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                       COMPLUS, L.P. ADMISSION AGREEMENT

     THIS ADMISSION AGREEMENT is made and entered into this ___ day of March,
2000, by ComPlus, L.P. ("ComPlus"), and OnePoint Communications Corp.
("OnePoint").

                                   RECITALS

A.   The business and affairs of ComPlus are governed by the Partnership
     Agreement of ComPlus amended and restated effective as of April 2, 1999, as
     amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof (the
     "Partnership Agreement").

B.   The admission of OnePoint to ComPlus as a Class A Unit Holder has been
     approved or otherwise effected as provided in the Partnership Agreement.

                                   AGREEMENT

1.   Admission of New Partner. OnePoint is hereby admitted to ComPlus pursuant
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     to the Partnership Agreement. OnePoint shall be admitted to ComPlus as a
     Class A Unit Holder upon satisfaction of any conditions to the admission
     set forth in the Partnership Agreement and shall thereupon have all the
     rights and obligations of an Class A Unit Holder under the Partnership
     Agreement. OnePoint hereby acknowledges that its right to participate in
     ComPlus is limited and that the Company may issue additional partnership
     interest, including, but not limited to, Class A or B Units, in the Company
     to individuals or entities and that such issuance is in the sole and
     absolute discretion of the General Partner of the Company.

2.   Bound by Agreement. OnePoint agrees to be bound by all of the terms,
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     conditions, restrictions and other provisions of the Partnership Agreement
     and acknowledges receipt of a copy thereof.

3.   Capital Contribution. OnePoint shall immediately make any capital
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     contribution to ComPlus required to be made in connection with OnePoint's
     admission pursuant to the Purchase Agreement between ComPlus and OnePoint
     dated March 17, 2000. OnePoint's interest in ComPlus, subsequent to
     purchase of his Class A Units, shall be as reflected on Exhibit A, a copy
     of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof.

4.   Counterparts. This Admission Agreement may be executed in one or more
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     counterparts, all of which together shall constitute the Admission
     Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Admission Agreement has been executed as of the
date first above.

ComPlus, L.P.                                  OnePoint Communications Corp.
By: AMI-VCom, Inc. it
General Partner

By:_____________________________________       By:____________________________
           James A. Otterbeck
Its: President                                 Its:___________________________<PAGE>

                                                                CONFORMED COPY

                            ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                  dated as of

                                October 21, 1999

                                    between

                              COMCAST CORPORATION

                                      and

                     SOUTH CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LP

                         MID-ATLANTIC TELCOM PLUS, LLC

                 MID-ATLANTIC CONNECTICUT 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                MID-ATLANTIC CABLE OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                         NO. 1 OF PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY

                MID-ATLANTIC CABLE OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                         NO. 2 OF PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                         PAGE

                                   ARTICLE I
                                  DEFINITIONS

  SECTION 1.01. Definitions .................................................I

                                   ARTICLE 2
                               PURCHASE AND SALE

  SECTION 2.01. Purchase and Sale ..........................................16
  SECTION 2.02. Excluded Assets ............................................18
  SECTION 2.03. Assumed Liabilities ........................................19
  SECTION 2.04. Excluded Liabilities .......................................19
  SECTION 2.05. Assignment of Contracts and Rights .........................21
  SECTION 2.06. Purchase Price .............................................23
  SECTION 2.07. Post-closing Adjustment ....................................25
  SECTION 2.08. Maryland LL C ..............................................27
  SECTION 2.09. Closing ....................................................28
  SECTION 2.10. Release of Amounts from Escrow .............................29
  SECTION 2.11. Allocation of Purchase Price ...............................36
  SECTION 2.12. Sellers' Agent .............................................36

                                    ARTICLE 3
                    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

