flows from operating activities:                                          |  |                                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net loss                                                                       |  | $                              | (39,979 | ) |      | $ | (36,789 | )
|Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: |  |                                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Depreciation                                                                   |  |                                | 37,138  |   |      |   | 41,194  |  
|Amortization of intangible assets                                              |  |                                | 4,007   |   |      |   | 2,272   |  
|Amortization of deferred financing costs                                       |  |                                | 531     |   |      |   | 733     |  
|Provision for bad debts                                                        |  |                                | 3,683   |   |      |   | 3,638   |  
|Accretion of debt discount                                                     |  |                                | 431     |   |      |   | 605     |  
|Non-qualified option expense                                                   |  |                                | 19      |   |      |   | (1      | )
|Gain on sale of assets                                                         |  |                                | (48     | ) |      |   | (87     | )
|Extinguishment of debt                                                         |  |                                | 2,145   |   |      |   |        |  
|Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of business acquisitions:     |  |                                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Accounts receivable                                                            |  |                                | (7,128  | ) |      |   | (1,265  | )
|Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                      |  |                                | 1,361   |   |      |   | 523     |  
|Accounts payable                                                               |  |                                | (3,259  | ) |      |   | 852     |  
|Accrued expenses                                                               |  |                                | 10,220  |   |      |   | 4,084   |  
|Deferred revenue                                                               |  |                                | 1,523   |   |      |   | (42     | )
|Deferred rent                                                                  |  |                                |        |   |      |   | 198     |  
|                                                                               |  |                                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net cash provided by operating activities                                      |  |                                | 10,644  |   |      |   | 15,915  |  
|                                                                               |  |                                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Cash flows from investing activities:                                          |  |                                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Maturities of short term investments                                           |  |                                |        |   |      |   | 20,000  |  
|Purchases of property, plant and equipment                                     |  |                                | (38,535 | ) |      |   | (40,933 | )
|Purchase price adjustments                                                     |  |                                | 222     |   |      |   | (69     | )
|Proceeds on sale of fixed assets                                               |  |                                |        |   |      |   | 469     |  
|Purchase of franchise rights and other                                         |  |                                | (372    | ) |      |   | (877    | )
|                                                                               |  |                                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net cash used in investing activities                                          |  |                                | (38,685 | ) |      |   | (21,410 | )
|                                                                               |  |                                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Cash flows from financing activities:                                          |  |                                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Proceeds from borrowings and promissory notes                                  |  |                                | 132,502 |   |      |   |        |  
|Payments of long-term debt and capital leases                                  |  |                                | (65,217 | ) |      |   | (559    | )
|Deferred financing costs                                                       |  |                                | (6,326  | ) |      |   | 6       |  
|Proceeds from issuance of common stock                                         |  |                                | 183     |   |      |   | 31      |  
|Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net of related offering expenses    |  |                                | 6       |   |      |   |        |  
|                                                                               |  |                                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities                            |  |                                | 61,148  |   |      |   | (522    | )
|                                                                               |  |                                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net change in cash and cash equivalents                                        |  |                                | 33,107  |   |      |   | (6,017  | )
|Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period                                 |  |                                | 42,246  |   |      |   | 41,195  |  
|                                                                               |  |                                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Cash and cash equivalents, end of period                                       |  | $                              | 75,353  |   |      | $ | 35,178  |  
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GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.



NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)



1. Organization & Nature of the Business



Grande Communications Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the
Company) provides communications services to residential and commercial customers in various areas of Texas and portions of the United States. The Company delivers products such as cable television, local and long-distance telephone,
high-speed data, wireless security, broadband transport services, and other telephony network services.



2. Basis of Presentation



The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the rules
and regulations of the SEC that permit reduced disclosure for interim periods. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the
opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for the fair presentation of the financial statements have been included, and the financial statements present fairly the financial position and results of operations for the interim
periods presented. Operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2005. These financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, together with the risk factors and managements discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations contained in the Companys financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 2004, each of which is contained in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2005.



The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from
those estimates. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2005, or any other interim period.



Certain items related to 2004 have been reclassified to conform to the 2005
reporting format.



3. Stock-Based Compensation



During 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS
No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, which defines fair value-based method of accounting for an employee stock option or similar equity instrument and encourages all entities to adopt that method of accounting for all of
their employee stock compensation plans. However, it also allows an entity to continue to measure compensation cost for those plans using the intrinsic value method, as prescribed by Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, as clarified by Interpretation No. 44, Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation.



Entities electing to remain with the accounting methodology required by APB 25 must make pro forma disclosures of net income
and, if presented, earnings per share as if the fair value based method of accounting defined in SFAS 123 had been applied.



The Company has elected to account for its employee stock-based compensation plans using the intrinsic value method under APB No. 25. The Company has
computed, for pro forma disclosure purposes, the value of



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all options for shares of the Companys common stock granted to employees of the Company using the Minimum Value pricing method and the following
weighted-average assumptions:



|                                  |  |         |   |  |         |  
|--------------------------------- |  | ------- | - |  | ------- | -
|                                  |  | 2004    |   |  | 2005    |  
|Risk-free interest rate           |  | 3.875   | % |  | 3.875   | %
|Expected dividend yield           |  | 0       | % |  | 0       | %
|Expected lives                    |  | 5 years |   |  | 5 years |  
|Volatility (Minimum Value Method) |  | 0       | % |  | 0       | %



If the Company had
accounted for these plans in accordance with SFAS 123, the Companys net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005, would have increased as follows:



|                                                                                                        |  |                                          |         |   |      |   |         |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                                                                                        |  | Nine Months EndedSeptember 30,           |        
|                                                                                                        |  | 2004                                     |         |   | 2005 |  
|                                                                                                        |  | (in thousands, exceptfor per share data) |        
|Net loss, as reported                                                                                   |  | $                                        | (39,979 | ) |      | $ | (36,789 | )
|Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards |  |                                          | (565    | ) |      |   | (232    | )
|                                                                                                        |  |                                          |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Pro forma net loss                                                                                      |  | $                                        | (40,544 | ) |      |   | (37,021 | )
|                                                                                                        |  |                                          |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Basic and diluted net loss per share, as reported                                                       |  | $                                        | (3.27   | ) |      |   | (2.96   | )
|Basic and diluted net loss per share, pro forma                                                         |  | $                                        | (3.32   | ) |      |   | (2.97   | )
|Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding                                  |  |                                          | 12,226  |   |      |   | 12,447  |  



4. Recent Accounting Pronouncements



Share-Based Payment



In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment, (SFAS 123R). SFAS 123R addresses the accounting for share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options. Under the new
standard, companies will no longer be able to account for share-based compensation transactions using the intrinsic method in accordance with Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.
Instead, companies will be required to account for such transactions using a fair-value method and recognize the expense in the consolidated statement of operations. SFAS 123R will be effective for the first period beginning after December 15,
2005. We have not yet determined which fair-value method and transitional provision we will follow. We expect that the adoption of SFAS 123R may have a significant impact on our results of operations; however, we do not expect that the adoption of
SFAS 123R will impact our overall financial position. See Stock-Based Compensation in Note 3 for the pro forma impact on net income and net income per share from calculating stock-based compensation costs under the fair value alternative of SFAS
123. The calculation of compensation cost for share-based payment transactions after the effective date of SFAS 123R may be different from the calculation of compensation cost under SFAS 123, but such differences have not yet been quantified.



Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations



During the first quarter of 2005, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation Number
47, Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations, an Interpretation of FASB Statement 143 (FIN 47). Under the provisions of FIN 47, companies must accrue legally-mandated costs to dispose of assets that are triggered by
a future conditional action. This modifies FASB Statement 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations (FAS 143) which required accrual of costs only when removal and disposal were legally required. Any liability accrued would be
offset by an increase in the value of the asset. FIN 47 is effective no later than the end of fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005. The Company does not expect the adoption of FIN 47 to have a material impact on the Companys
financial statements.



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Accounting Changes and Error Corrections



During May 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting
Changes and Error Correctionsa replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3.This statement applies to all voluntary changes in accounting principle and requires retrospective application of the new accounting
principle to prior accounting periods as if that principle had always been used. In addition, this statement requires that a change in depreciation method be accounted for as a change in estimate. The requirements are effective for changes made in
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 154 to have a material impact on the Companys financial statements.



5. Management Changes



During the third quarter of 2005, William E. Morrow resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Grande Communications Holdings, Inc., Joe C.
Ross resigned as President of the Company and Andrew Kever resigned as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company.



Our Board of Directors appointed Grande co-founder and former Chief Operating Officer, W.K.L. Scott Ferguson, Jr., as our Interim Chief
Executive Officer effective July 5, 2005. Mr. Ferguson assumed all of the duties of the Chief Executive Officer and the President of the Company and serves as our Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim President until a permanent
successor has been determined. Mr. Ferguson reports directly to the Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors is currently conducting a national search for a new chief executive officer.



6. Contingencies



In early September, the Texas Cable and Telecommunications Association filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, Western
District of Texas, Austin division, to challenge SB 5, the legislation passed allowing for a state-wide cable franchise and obviating the need for individual municipal franchises. Named as defendants in the lawsuit, in their official capacities, are
Gov. Perry and Public Utility Commission of Texas Commissioners Chairman Paul Hudson, Julie Parsley and Barry Smitherman. The lawsuit contends that SB 5 discriminates in violation of the U.S. and Texas Constitutions, discriminates in violation of
the Federal Communications Act, violates the federal prohibition on exclusive franchises, and violates the federal duty to guard against redlining. In the event that the plaintiff prevails in the SB 5 litigation, the court may rule that the current
statewide franchises are unconstitutional. Grande is not currently a party to the lawsuit.

There are no other pending proceedings, which
are currently anticipated to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.



7. Subsequent Events



In October 2005 we paid $9.5 million of interest due in conjunction with our senior notes.



On October 25th, the Public Utility Commission of Texas approved Grandes application for a state-issued
certificate of franchise authority, (SICFA), to continue providing cable service in all existing markets under a uniform set of standards terminating the 49 city franchises that Grande held up to that date. Under the new SICFA, uniform customer
service standards with payments and other obligations assessed on a market share basis in each service area will replace the prior regulations that varied by city and generally favored the incumbent cable provider.



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|ITEM 2. | MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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This managements discussion and analysis includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We intend our forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements in these sections. When
used in this report, the words anticipate, believe, estimate, expect, intend, may, plan and similar expressions as they relate to Grande Communications Holdings,
Inc. or our management are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. All statements by us regarding our expected future financial position and operating results, our business strategy, our financing plans, forecasted trends relating to
the markets in which we operate and similar matters are forward-looking statements. We cannot assure you that our expectations expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements will turn out to be correct. Our actual results could be
materially different from our expectations because of various factors, including those discussed below and under the caption BusinessRisk Factors Relating to Our Business in our Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2005.
The following managements discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included herewith and with our Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operation and Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto for the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, included in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2005.



Unless we indicate otherwise, references below to we,
us, our and Grande mean Grande Communications Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries.



Overview



We provide communities in Texas with a bundled package of cable television, telephone and broadband Internet and other services. We operate fully
integrated advanced broadband networks in six markets that passed 328,041 out of approximately 1.4 million marketable homes and small businesses as of September 30, 2005.



In July 2000, when our network construction was still in a very early stage, we acquired an established telephone and data
network that served as the platform to provision residential telephone and broadband Internet services and that still provides network services revenues. This acquisition initially provided a significant portion of our revenues and became the
foundation of our business while we moved forward with the construction of our broadband networks. Since 2001, as our network construction proceeded and the number of bundled services customers has grown, we have derived an increasing percentage of
our revenues from our retail cable television, telephone and broadband Internet and other services and we expect this trend to continue.



Since inception, we have been funded primarily with private equity investments and to a lesser extent, incurrence of debt. Between February 2000 and
October 2003, we completed a series of private placements of our preferred stock, raising aggregate gross proceeds of $338.2 million from the sale of our capital stock. In March 2004, we raised net proceeds of $124.5 million from the issuance of
senior secured notes and warrants, and used a portion of the net proceeds to repay all amounts outstanding under our then-existing senior credit facility. The net proceeds from these private placements and incurrence of debt have been used to fund
our network buildout, operations, and our acquisitions, which are described below under the heading Acquisitions. As a result of equity investments and mergers where stock was used as consideration, we now have $508 million of total
invested equity capital and a base of over 20 institutional private equity investors.



We have incurred net losses for the past three years and expect to continue to incur net losses for the next several years. However, we did achieve positive Adjusted EBITDA in 2003, 2004 and in the nine months ended
September 30, 2005. See EBITDA/Adjusted EBITDA below for a discussion of this non-GAAP measure of our operating performance as well as our use of Adjusted EBITDA in 2004.



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Acquisitions



We have completed eight acquisitions since inception. Each of our acquisitions has been strategic in nature, either enhancing our capabilities, expanding
our network coverage or reducing our anticipated future capital expenditures. We include the operating results of each of our acquisitions in our financial statements beginning on the date of consummation of the acquisition.



Marketable Homes Passed, Penetration, Customers, Connections and Market Level Cash Flow



We report marketable homes passed as the number of
residential and business units, such as single residence homes, apartments and condominium units, passed by our networks other than those we believe are covered by exclusive arrangements with other providers of competing services. As of
September 30, 2005, our networks passed 328,041 marketable homes and we had 134,919 residential, small business and enterprise customers.



Because we deliver multiple services to our customers, we report our total number of connections for cable television, telephone and broadband Internet
and other services in addition to our total number of customers. We count each cable television, telephone and broadband Internet and other service purchase as a separate connection. For example, a single customer who purchases cable television,
telephone and broadband Internet service would count as three connections. Similarly, a single customer who purchases our broadband Internet service and our wireless security service would count as two connections. We do not record the purchase of
long distance telephone service by a local telephone customer or digital cable services by an analog cable customer as additional connections. However, we do record each purchase of an additional telephone line by a local telephone customer as an
additional connection. As of September 30, 2005, we had 269,537 connections.