 SECTION 3.01. Existence and Power .........................................37
 SECTION 3.02. Authorization ...............................................37
 SECTION 3.03. Noncontravention ............................................37
 SECTION 3.04. Required Consents ...........................................38
 SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements; No Adverse Change .....................38
 SECTION 3.06. Absence of Certain Changes ..................................38
 SECTION 3.07. No Undisclosed Material Liabilities .........................39
 SECTION 3.08. Systems Franchises, Systems Licenses, Systems
                Contracts, Owned Property and Real Property Interests ......39
 SECTION 3.09. Litigation ..................................................41
 SECTION 3.10. Compliance with Legal Requirements ..........................41
 SECTION 3.11. [Intentionally Blank] .......................................44
 SECTION 3.12. Systems Information .........................................44
 SECTION 3.13. Purchased Assets ............................................46
 SECTION 3.14. Sufficiency of and Title to the Purchased Assets ............47
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 SECTION 3.15. Intellectual Property .......................................48
 SECTION 3.16. Insurance Coverage ..........................................49
 SECTION 3.17. Inventories .................................................49
 SECTION 3.18. Receivables .................................................49
 SECTION 3.19. Finders' Fees ...............................................49
 SECTION 3.20. Employees ...................................................49
 SECTION 3.21. Environmental Compliance ....................................50
 SECTION 3.22. Year 2000 Compliance ........................................51
 SECTION 3.23. Systems Options .............................................52
 SECTION 3.24. Transactions with Affiliates ................................52
 SECTION 3.25. Capitalization of Maryland LLC ..............................52
 SECTION 3.26. Ownership of the Maryland LL C Shares .......................52
 SECTION 3.27. Maryland LLC Assets and Liabilities .........................52
 SECTION 3.28. Bonds .......................................................52
 SECTION 3.29. Cut-off Dates ...............................................53
 SECTION 3.30. Representations .............................................53
 SECTION 3.31. Affiliates ..................................................53
 SECTION 3.32. Direc7VAgreement ............................................53

                                   ARTICLE 4
                  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER

 SECTION 4.01. Corporate Existence and Power ...............................53
 SECTION 4.02. Corporate Authorization .....................................53

 SECTION 4.03. Noncontravention                                             53
 SECTION 4.04. Financing                                                    54
 SECTION 4.05. Litigation                                                   54
 SECTION 4.06. Finders' Fees                                                54

                                    ARTICLE 5
                               COVENANTS OF SELLER

 SECTION 5.01. Conduct of the Business                                      54
 SECTION 5.02. Affirmative Covenants                                        57
 SECTION 5.03. Certain Notices                                              60
 SECTION 5.04. Subscriber Billing Services                                  60
 SECTION 5.05. Cooperation as to Rates                                      60
 SECTION 5.06. Franchise Expirations                                        60
 SECTION 5.07. Distant Broadcast Signals                                    61
 SECTION 5.08. Confidentiality                                              61
 SECTION 5.09. Notices of Certain Events                                    61

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 SECTION 5. 10. RMTS
 SECTION 5.11. Non-competition Agreement                                   62
 SECTION 5.12, Risk of Loss; Condemnation                                  62
 SECTION 5.13. Delivery of Financial Information                           62
 SECTION 5.14. Use of Sellers' Names and Logos                             63
 SECTION 5.15. Capital Leases                                              63
 SECTION 5.16. Access                                                      64
 SECTION 5.17. Proceeds Sharing Arrangements, One-off Fees Etc             64
 SECTION 5.18. FCC Applications                                            64

                                    ARTICLE 6

                               COVENANTS OF BUYER
 SECTION 6.01. Confidentiality                                             65
 SECTION 6.02. Non-Solicitation of Employees                               65
 SECTION 6.03. Access                                                      65

                                    ARTICLE 7
                          COVENANTS OF BUYER AND SELLER

  SECTION 7. 0 1. Commercially Reasonable Efforts; Further Assurances      66
  SECTION 7.02. Certain Filings                                            67
  SECTION 7.03. Public Announcements                                       67
  SECTION 7.04. Warn Act                                                   68
  ARTICLE 8 ~ TAX MATTERS
 SEcTioN8.01. Tax Definitions                                              68
  SECTION 8.02. Tax Matters                                                68
  SECTION 8.03. Tax Cooperation; Allocation of Taxes                       69

                                    ARTICLE 9
                                EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