Operating cash flow at the market level reflects revenue, cost of revenue and some expenses that we are able to specifically identify as directly related to the operation of that market. We follow the same approach in
allocating cost of revenue at the market level as we do for cost of revenue allocation in general, as described below under the caption Costs and ExpensesCost of Revenues. In addition, we do not include centralized customer service
expenses or corporate general and administrative expenses in determining market level operating cash flow. Because we provide services in all markets and to network service customers using a common network infrastructure, we do not track assets or
liabilities at the market level. Our method of determining operating cash flow at the market level may not be comparable to approaches of other companies. Use of a different method of determining operating cash flow at the market level could change
the operating cash flow at the market level, but not our overall operating cash flow. Based upon this method of allocating cost of revenue and excluding certain corporate expenses, we believe that each of our markets has achieved positive operating
cash flow.



Operating Revenues



We derive our operating revenues primarily from monthly charges for the
provision of cable television, telephone and broadband Internet and other services to residential and small business customers and provision of network services and broadband transport services to medium and large enterprises and communications
carriers. These services are a single business provided over a unified network. However, since our different products and services generally involve different types of charges and in some cases different methods of recording revenues, we have
presented some information on our revenues from each major product line.



Bundled services revenuescable television, telephone, broadband Internet and other.We typically provide cable television, telephone and broadband Internet and other services on a bundled basis for fixed
monthly fees billed in advance, with the amount of the monthly fee varying significantly depending upon the particular bundle of services provided. We also charge usage-based fees for additional services, such as pay-per-view movies that involve a
charge for each viewing and long-distance services that involve charges by the number of minutes of use. We generally bill for these usage-based services monthly in arrears. We generate revenues from one-time



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charges for the installation of premises equipment. Most of our bundled offerings include fees for equipment rental, although in some instances we sell
modems to customers. We also charge monthly or one-time fees for additional services, including advertising. We collect from our cable customers and include in our gross revenues the fees payable to cable franchise authorities, which are usually 5%
of our revenues from cable subscriptions. We began offering security services as part of our bundle in June 2004. We sell all wireless security premise equipment to new security service customers at installation. The security revenue is included in
broadband Internet and other.



Broadband transport services
revenues.Our revenues from broadband transport services, which consist of access to our metro area networks and point-to-point circuits on our long-haul network, involve fixed monthly fees billed in advance, where the amount charged varies with
the amount of capacity, type of service and whether any customized capacity or services are provided. Our revenues also include non-recurring charges for construction, installation and configuration services, which can range significantly depending
upon the customers needs.



Network services revenues.Our revenues from network services consist primarily of revenues from switched carrier services and managed modem services. We bill for most of our network services monthly in arrears based on actual usage. However, some network services,
particularly our managed modem services, involve fixed monthly charges billed in advance. Some network services include non-recurring fees for installation or other work needed to connect the customer to our networks. There are monthly charges or
negotiated fees for other services such as directory assistance, web hosting, database, collocation, technical support and billing services.



Costs and Expenses



Cost of Revenues



Cost of revenues includes those expenses that are directly related to the generation of operating revenues and has fixed and variable components. Our
network supports all of the products and services that we provide to customers, and due to a common network infrastructure and many of the same resources and personnel being used to generate revenues from the various product and service categories
it is difficult to determine cost of revenues by product. Commencing with costs incurred in 2003 we allocate network and related costs among our products based upon the following approach:



We are able to specifically identify the costs related to cable television
and security, so no allocation is needed for these products. We allocate each cost that relates to only one of our retail telephone, broadband Internet, broadband transport and network services products entirely to that product. For example, private
line costs relate entirely to our broadband transport product and are allocated to it. Other costs, such as interconnect costs, generally are allocated among the various benefited products based upon the use of minutes or bandwidth or other
appropriate metrics. These allocation formulas are reviewed for appropriateness every six months. Our method of allocating network and related costs among products may not be comparable to approaches of other companies. Use of a different method of
allocation could change the cost of revenues and margin associated with each product. Our overall cost of revenues and gross margin is not affected by this allocation method.



Our cost of revenues include the following:



| |  |  | Cable costs. Programming costs historically have been the largest cost of providing our cable television services and we expect this trend to continue. We
have entered into contracts with the National Cable Television Cooperative and other programming providers to provide programming to be aired on our networks. We pay a monthly fee for these programming services, generally based on the average number
of subscribers to the program, although some fees are adjusted based on the total number of subscribers to the system or the system penetration percentage. Since programming cost is partially based on numbers of subscribers, it will increase as we
add more subscribers. It will also increase to the
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| | extent costs per channel increase over time, and may change depending upon the mix of channels we offer in each market from time to time. Our cable costs
also include the fees payable to cable franchise authorities, which are usually 5% of our revenues from cable subscriptions.
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| |  |  | Telephone costs. Our cost of revenues associated with delivering telephone services to residential and small business customers consist primarily of transport costs, which
are comprised mostly of amounts needed for the operation, monitoring and maintenance of our networks, and also include access and other fees that we pay to other carriers to carry calls outside of our networks. Transport costs for these types of
customers are largely fixed so long as we do not need to procure additional equipment or lease additional capacity. Transport costs are expected to increase when new facilities need to be obtained. The access fees are generally usage-based and ,
therefore, variable.
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| |  |  | Broadband Internet and other costs. Our cost of revenues associated with delivering broadband Internet and other services to residential and small business customers consists
primarily of transport costs and fees associated with peering arrangements we have with other carriers. Transport costs and peering fees for this service are largely fixed so long as we do not need to procure additional equipment or lease additional
capacity, but transport costs and peering fees are expected to increase when new facilities for connecting to the Internet need to be obtained. Our security-related costs are primarily related to system monitoring with a third-party provider and the
costs associated with selling security premise equipment to customers.
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| |  |  | Broadband transport services costs. Our cost of revenues associated with delivering broadband traffic consists primarily of fixed transport costs, which are comprised mostly
of amounts needed for the operation, monitoring and maintenance of our networks, and also include access and other fees that we pay to other carriers to carry traffic outside of our networks. These costs are mostly fixed in nature. There are some
variable costs associated with external maintenance and with private line services, which can have a component that requires us to pay other carriers for a portion of the private line.
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| |  |  | Network services costs. Our cost of revenues associated with delivering traffic consists primarily of transport costs, mostly amounts needed for the operation, monitoring and
maintenance of our networks, and access and other fees that we pay to other carriers to carry traffic outside of our networks. These costs are primarily fixed with respect to the monitoring of the traffic we carry on our networks, although there are
variable components associated with external maintenance costs and other items. The access and other carrier fees are variable and usage-based.
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Selling, general and administrative expenses



Our selling, general and administrative expenses include all of the expenses associated with operating and maintaining our networks that are not cost of
revenues. These expenses primarily include payroll and departmental costs incurred for network design, monitoring and maintenance. They also include payroll and departmental costs incurred for customer installation and service personnel, customer
service representatives and management and sales and marketing personnel. Other included items are advertising expenses and promotional expenses, corporate and subsidiary management, administrative costs, bad debt expense, professional fees, taxes,
insurance and facilities costs.



Depreciation and
amortization



Depreciation and amortization expenses
include depreciation of our broadband networks and equipment and other intangible assets related to acquisitions.