 SECTION 9.01. Employee Benefits Definitions                               70
 SECTION 9.02. ERISA Representations                                       70
 SECTION 9.03. Employees and Offers of Employment                          72
 SECTION 9.04. Sellers' Employee Benefit Plans                             72
 SECTION 9.05. Buyer Benefit Plans                                         74
 SECTION 9.06. No Third Party Beneficiaries                                74

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                                   ARTICLE 10
                              CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

  SECTION 10. 0 1. Conditions to Obligations of the Buyer and the Sellers 74
  SECTION 10.02. Conditions to Obligation of the Buyer                    75
  SECTION 10.03. Conditions to Obligation of the Sellers                  78

                                   ARTICLE 11
                            SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION

  SECTION 11. 0 1. Survival                                               79
  SECTION 11.02. Indemnification                                          80
  SECTION 11.03. Procedures                                               81

                                   ARTICLE 12
                                  TERMINATION

 SECTION 12.01. Grounds for Termination                                   82
 SECTION 12.02. Effect of Termination                                     83

                                   ARTICLE 13
                                 MISCELLANEOUS

 SECTION 13.01. Notices                                                   84
 SECTION 13.02. Amendments and Waivers                                    85
 SECTION 13.03. Expenses                                                  85
 SECTION 13.04. Successors and Assigns                                    85
 SECTION 13.05. Governing Law                                             86
 SECTION 13.06. Jurisdiction                                              86
 SECTION 13.07. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL                                      86
 SECTION 13.08. Counterparts; Third Party Beneficiaries                   86
 SECTION 13.09. Entire Agreement                                          86
 SECTION 13. 10. Bulk Sales Laws                                          86
 SECTION 13.11. Captions                                                  87

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                            ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMIENT

          This ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") dated as of October
 21, 1999 is among Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation ("Buyer"),
 those entities set forth on Exhibit A (each entity set forth on Exhibit A, a
 "Seller" and collectively the "Sellers"), and South Central Development
 Company, LP, a Maryland limited partnership ("Sellers' Agent"), solely in its
 capacity as agent for the Sellers.

                                     WITNESSETH:

           WHEREAS, the Sellers own and operate each of the cable communications
 systems (each, a "System") identified in Schedule 3.12 hereto;

          WHEREAS, the Buyer desires to purchase substantially all of the assets
 used in the operation of the Systems from the Sellers, and the Sellers desire
 to sell substantially all of the assets used in the operation of the Systems to
 the Buyer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth;

          The parties hereto agree as follows:

                                            ARTICLE I
                                           DEFUITIONS

          SECTION 1.01. Definitions.

           (a) The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:

          "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person
 directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with
 such other Person. For such purpose "control" means the possession, directly or
 indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
 policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or
 voting interests, by contract or otherwise.

          "Anticipated COBRA Damages Claim" means a claim by the Buyer in
 respect of the maximum amount that it may reasonably be required to pay or
 Damages that it may suffer or incur in respect of COBRA Obligations at any time
 after the Initial Release Date.
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          "Basic Service Tier" means the service tier which includes the
 retransmission of local television broadcast signals, as defined in 47 USC ss.
 522(3).

          "Basic Subscriber" means any Subscriber which is receiving Basic
 Service Tier services from any Seller whether as a bulk only customer, a Basic
 Service Tier only customer or an Expanded Basic Services customer without any
 double counting of customers, as customarily shown on the Sellers' billing
 system as active subscribers.

          "Bolling Contract"means (i) Contract Number F49642-92-HOOOI dated
 November 7, 1991 between the United States of America and Telcom Plus, as
 successor-in-interest to American Cablecom, L.P., (ii) Purchase Order Number
 L198-991-4 dated July 16, 1996 between the United States of America and Telcom
 Plus, as successor-in-interest to Mid-Atlantic Cable, (iii) Contract Number
 F49642-83-HOO02 between the United States of America and Telcom Plus, as
 success or-in-interest to Mercure Telecommunication, Inc. and (iv) Private
 Cable System Contract dated November 25, 1996 between Telcom Plus, as
 successor-in-interest to Mid-Atlantic Cable Development Company LP, and Naval
 District Washington.

           "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day
 on which banks in New York, New York are authorized or required to be closed.

          "Cable Act" means Title VI of the Communications Act, 47 USC ss. 521,
 et seq.

           " CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
 Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and any rules or
 regulations promulgated thereunder.

           "Chain of Title Damages" means any Damages suffered or incurred by
 the Buyer as a result of the Sellers not at Closing having good and marketable,
 indefeasible, fee simple title to, or in the case of leased property having
 valid leasehold interests in, any of the assets (including any bonds) used or
 held for use in the Systems free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted
 Liens, including any Damages resulting from any previous purported transfer of
 any such assets to any Seller (a) being ineffective or (b) requiring any
 consent or other action that has not been obtained or carried out.

           "Closing Adjustment Amount" means the amount by which the Total
 Liabilities, as of the Closing Date, are in excess of or are less than, as the
 case may be, the Current Assets as of the Closing Date.

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          "Closing Basic Subscriber Number" means, with respect to any System or
 any Private Cable Service Agreement the aggregate number of Relevant
 Subscribers and Relevant New Subscribers of such System or served pursuant to
 such Private Cable Services Agreement as of the Cut-off Time immediately
 preceding the Closing Date.

          "Closing Date" means the date of the Closing.

          "Current Assets" means (without duplication) the sum of the following
 calculated in accordance with GAAP except as otherwise provided below:

                     (i) ninety-five percent (95%) of the face amount of all
          accounts receivable included in the Purchased Assets that relate to
          services provided prior to the Closing and that as of the Closing Date
          are 30 days or less past due measured from the first day of the period
          to which the applicable billing relates;

                     (ii) eighty-five percent (85%) of the face amount of all
          accounts receivable included in the Purchased Assets that relate to
          services provided prior to the Closing and that as of the Closing Date
          are between 31 and 60 days past due measured from the first day of the
          period to which the applicable billing relates; and

                   (iii) the amount of all prepaid expenses as of the Closing
          Date that are included in the Purchased Assets and that directly
          relate to the Systems, but only to the extent the benefit of such
          prepaid expenses can be realized by the Buyer within twelve months
          after the Closing Date.

          For the purposes of (i) and (ii) above: (A) in the event that any
 account receivable consists of more than one portion (not including any portion
 which amounts to $5.00 or less) that is past due, the entire account receivable
 shall be deemed past due for the same number of days as that portion (not
 including any portion which amounts to $5.00 or less) which has been past due
 for the longest period, (B) accounts receivable shall be excluded if they did
 not arise in the ordinary course of business or relate to Subscribers who are
 inactive or whose service is pending disconnection on the Closing Date, and (C)
 any account receivable in respect of the Bolling Contract shall be treated as
 if all portions of such account receivable were 30 days or less past due
 measured from the first day of the period to which the applicable billing
 relates.

          For the avoidance of doubt Current Assets shall not include: (A)
 prepaid taxes based in whole or in part on the income of the Sellers or their
 Affiliates or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (B) supplies or
 inventory or

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 prepaid expenses relating to supplies or inventory; (C) prepaid insurance
 expenses; and (D) prepaid wages, salaries, payroll taxes and expenses,
 benefits, perquisites and other compensation related expenses.

          "Cut-off Date" means in any given month, the date upon which,
 consistent with past practice, subscribers are determined for purposes of
 preparing bills in respect of the following month.

          "Cut-off Time" means the close of business on the Cut-off Date
 immediately preceding the Closing Date or such other time as the Buyer and the
 Sellers may agree in writing.

          "Delaire Access Agreement" means the Cable T.V. Access Agreement dated
 as of October 16, 1985, by and between Delaire Landing Complex Association,
 Inc. and Delaware River Cablevision relating to the provision of satellite
 master antenna and/or cable television services by Delaware River Cablevision
 to the Delaire Landing Complex, State Road, Pennsylvania.

          "Delaire Apartment Purchase and Sale Contract" means the Purchase and
 Sale Agreement dated as of October 30, 1998 between Delaware River Cablevision
 and Telcom Plus, specifying in Section 1.2 thereto a purchase price of
 $265,000.00.

          "Delaire Apartment Subscribers" means those Subscribers which may be
 acquired by the Systems pursuant to the Delaire Apartment Purchase and Sale
 Contract.