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Operating Data



|                             |  |                   |         |                  |   |               |  |              |         |                   |   |         |  |   |        
|---------------------------- |  | ----------------- | ------- | ---------------- | - | ------------- |  | ------------ | ------- | ----------------- | - | ------- |  | - | -------
|                             |  | Quarter Ended    
|                             |  | September 30,2004 |         | December 31,2004 |   | March 31,2005 |  | June 30,2005 |         | September 30,2005
|Operating Data:              |  |                   |         |                  |   |               |  |              |         |                   |   |         |  |   |        
|Marketable homes passed      |  |                   | 297,697 |                  |   | 308,913       |  |              | 319,717 |                   |   | 325,581 |  |   | 328,041
|Customers                    |  |                   | 120,243 |                  |   | 126,736       |  |              | 130,753 |                   |   | 131,538 |  |   | 134,919
|Number of connections        |  |                   |         |                  |   |               |  |              |         |                   |   |         |  |   |        
|Cable television             |  |                   | 81,642  |                  |   | 83,098        |  |              | 84,483  |                   |   | 85,440  |  |   | 87,776 
|Telephone                    |  |                   | 108,418 |                  |   | 110,360       |  |              | 114,809 |                   |   | 113,589 |  |   | 113,700
|Broadband Internet and other |  |                   | 51,476  |                  |   | 56,184        |  |              | 60,768  |                   |   | 63,241  |  |   | 68,061 
|                             |  |                   |         |                  |   |               |  |              |         |                   |   |         |  |   |        
|Total connections            |  |                   | 241,536 |                  |   | 249,642       |  |              | 260,060 |                   |   | 262,270 |  |   | 269,537
|Average monthly revenue per: |  |                   |         |                  |   |               |  |              |         |                   |   |         |  |   |        
|Customer                     |  | $                 | 85.32   |                  | $ | 82.87         |  | $            | 84.75   |                   | $ | 85.79   |  | $ | 85.18  
|Cable television             |  |                   | 46.00   |                  |   | 45.63         |  |              | 47.89   |                   |   | 49.04   |  |   | 48.31  
|Telephone                    |  |                   | 43.84   |                  |   | 42.38         |  |              | 43.31   |                   |   | 42.86   |  |   | 43.09  
|Broadband Internet and other |  |                   | 34.40   |                  |   | 34.50         |  |              | 34.59   |                   |   | 35.31   |  |   | 34.54  



Results of Operations



Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 Compared to Nine Months
Ended September 30, 2004



The following table sets
forth financial data as a percentage of operating revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005.



|                                    |  |                                |    |  |      |   
|----------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------ | -- |  | ---- | --
|                                    |  | Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, |   
|                                    |  | 2004                           |    |  | 2005 |   
|Consolidated Financial Data:        |  |                                |    |  |      |   
|Operating revenues:                 |  |                                |    |  |      |   
|Cable television                    |  | 24                             | %  |  | 25   | % 
|Telephone                           |  | 31                             |    |  | 30   |   
|Broadband Internet and other        |  | 11                             |    |  | 13   |   
|Broadband transport services        |  | 6                              |    |  | 4    |   
|Network services                    |  | 28                             |    |  | 28   |   
|                                    |  |                                |    |  |      |   
|Total operating revenues            |  | 100                            |    |  | 100  |   
|Operating expenses:                 |  |                                |    |  |      |   
|Cost of revenues                    |  | 37                             |    |  | 38   |   
|Selling, general and administrative |  | 53                             |    |  | 49   |   
|Depreciation and amortization       |  | 31                             |    |  | 30   |   
|                                    |  |                                |    |  |      |   
|Total operating expenses            |  | 121                            |    |  | 117  |   
|                                    |  |                                |    |  |      |   
|Operating loss                      |  | (21                            | )  |  | (17  | ) 
|Other income (expense):             |  |                                |    |  |      |   
|Interest income                     |  |                               |    |  |     |   
|Interest expense                    |  | (8                             | )  |  | (10  | ) 
|Other income                        |  |                               |    |  | 1    |   
|Gain/loss on disposal of assets     |  |                               |    |  |     |   
|Loss on extinguishment of debt      |  | (2                             | )  |  |     |   
|                                    |  |                                |    |  |      |   
|Total other income (expense)        |  | (10                            | )  |  | (9   | ) 
|                                    |  |                                |    |  |      |   
|Net loss                            |  | (31                            | )% |  | (26  | )%
|                                    |  |                                |    |  |      |   



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Operating Revenues.Our operating revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and
2005 were $132.6 million and $146.3 million, respectively, an increase of $13.7 million, or 10%. This increase is a result of growth in bundled services and network services.



Operating revenues for our cable television services for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 were $31.9
million and $37.1 million, respectively, an increase of $5.2 million, or 16%. Operating revenues for our telephone services for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 were $40.7 million and $44.0 million, respectively, an increase of
$3.3 million, or 8%. Operating revenues for our broadband Internet and other services for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 were $14.3 million and $19.4 million, respectively, an increase of $5.1 million, or 36%. The increased
revenues for cable television, telephone and broadband Internet and other are primarily due to growth in the number of connections, from 241,536 as of September 30, 2004 to 269,537 as of September 30, 2005, and to a lesser extent from rate
increases. The additional connections and revenues resulted primarily from continued penetration growth of marketable homes in our markets and the continued construction of our broadband networks.



Operating revenues for our broadband transport services for the nine months
ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 were $7.9 million and $6.2 million, respectively, a decrease of $1.7 million, or 22%, primarily due to large construction projects of approximately $2.0 million in the first nine months of 2004, offset by $0.9
million in construction projects in the first nine months of 2005. Additionally, this product line is experiencing circuit attrition and pricing compression, which outpaced our customer growth.



Operating revenue for our network services for the nine months ended
September 30, 2004 and 2005 was $37.8 million and $39.6 million, respectively, an increase of $1.8 million, or 5%, due to customer growth. Included in revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 is $2.5 million related to the
settlement of the MCI agreement.



Cost of Revenues.Our
cost of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 were $49.2 million and $55.1 million, respectively, an increase of $5.9 million, or 12%. The increase in our cost of revenues is primarily due to the growth of costs related
to increased connections in our bundled services offerings. Cost of revenues increased slightly as a percentage of revenues at 37% for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, compared with 38% for the nine months ended September 30,
2005.



Our gross margin for the nine months ended
September 30, 2004 for our bundled cable television, telephone and broadband Internet and other services was 73%, compared with 72% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. We added connections at a consistent product mix quarter to
quarter. Both telephone and broadband Internet and other service products carry a somewhat higher gross margin than the cable television product due to the programming costs associated with cable television. For broadband transport services, our
gross margin for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 was 83%, compared with 84% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. For network services, our gross margin for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 was 36%, compared
with 33% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. This decrease is due to the one-time payment of $2.5 million from MCI, included in revenue, during the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Excluding such payment the gross margin in
2004 was 31%.



We expect that our overall gross margin will
trend upward as the percentage of revenues derived from our cable television, telephone, broadband Internet and other services and our broadband transport services, which are higher-margin services, increase in accordance with our business plan. Our
margins are determined based on an allocation of cost of revenues among our products. Our method of allocating costs and therefore, of computing margin, may not be comparable to approaches of other companies. Use of a different method of allocation
could change the margin associated with each product, although the overall gross margin would not be affected.