          "Delaire Condominium Purchase and Sale Contract" means the Purchase
 and Sale Agreement dated as of October 30, 1998 between Delaware River
 Cablevision and Telcom Plus, specifying in Section 1.2 thereto a purchase Price
 of $385,000.00.

          "Delaire Condominium Subscribers" means those Subscribers acquired by
 the Systems pursuant to the Delaire Condominium Purchase and Sale Contract.

          "Delaire Landing Contract" means any contract arrangement or
 understanding of any kind relating to the provision of cable or other services
 to any building or Person at or in respect of the Delaire Landing Complex,
 State Road, Philadelphia.

          "Delaire Landing Litigation" means the litigation captioned Delaire
 Landing Associates, L.P. v. Delaware River Cablevision, Inc., et. al. in the
 Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, the litigation captioned Delaware
 River

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  Cablevision v. Michael Carp in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, other
 claim, action or litigation arising from substantially the same facts or
 circumstances as either of the foregoing.

          "Delaire Litigation Satisfaction Event" means the consummation of the
 Delaire Apartment Purchase and Sale Contract in accordance with its terms
 following (i) a binding settlement between the parties to the Delaire Landing
 Litigation or (ii) a nonappealable, final order of a court of competent
 jurisdiction, in each case that (x) terminates each claim of each party to the
 Delaire Landing Litigation against each other such party, (y) contains nothing
 that would or might prevent the transfer of the SM.ATV cable television system
 which is the subject of the Delaire Apartment Purchase and Sale Contract from
 Delaware River Cablevision, Inc. to Telcom Plus free and clear of any claims,
 Liens, rights or interests of any third party with respect to such system, and
 (z) is otherwise on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer.

          "Delaire Management Agreement, means the Management Agreement dated as
 of October 30, 1998 between Telcom Plus and Delaware River Cablevision
 providing for Telcom Plus to manage and operate the cable television system
 servicing the Delaire Apartment Subscribers.

          "Delaware River Cablevision" means Delaware River Cablevision, Inc., a
 Pennsylvania corporation.

          "Delivery Damages" means any Damages suffered or incurred as a result
 of any Person challenging the right of any Seller, or the Buyer or the Systems
 to use any means or facility for the delivery of signal to any Distant
 Subscriber which means or facility is used by the Systems on the date of this
 Agreement to deliver signal to any Distant Subscriber.

          "DirecTV Agreement, means each of the agreements listed in item 4 of
Schedule 3.08(a)(viii).

          "Distant Subscriber" means any Subscriber who is served by the Systems
 from a head-end located in a building other than the building in which such
 Subscriber is located.

          "Environmental Laws" means any federal, state, local or foreign law
 (including, without limitation, common law), treaty, judicial decision,
 regulation, rule, judgment, order, decree, injunction, permit or governmental
 restriction or any agreement with any governmental authority or other third
 party, whether now or hereafter in effect, relating to the environment human
 health and safety or to

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 pollutants, contaminants, wastes or chemicals or any toxic, radioactive,
 ignitable, corrosive, reactive or otherwise hazardous substances, wastes or
 materials.

          "Environmental Liabilities" means any and all liabilities arising in
 connection with or in any way relating to any of the Sellers (or any
 predecessor of any of them or any prior owner of all or part of its business
 and assets), any property now or previously owned, leased or operated by any of
 the Sellers, the Systems (as currently or previously operated), the Purchased
 Assets or any activities or operations occurring or conducted at or in
 connection with the Owned Property or the Leased Property (including, without
 limitation, offsite disposal), whether accrued, contingent, absolute,
 determined, determinable or otherwise, which (i) arise under or relate to any
 Environmental Law and (ii) relate to actions occurring or conditions existing
 on or prior to the Closing Date (including, without limitation, any matter
 disclosed or required to be disclosed in Schedule 3.21).

          "Environmental Permits" means all permits, licenses, franchises,
 certificates, approvals and other similar authorizations of governmental
 authorities relating to or required by Environmental Laws and affecting, or
 relating in any way to, the Systems, the Owned Property or the Real Property
 Interests.

          "Escrow Agreement" means the agreement to be dated the date of the
 Closing between the Buyer, the Sellers, the Seller's Agent and a mutually
 agreed independent escrowee in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
 the Buyer and the Sellers.

          "Excluded Names" means the following: "Mid-Atlantic Communications,"
 "Mid-Atlantic Telcom Plus," "OnePoint Communications," "South Central
 Development" and "Matrix Equities."

          "Expanded Basic Service" means any and all of the following services
 as listed on Schedule 3.12(e): Expanded, Expanded Service, Basic Expanded
 Service, Expanded Basic Channel Line-Up, Expanded Basic Line-Up and Expanded
 Basic Service.

          "FAA" means the Federal Aviation Administration.

          "FCC" means the Federal Communications Commission.

          "Franchise Area" means an area in which a Seller is authorized to
 provide cable television service pursuant to a Systems Franchise.

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          "Franchise Subscriber Equivalent" means a unit of measurement to
 calculate Subscriber equivalents in Franchise Areas, the number of Franchise
 Subscriber Equivalents served as of a given date being equal to the quotient of
 (a) 'the aggregate monthly billings received from the provision of Basic
 Service Tier and Expanded Basic Service from all commercial, bulk-billed and
 other accounts not billed by individual unit in the relevant Franchise Area for
 the month preceding such date, divided by (b) the sum of the published regular
 monthly Subscriber rates for the Basic Service Tier and Expanded Basic Service
 as of such date for the relevant Franchise Area in which the account is
 located. For the purposes of (a) above, there will be excluded (A) all billings
 representing fees for installation for non-recurring charges (including late
 charges), charges for equipment or for any outlet or connection other than the
 first outlet or first connection in any residential unit charges for any Pay
 TV, or pass-through charges for sales taxes, franchise fees and charges and the
 like and (B) all billings to any account (i) that has not been receiving the
 Basic Service Tier for at least 60 consecutive days prior to such date, (ii)
 that has not paid for at least two consecutive months of Basic Service Tier
 services at the applicable regular contract rate, (iii) that is pending
 disconnection from the service provided by such System for any reason or (iv)
 that is more than 60 days in arrears as measured from the first day of the
 period to which the applicable billing relates on any amount (ignoring, for
 such purpose, amounts of $5.00 or less in aggregate) due to such System.
 Franchise Subscriber Equivalents shall be calculated on a
 Franchise-by-Franchise basis.

          "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
 States, consistently applied, including the statements and interpretations of
 the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board.

          "Governmental Authority" means (i) the United States of America, (ii)
 any state, commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States of
 America and any political subdivision thereof (including counties,
 municipalities, provinces, parishes and the like), (iii) any foreign (as to the
 United States of America) sovereign entity and any political subdivision
 thereof and (iv) any court, quasi-governmental authority, tribunal, department,
 commission, board, bureau, agency, authority or instrumentality of any of the
 foregoing.

          "Hazardous Substances" means any pollutant, contaminant, waste or
 chemical or any toxic, radioactive, ignitable corrosive, reactive or otherwise
 hazardous substance, waste or material or any substance, waste or material
 having any constituent elements displaying any of the foregoing characteristics
 including, without limitation, petroleum, its derivatives, by-products and
 other hydrocarbons, and any substance, waste or material regulated under any
 Environmental Law.

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          "Homes Passed" means:

                    (i) residential dwelling units, multiple dwelling buildings
          or complexes, planned unit developments, residential hotels and other
          commercial locations within a Franchise Area (A) to which cable
          television service may be provided at a distance no greater than
          approximately 1,000 feet from the System's existing distribution
          cable, or (B) which are at a distance greater than approximately 1,000
          feet from the System's existing distribution cable but which are
          premises of existing or former Subscribers; provided, however, that in
          the case of (A) and (B) unoccupied residential lots shall not be
          included in Homes Passed; and

                    (ii) multiple dwelling buildings or complexes, planned unit
          developments, residential hotels and other commercial locations
          outside a Franchise Area in respect of which the Systems currently
          provide services under a bulk service or access agreement;

 provided that, in the case of (i) and (ii), each dwelling unit in a multiple
 dwelling building, complex, planned unit development or Relevant Hotel will be
 counted as one Home Passed and each commercial location, including hotels,
 motels, restaurants and bars (other than any Relevant Hotel) will be counted as
 one Home Passed.