Selling, General and Administrative Expense. Our selling, general and administrative expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and
2005 was $70.4 million and $72.0 million, respectively, an increase of $1.6 million, or 2%. The increase is primarily due to the expenses related to supporting the growth in revenues. Selling, general and administrative expense decreased as a
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our selling, general and administrative expense to increase, in total dollars, as a result of the growth of our business and customer base, but decrease over
time as a percentage of revenue.



Depreciation and
Amortization Expense. Our depreciation and amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 was $41.1 million and $43.5 million, respectively, an increase of $2.4 million, or 6%. The increase is due to the
expansion of our constructed and acquired network. We expect depreciation and amortization expense to continue to increase as we make additional capital expenditures to construct and expand our networks in our existing markets.



Interest Expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 2004
and 2005, our interest expense, which includes interest incurred net of capitalized interest, was $10.3 million and $14.0 million, respectively, an increase of $3.7 million, or 36%. Our interest expense increased due to interest accrued on the
senior secured notes issued in March of 2004. For the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005, we capitalized interest of $2.3 million and $2.6 million, respectively, an increase of $0.3 million, or 13%.



Other income. Our other income for the nine months ended
September 30, 2004 and 2005 was $0 and $0.8 million, respectively, an increase of $0.8 million or 100%. This increase is due to the recognition of a one-time contractually negotiated fee for strategic business planning and development. This fee
is unrelated to our primary business product and therefore classified as other income. Additionally, due to the cash nature of the payment and that it was for services provided, it is included in EBITDA.



Write-Off Due to Repayment of Credit Facility. During the nine months
ended September 30, 2004, we completed a private placement of our senior notes. Concurrent with this offering we repaid $64.8 million to extinguish our senior credit facility. We wrote off debt issuance costs of approximately $2.1 million
associated with this repayment.



Three Months Ended September 30, 2005
Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2004



The following table sets forth financial data as a percentage of operating revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005.



|                                    |  |                                 |    |  |      |   
|----------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | -- |  | ---- | --
|                                    |  | Three Months EndedSeptember 30, |   
|                                    |  | 2004                            |    |  | 2005 |   
|Consolidated Financial Data:        |  |                                 |    |  |      |   
|Operating revenues:                 |  |                                 |    |  |      |   
|Cable television                    |  | 24                              | %  |  | 26   | % 
|Telephone                           |  | 31                              |    |  | 31   |   
|Broadband Internet and other        |  | 11                              |    |  | 14   |   
|Broadband transport services        |  | 6                               |    |  | 4    |   
|Network services                    |  | 28                              |    |  | 25   |   
|                                    |  |                                 |    |  |      |   
|Total operating revenues            |  | 100                             |    |  | 100  |   
|Operating expenses:                 |  |                                 |    |  |      |   
|Cost of revenues                    |  | 37                              |    |  | 37   |   
|Selling, general and administrative |  | 52                              |    |  | 51   |   
|Depreciation and amortization       |  | 33                              |    |  | 29   |   
|                                    |  |                                 |    |  |      |   
|Total operating expenses            |  | 122                             |    |  | 117  |   
|                                    |  |                                 |    |  |      |   
|Operating loss                      |  | (22                             | )  |  | (17  | ) 
|Other income (expense):             |  |                                 |    |  |      |   
|Interest income                     |  |                                |    |  |     |   
|Interest expense                    |  | (10                             | )  |  | (10  | ) 
|Other income                        |  |                                |    |  |     |   
|Gain/loss on disposal of assets     |  |                                |    |  |     |   
|Loss on extinguishment of debt      |  |                                |    |  |     |   
|                                    |  |                                 |    |  |      |   
|Total income (expense)              |  | (10                             | )  |  | (10  | ) 
|                                    |  |                                 |    |  |      |   
|Net loss                            |  | (32                             | )% |  | (27  | )%
|                                    |  |                                 |    |  |      |   



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Operating Revenues.Our operating revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and
2005 were $45.1 million and $48.1 million, respectively, an increase of $3.0 million, or 7%. This increase is a result of growth in bundled services.



Operating revenues for our cable television services for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 were $11.0 million and $12.6 million,
respectively, an increase of $1.6 million, or 15%. Operating revenues for our telephone services for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 were $14.0 million and $14.7 million, respectively, an increase of $0.7 million, or 5%.
Operating revenues for our broadband Internet and other services for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 were $5.1 million and $6.8 million, respectively, an increase of $1.7 million, or 33%. The increased revenues for cable
television, telephone and broadband Internet and other are primarily due to growth in the number of connections, from 241,536 as of September 30, 2004 to 269,537 as of September 30, 2005. The additional connections and revenues resulted
primarily from continued penetration growth of marketable homes in our markets and the continued construction of our broadband networks.



Operating revenues for our broadband transport services for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 were $2.6 million and $2.0 million,
respectively, a decrease of $0.6 million, or 23%, primarily due to large construction projects of approximately $0.7 million in the three month ended September 30, 2004, offset by $0.2 million in construction projects in the three months ended
September 30, 2005. Additionally, this product line is experiencing circuit attrition and pricing compression, which outpaced our customer growth.



Operating revenue for our network services for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 was $12.4 million and $12.1 million, respectively,
a decrease of $0.3 million, or 2%.



Cost of Revenues.Our cost of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 were $16.7 million and $17.6 million, respectively, an increase of $0.9 million, or 5%. The increase in our cost of revenues is primarily due to the growth of costs
related to increased connections in our bundled services offerings. Cost of revenues were relatively flat as a percentage of revenues at 37% for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005.



Our gross margin for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005
for our bundled cable television, telephone and broadband Internet and other services was relatively flat at 73%, for both periods. We added connections at a consistent mix quarter to quarter. Both telephone and broadband Internet and other service
products carry a somewhat higher gross margin than the cable television product due to the programming costs associated with cable television. For broadband transport services, our gross margin for the three months ended September 30, 2004 was
89%, compared with 88% for the three months ended September 30, 2005. For network services, our gross margin for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 was 34%.



We expect that our overall gross margin will trend upward as the percentage of revenues derived from our cable television,
telephone, broadband Internet and other services and our broadband transport services, which are higher-margin services, increase in accordance with our business plan. Our margins are determined based on an allocation of cost of revenues among our
products. Our method of allocating costs and therefore, of computing margin, may not be comparable to approaches of other companies. Use of a different method of allocation could change the margin associated with each product, although the overall
gross margin would not be affected.



Selling, General and
Administrative Expense. Our selling, general and administrative expense for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 was $23.6 million and $24.7 million, respectively, an increase of $1.1 million, or 5%. The increase is primarily
due to the expenses related to supporting the growth in revenues. Selling, general and administrative expense decreased as a percentage of revenues from 52% to 51%. We expect our selling, general and administrative expense to increase, in total
dollars, as a result of the growth of our business and customer base, but decrease over time as a percentage of revenue.



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Depreciation and Amortization Expense. Our depreciation and amortization expense for the three
months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 was $14.7 million and $13.9 million, respectively, a decrease of $0.8 million, or 5%. The decrease is due to certain assets becoming fully depreciated during the quarter, offset by increased depreciation
due to the continued expansion of our network. We expect depreciation and amortization expense to increase in future periods, as we make additional capital expenditures to construct and expand our networks in our existing markets.