          ,, HSR Act' 'means the Hart-Scott-Radian Antitrust Improvements Act of
1976, as amended.

          "Judgment" means any judgment, judicial decision, writ order,
 injunction, award or decree of or by any Governmental Authority.

          "Largo Operations Center" means the facility at 1200 Mercantile Lane,
Largo, MD.

          "Leased Property" means any property demised to a Seller under any
Real Property Interest.

          "Legal Requirement" means applicable common law and any statute,
 ordinance, code, law, rule, regulation, order, technical or other written
 standard, requirement or procedure enacted, adopted, promulgated, applied or
 followed by or any agreement entered into by any Governmental Authority,
 including any Judgment.

          "Lien" means, with respect to any property or asset, any mortgage,
 lien, pledge, charge, security interest encumbrance or other adverse claim of
 any kind

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 in respect of such property or asset. For the purposes of this Agreement, a
 Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any property or asset which it
 has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any
 conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement
 relating to such property or asset.

          "Maryland LLC" means MAC-Com, LLC, a Maryland limited liability
company.

          "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on the
 Purchased Assets or the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects
 or results of operations of the Systems (other than the Excluded Assets) taken
 as a whole, but without giving effect to changes that are applicable to the
 cable television industry in general.

          "Material Contracts" means (i) all Systems Franchises and (ii) any
 Systems Licenses and Systems Contracts of the kind described in any of Sections
 3.08(a)(i) to (xvi) inclusive.

          "Metro Cable Contract" means the letter dated April 8, 1996 from
 Robert P. McCabe at Metro Cable Systems Inc. to John H. Long at Mid-Atlantic
 Cable.

          ,, Metro Cable Damages" means any Damages suffered or incurred by the
 Buyer as a result of any claim by Metro Cable Systems, Inc. or any of its
 assigns or successors or any other Person arising out of or relating to the
 Metro Cable Contract, including the potential litigation disclosed on Schedule
 3.09.

          "Non-Competition Agreement" means the agreement attached hereto as
Exhibit C.

          "Pay TV" means a la carte tiers or premium programming services
 selected by and sold on a per channel or per program basis.

          "Penalty Subscriber" means any Subscriber or Franchise Subscriber
 Equivalent that satisfies item (a) of the definition of Relevant New Subscriber
 but does not satisfy item (b) of the definition of Relevant New Subscriber.

          "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited
 liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization,
 including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality
 thereof

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          "Potential Penalty Subscriber" means any Subscriber or Franchise
 Subscriber Equivalent that at Closing satisfies item (a) of the definition of
 Relevant New Subscriber.

          "Prime Rate" means the prime rate of interest, as amended from time to
 time, of the Bank of New York in New York City.

          "Private Cable Service Agreement" means any bulk service or access
 agreement under which services are provided to any multiple dwelling building,
 planned unit development or complex by any System whether in a Franchise Area
 or not, but, for the avoidance of doubt excluding such agreements relating to
 hotels or motels.

          "Relevant Hotel" means each of the Four Seasons, Washington, DC, the
 Crowne Plaza, Washington, DC, the Sheraton Stamford, Stamford, CT, the Windsor
 Hotel, Philadelphia, PA and the Bridgeport Holiday Inn, Bridgeport, CT.

          "Relevant-New Subscriber" means any Subscriber or Franchise Subscriber
 Equivalent (a) that is not at Closing a Relevant Subscriber but that would as
 of Closing have been included in the definition of Relevant Subscriber but for
 item (A)(ii) or (iii) or (B) (ii) or (iii) of the definition of Relevant
 Subscriber or item (B)(i) or (ii) of the definition of Franchise Subscriber
 Equivalent, and (b) who would satisfy the definition of Relevant Subscriber in
 all respects as of the date which falls 60 days after the Closing Date.