Interest Expense. For the three months ended September 30, 2004
and 2005, our interest expense, which includes interest incurred net of capitalized interest, was $4.5 million and $4.6 million, respectively, an increase of $0.1 million, or 2%. Our interest expense increased due to interest accrued on the senior
secured notes issued in March of 2004. For the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005, we capitalized interest of $1.0 million and $0.9 million, respectively.



EBITDA/Adjusted EBITDA



We measure our operating performance on net income (loss) before interest income, interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization, referred to as
EBITDA. EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles. We believe EBITDA is often a useful measure of a companys operating performance and is a significant basis used by our
management to measure the operating performance of our business.



Because we have funded the build-out of our networks by raising and expending large amounts of capital, our results of operations reflect significant charges for depreciation, amortization, and interest expense. EBITDA, which excludes this
information, provides helpful information about the operating performance of our business, apart from the expenses associated with our physical plant or capital structure. We try to make each area of our business generate positive EBITDA, and when
we have choices about the market or area in which to best deploy our resources we generally direct our resources towards the network construction that is expected to generate the most EBITDA. EBITDA is frequently used as a basis for comparing
businesses in our industry, although our measure of EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures of other companies. EBITDA does not purport to represent operating loss or cash flow from operating activities, as those terms are defined
under generally accepted accounting principles, and should not be considered as an alternative to those measurements as an indicator of our performance. In the first quarter of 2004, we wrote off debt issuance costs of approximately $2.1 million
associated with the repayment of our senior credit facility following the completion of our senior notes offering. We believe this expense is analogous to amortization and interest expense, and therefore we believe it is more useful to show EBITDA
net of this one-time amount because we believe it is a better measure of our operating performance and is more comparable to prior periods. However, because of the nature of the charge, we are referring to our EBITDA in 2004 net of the charge as
Adjusted EBITDA.



Adjusted EBITDA was $5.0 million
and $5.8 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2004 and 2005, respectively, an increase of $0.8 million, or 16%. The increase is primarily due to the addition of new customers through the build-out of our networks over such periods.



Adjusted EBITDA was $13.6 million and $20.1 million for the
nine month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2005, respectively, an increase of $6.5 million, or 48%. The increase is primarily due to increasing revenues from the addition of new customers through the build-out of our networks over such
periods, as well as the one-time payment received for strategic business planning and development of $0.8 million, included in other income in 2005, offset by the $2.5 million of revenue received from MCI related to the settlement in 2004.



Since a significant portion of our cost of revenues and
overhead expenses are generally fixed in nature, increasing revenue should result in further increases in EBITDA/Adjusted EBITDA and in EBITDA/Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenues. To the extent the increased revenues are from adding
residential and small business customers for our bundled services, which have higher gross margins than network services, EBITDA/Adjusted EBITDA should increase more quickly on a percentage basis.



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The reconciliation of EBITDA/Adjusted EBITDA to net income is as follows:



|                                                                |  |                                 |         |   |                                |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  
|--------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------- | - | ------------------------------ | - | ------- | ---- |  | - | ------- | - |  | - | ------- | -
|                                                                |  | Three Months EndedSeptember 30, |         |   | Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, |  
|                                                                |  | 2004                            |         |   | 2005                           |   |         | 2004 |  |   | 2005    |  
|                                                                |  | (Dollars in thousands)          |         |   | (Dollars in thousands)         |  
|Net loss as reported                                            |  | $                               | (14,158 | ) |                                | $ | (12,488 | )    |  | $ | (39,979 | ) |  | $ | (36,789 | )
|Add back non-EBITDA/Adjusted EBITDA items included in net loss: |  |                                 |         |   |                                |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Interest income                                                 |  |                                 | (207    | ) |                                |   | (161    | )    |  |   | (558    | ) |  |   | (619    | )
|Interest expense                                                |  |                                 | 4,475   |   |                                |   | 4,609   |      |  |   | 10,301  |   |  |   | 13,964  |  
|Taxes                                                           |  |                                 | 195     |   |                                |   |        |      |  |   | 587     |   |  |   | 125     |  
|Depreciation and amortization                                   |  |                                 | 14,720  |   |                                |   | 13,864  |      |  |   | 41,145  |   |  |   | 43,466  |  
|                                                                |  |                                 |         |   |                                |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  
|EBITDA                                                          |  |                                 | 5,025   |   |                                |   | 5,824   |      |  |   | 11,496  |   |  |   | 20,147  |  
|Loss on extinguishment of debt                                  |  |                                 |        |   |                                |   |        |      |  |   | 2,145   |   |  |   |        |  
|                                                                |  |                                 |         |   |                                |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Adjusted EBITDA                                                 |  | $                               | 5,025   |   |                                | $ | 5,824   |      |  | $ | 13,641  |   |  | $ | 20,147  |  
|                                                                |  |                                 |         |   |                                |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  



Liquidity and Capital Resources



Sources and Uses of Funds



Since inception, we have raised an aggregate of $338 million in equity
funding from institutional private equity investors and others to pursue our business plan. As a result of such stock issuances and our merger with ClearSource, we have a total of $508 million of total invested equity capital. Funds raised have been
used to construct our networks, to make acquisitions, to launch services in our existing nine markets and for working capital and operating expenses.



On March 23, 2004, we issued $136.0 million principal amount at maturity of senior secured notes with fixed interest payable at a rate of
14% per annum. We refer to these notes as the senior notes. Interest on the senior notes is payable semi-annually each April 1 and October 1 beginning October 1, 2004. We used a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the
senior notes to repay all amounts outstanding under our then-existing senior credit facility. The senior credit facility was terminated upon repayment and we are not able to borrow any further amounts thereunder. In connection with the payment and
termination of the senior credit facility, we recorded $2.1 million of debt extinguishment expenses, including accelerated amortization of debt issuance costs and other expenses of $1.5 million.



We conducted the offering of the senior notes in order to accelerate the
build-out of our networks and to improve our liquidity position. Accelerating the build-out is expected to result in increased revenues and EBITDA/Adjusted EBITDA over the near term. We have the ability to accelerate or postpone construction of
extensions to our networks depending upon future cash availability, subject only to the need to eventually complete the build-out of our networks in accordance with the requirements of our franchise agreements.



At September 30, 2005, we had total cash and cash equivalents of $35.2
million and $142.6 million of long-term debt outstanding.



As
of September 30, 2005, we had net working capital of $9.9 million, compared to net working capital of $44.1 million as of December 31, 2004. The decrease in working capital resulted primarily from the net loss and capital expenditures for
the most recent nine months, and was reflected as follows:



| |  |  | a decrease of $6.0 million in cash and cash equivalents;
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | a decrease of $20.0 million in investments;
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| |  |  | a decrease of $2.4 million in accounts receivable, net; and
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | an increase of $4.9 million in accounts payable and accrued expenses.
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------



Provided that we meet the revenue, expense and cash flow projections in our current business plan, we expect that with existing cash on hand and cash flow
from operations, we will be fully funded to build-out our networks to pass all 1.4 million franchised marketable homes and small businesses in our existing markets. Our business plan is based on estimates regarding expected future costs and
expected revenues. Our costs may exceed or our revenues may fall short of our estimates, our estimates may change, and future developments may affect our estimates. Any of these factors may increase our need for funds to complete construction in our
markets, which would require us to seek additional financing.



We may seek additional financing to undertake initiatives not contemplated by our business plan or obtain additional cushion against possible shortfalls. We also may pursue additional financing as opportunities arise. Future financings may
include a range of different sizes or types of financing, including the sale of additional debt or equity securities. However, we may not be able to raise additional funds on favorable terms or at all. Our ability to obtain additional financing
depends on several factors, including future market conditions; our success or lack of success in penetrating our markets and growing our overall income; our future creditworthiness; and restrictions contained in agreements with our investors or
lenders, including the restrictions contained in the indenture governing the senior notes. These financings could increase our level of indebtedness or result in dilution to our equity holders.



Cash Flows from Operating Activities



Net cash provided by operations totaled $10.6 million and $15.9 million for
the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005, respectively. The net cash flow activity related to operations consisting primarily of our operating results adjusted by changes in operating assets and liabilities and non-cash transactions
including:



| |  |  | depreciation and amortization;
| | - |  | ------------------------------



| |  |  | non-cash option compensation;
| | - |  | -----------------------------



| |  |  | non-cash interest expense;
| | - |  | --------------------------



| |  |  | provision for bad debt;
| | - |  | -----------------------



| |  |  | gain on disposal of assets; and
| | - |  | -------------------------------



| |  |  | loss on extinguishment of debt.
| | - |  | -------------------------------



Depreciation and amortization for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 was $41.1 million and $43.5 million, respectively. Other non-cash
charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 were $6.8 million and $4.9 million, respectively.



As of September 30, 2005 we had a $9.5 million balance in accrued expenses related to interest due on our senior notes, which we paid on
October 3, 2005.



Cash Flows from Investing
Activities



Our net cash used in investing activities
for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 was $38.7 million and $21.4 million, respectively. These net cash outflows are primarily due to the build-out of our network in both 2004 and 2005. Cash flows used in investing activities in
the nine months ended September 30, 2005 consisted primarily of $40.9 million in property, plant and equipment purchases, offset by $20.0 million in maturities of short term investments.



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Cash Flows from Financing Activities



Our net cash provided by (used in) financing activities for the nine months
ended September 30, 2004 and 2005 was $61.1 million and $(0.5) million, respectively. Cash flows from financing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2004 consisted primarily of borrowings on our senior credit facility. We paid
the outstanding amount of $64.8 million on our senior credit facility with a portion of the net proceeds of $123.8 million received from our 14% senior notes offering in March of 2004.



Capital Expenditures



We spent approximately $38.5 million and $40.9 million in capital expenditures, including capitalized interest, during the nine months ended
September 30, 2004 and 2005, respectively. The indenture governing the notes prohibits us from making capital expenditures when the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents held by us (after giving effect to such planned capital
expenditure) would be less than $20 million. The capital expenditures amounts described above relate to network construction; initial installation costs; the purchase of customer premise equipment, such as cable set-top boxes and cable modems; and
corporate and network equipment, such as switching and transport equipment; and billing and information systems.



We anticipate spending approximately $46 million, excluding capitalized interest, in capital expenditures during the year ended December 31, 2005.
The company intends to manage its capital expenditures in accordance with the covenant set forth in the indenture to ensure that cash is not less than $20 million.



Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments



We are obligated to make payments under a variety of contracts and other commercial arrangements, including the following:



Capital Leases.We lease office and facilities space
under leasing arrangements. We also have certain immaterial capital leases for office equipment.



Operating Leases.We lease office space, vehicles and other assets for varying periods. Leases that expire are generally expected to be renewed or
replaced by other leases.



Maintenance Agreements.We
have numerous agreements for the maintenance of leased fiber optic capacity.



Purchase Agreement.We may be required to purchase a minimum of $40.9 million of equipment from some of our suppliers between October 2005 and December 2010. We entered into these agreements based upon
estimates of equipment we expect to need over this six-year period. The majority of these purchase commitments are contingent upon delivery of technical and functional next-generation requirements. If we do not actually need the estimated amount and
type of equipment, our financial condition could be adversely affected because we would be obligated to spend money on equipment we do not need, rather than applying it to help grow and develop our business.



The following table represents the above described contractual obligations as
of September 30, 2005:



|                            |  |                        |       |       |   |       |  |      |       |      |   |              |  |   |       |  |   |        |  |   |        
|--------------------------- |  | ---------------------- | ----- | ----- | - | ----- |  | ---- | ----- | ---- | - | ------------ |  | - | ----- |  | - | ------ |  | - | -------
|                            |  | Payments Due by Period |       | Total
|                            |  | 2005                   |       | 2006  |   | 2007  |  | 2008 |       | 2009 |   | 2010 &Beyond | 
|                            |  | (In thousands)        
|Capital lease obligations   |  | $                      | 464   |       | $ | 1,828 |  | $    | 1,675 |      | $ | 1,618        |  | $ | 1,618 |  | $ | 21,347 |  | $ | 28,550 
|Operating lease obligations |  |                        | 1,099 |       |   | 3,997 |  |      | 3,431 |      |   | 2,741        |  |   | 2,311 |  |   | 13,087 |  |   | 26,666 
|Maintenance obligations     |  |                        | 206   |       |   | 950   |  |      | 950   |      |   | 950          |  |   | 950   |  |   | 9,955  |  |   | 13,961 
|Purchase obligations        |  |                        | 1,145 |       |   | 1,195 |  |      |      |      |   | 4,053        |  |   |      |  |   | 34,475 |  |   | 40,868 
|                            |  |                        |       |       |   |       |  |      |       |      |   |              |  |   |       |  |   |        |  |   |        
|Total                       |  | $                      | 2,914 |       | $ | 7,970 |  | $    | 6,056 |      | $ | 9,362        |  | $ | 4,879 |  | $ | 78,864 |  | $ | 110,045
|                            |  |                        |       |       |   |       |  |      |       |      |   |              |  |   |       |  |   |        |  |   |        



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Our plans with respect to network construction and other capital expenditures are discussed above under
the caption Capital Expenditures. We believe those planned expenditures do not constitute contractual obligations or binding commitments since, in general, we have the ability to accelerate or postpone construction of our networks
depending upon cash availability, subject to the need to eventually complete the network in accordance with our single-family residential development agreements.



We have entered into contracts with various entities to provide us with video programming services. We pay a monthly fee for
those services, generally based on the average number of video subscribers to that service during the service period. We estimate programming fees to be approximately $26 million in 2005.



Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates



Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles that are generally accepted in the United States. To
prepare these financial statements, we must make estimates, judgments and assumptions that we believe are reasonable based upon the information available. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues
and expenses as well as the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We periodically evaluate our estimates and assumptions and base our estimates and assumptions on our best knowledge of current events and actions we may undertake in the
future. Actual results may ultimately differ from these estimates. We believe that, of our significant accounting policies, the following may involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity.



Revenue Recognition



Revenue from customers consists of fixed monthly fees for bundled services
and certain network services, and usage based fees for long distance services in certain bundles and the majority of our network services. Local governmental authorities impose franchise fees on the majority of our franchises ranging up to a
federally-mandated maximum of 5% of annual gross revenues derived from the operation of the cable television system, to provide cable television services, as provided in the franchise agreements. Such fees are collected on a monthly basis from our
customers and periodically remitted to local franchise authorities. Franchise fees collected and paid are reported as revenues and expenses, respectively. Our revenues are recognized when services are provided, regardless of the period in which they
are billed. Amounts billed in advance are reflected in the balance sheet as deferred revenue and are deferred until the service is provided. As of October 25, Grandes application for a statewide franchise was approved and rather than paying
fees to individual municipal franchise authorities, Grande shall remit fees associated with the provision of cable programming to one state agency, the PUC.



We receive some revenues for construction performed for customers in connection with network service arrangements. These revenues, which are a small
percentage of total revenues, are recognized under the percentage of completion method.



Classification of Various Direct Labor and Other Overhead Costs



Our business is capital intensive, and a large portion of our financial resources is spent on capital activities associated with building our networks. We
capitalize costs associated with network construction, initial customer installations, installation refurbishments and the addition of network equipment necessary to enable provision of bundled or network services. Capitalized costs include
materials, direct labor costs and certain indirect costs. We capitalize direct labor costs associated with our personnel based upon the specific time devoted to construction and customer installation activities. Capitalized indirect costs are those
relating to the activities of construction and installation personnel and overhead costs associated with the relevant support functions. Costs for repairs and maintenance, and disconnection and reconnection, are charged to operating expense as
incurred, while equipment replacement is capitalized.



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Judgment is required to determine the extent to which indirect costs, or overhead, are incurred as a
result of specific capital activities, and therefore should be capitalized. We allocate overhead based upon the portion of indirect costs that contribute to capitalizable activities using an overhead rate applied to the amount of direct labor
capitalized based upon our analysis of the nature of costs incurred in support of capitalizable activities. The primary costs that are included in the determination of overhead rates are (i) employee benefits and payroll taxes associated with
capitalized direct labor, (ii) direct variable costs associated with capitalizable activities, consisting primarily of installation and construction vehicle costs, (iii) the cost of support personnel, such as personnel who directly assist
with capitalizable installation activities, and (iv) indirect costs directly attributable to capitalizable activities. For the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005, $7.5 million and $8.5 million of labor and overhead costs were
capitalized, respectively.



Valuation of Long-Lived
Assets and Intangible Assets



We evaluate the
recoverability of property, plant and equipment for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the net book value of an asset may not be recoverable. Such events or changes in circumstances could include such factors as loss of
customers accounting for a high percentage of revenues from particular network assets, changes in technology, fluctuations in the fair value of assets, adverse changes in market conditions or poor operating results. When such factors and
circumstances exist, we compare the projected undiscounted future cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their estimated useful lives against their respective carrying amounts. Impairment, if any, is based on the excess
of the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets and is recorded in the period in which the determination was made. While we believe that our estimates of future cash flows are reasonable, different assumptions regarding such cash flows
could materially affect our evaluation of asset recoverability.



We performed our annual goodwill impairment test as of October 1, 2004. This test was performed in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or SFAS, No. 142Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,
which we adopted effective January 1, 2002. SFAS No. 142 recognizes that since goodwill and certain intangible assets may have indefinite useful lives, these assets are no longer required to be amortized but are to be evaluated at least
annually for impairment. An independent appraisal firm was used for this analysis. The analysis reached the conclusion that the estimated fair value exceeded the carrying value, so no impairment existed. The estimated fair value was determined based
on a discounted cash flow analysis and review of multiples for comparable companies. The assumptions used in the valuation testing have subjective components, including anticipated future operating results and cash flows based on our business plan
and overall expectations as to market and economic considerations. Based on the results of this test we recorded no impairment loss for 2004. We are currently in the process of performing our annual impairment test as of October 1, 2005, as
such, we are unable to determine the outcome of the test. In the event it is determined that an impairment exists, we may incur a significant charge for the year ended December 31, 2005.



Allowance for Doubtful Accounts



We use estimates to determine our provision for bad debts. These estimates
are based on historical collection experience, current trends, credit policy and a percentage of our customer accounts receivable, as well as specific identification for larger customers. In determining these percentages, we look at historical
write-offs of our receivables. Judgment is required both to identify customer accounts where collectibility is a concern, and to determine the amount of the reserve to be established for those customer accounts.



The foregoing list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all of our
accounting policies. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, with no need for us to judge the application. There are also areas in
which our judgment in selecting any available alternative would not produce a materially different result.



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|ITEM 3. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
|------- | ----------------------------------------------------------



Our exposure to market risk relates primarily to changes in interest rates on our investment portfolio. Our marketable investments consist primarily of
short-term fixed income securities. We invest only with high credit quality issuers and we do not use derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio. We do not believe that a significant increase or decrease in interest rates would
have a material impact on the fair value of our investment portfolio.



|ITEM 4. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
|------- | -----------------------



Our management, with the participation of our Interim Chief Executive Officer, who is our principal executive officer, and our Chief Financial Officer,
who is our principal financial officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or Rule 15d-15(e), as applicable, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of September 30,
2005. Based upon that evaluation, the Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting them to material information relating to Grande, including
its consolidated subsidiaries, required to be included in this report and the other reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



During the third fiscal quarter, although we experienced changes in our Chief Executive Officer, President and General Counsel positions, there were no
changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.



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PART II



OTHER INFORMATION



|ITEM 1. | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
|------- | -----------------



Legal Proceedings



In
early September, the Texas Cable and Telecommunications Association filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, Austin division, to challenge SB 5 , the legislation passed allowing for a state-wide cable franchise and
obviating the need for individual municipal franchises. Named as defendants in the lawsuit, in their official capacities, are Gov. Perry and Public Utility Commission of Texas Commissioners Chairman Paul Hudson, Julie Parsley and Barry Smitherman.
The lawsuit contends that SB 5 discriminates in violation of the U.S. and Texas Constitutions, discriminates in violation of the Federal Communications Act, violates the federal prohibition on exclusive franchises, and violates the federal duty
to guard against redlining. In the event that the plaintiff prevails in the SB 5 litigation, the court may rule that the current statewide franchises are unconstitutional. Grande is not currently a party to the lawsuit.



There are no other pending proceedings, which are currently anticipated to
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.



|ITEM 6. | EXHIBITS
|------- | --------



Exhibits



Grande files herewith the following exhibits:



|           |  |                                                                                                                                                                     
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|ExhibitNo. |  | Description                                                                                                                                                         
|           | 
|31.1       |  | Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sabanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350).                                                                    
|           | 
|31.2       |  | Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350).                                                                   
|           | 
|32.1       |  | Written Statement of Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350).



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SIGNATURES



Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



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|                        |  |  |  | Grande Communications Holdings, Inc. (Registrant)
|                        |  |  | 
|Date: November 10, 2005 |  |  |  | By:                                               |  | /S/    MICHAEL L.
WILFLEY
|                        |  |  |  |                                                   |  |                           |  | Michael L. Wilfley Chief Financial Officer (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial
Officer)



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