          "Relevant Subscriber" means, as of any date, (A) any Subscriber (i)
 which is a private residential customer account that has been billed by
 individual unit (regardless of whether such account is in a single family home
 or in an individually billed unit in an apartment house or other multiple
 dwelling building, planned unit development or complex, but exclusive of
 "secondary connects" or "additional outlets" as such terms are commonly
 understood in the cable television industry) for the Basic Service Tier for the
 month during which such date occurs at the published regular monthly Subscriber
 rate of the applicable System for the Basic Service Tier, (ii) that has been
 receiving the Basic Service Tier for at least 60 consecutive days prior to such
 date, (iii) that has paid for at least two consecutive months of Basic Service
 Tier services at the published regular monthly Subscriber rate of the
 applicable System for the Basic Service Tier, (1v) that is not pending
 disconnection from the service provided by the System for any reason and (v)
 that is not more than 60 days in arrears as measured from the first day of the
 period to which the applicable billing relates on any amount (ignoring, for
 such purpose, amounts of $5.00 or less in aggregate) due to such System; (B)
 any Subscriber (other than a Subscriber whose account is included in Item (a)
 of the definition of Franchise Subscriber Equivalent) (i) that

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 is served pursuant to a bulk service agreement at any multiple dwelling
 building, planned unit development or complex and any Subscriber that is a
 commercial location (including hotels, motels, restaurants and bars), counting
 each unit served within a multiple dwelling building, planned unit development,
 complex or Relevant Hotel as one Relevant Subscriber and each commercial
 location (other than a Relevant Hotel) served as one Relevant Subscriber, (ii)
 that has been receiving the Basic Service Tier for at least 60 consecutive days
 prior to such date, (iii) that has paid for at least two consecutive months of
 Basic Service Tier services at the full contract rate for the Basic Service
 Tier, (iv) that is not pending disconnection from the service provided by the
 System for any reason and (v) that, except for amounts due under the Bolling
 Contract is not more than 90 days in arrears as measured from the first day of
 the period to which the applicable billing relates on any amount (ignoring, for
 such purpose, amounts of $5.00 or less in aggregate) due to such System; and
 (C) any Franchise Subscriber Equivalent as of such date. For purposes of
 determining whether items (Ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) of (B) above have been
 satisfied, the multiple dwelling building, planned unit development or complex
 or commercial location, as the case may be, will be treated as the Subscriber.
 For the purposes of this definition (v) a Subscriber at West Chester University
 shall not be excluded from this definition as a result of not paying for
 services during the Winter semester break if such Subscriber would otherwise
 satisfy this definition in all respects, (w) Subscribers and Franchise
 Subscriber Equivalents served pursuant to any Risk Contract shall not be
 counted as Relevant Subscribers, (x) for the avoidance of doubt unless the
 Delaware Litigation Satisfaction Event shall have occurred, a Subscriber served
 under any Delaire Landing Contract shall not be a Relevant Subscriber unless
 such Subscriber is a Delaire Condominium Subscriber (and then only to the
 extent such Subscriber would otherwise satisfy this definition), (y) any
 Subscriber or Franchise Subscriber Equivalent served pursuant to any contract
 which is or is deemed to be an Excluded Asset (including the Delaire Apartment
 Purchase and Sale Contract if the Delaire Litigation Satisfaction Event shall
 not have occurred) shall not be a Relevant Subscriber, and (z) for the
 avoidance of doubt, a subscriber shall not be counted in more than one of (A),
 (B) or (C) above.

          "Revenue" means all revenue of the Systems from Relevant Subscribers
 excluding, for the avoidance of doubt (a) interest income, (b) franchise fees,
 late fees and other similar fees, in each case in item (b), that are separately
 identified on a Subscriber's bill, (c) revenue from Subscribers under Risk
 Contracts and (d) revenue under any contracts which are Excluded Assets.

          "Risk Contract" means each of the contracts marked with an asterisk on
Schedule 3.08(c).

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          "Roof Rights Buildings" means each of Chestnut Hall, Asbury Methodist
 Village, Coldspring New Town Condos and 1500 Locust as identified in Schedule
 3.12.

          "Southern Managemenf' means Southern Management Corporation.

          "Southern Management Agreement" means the Access Agreement dated as of
 July 11, 1997 between Southern Management and OnePoint Communications, Inc.
 (currently doing business as Telcom Plus) relating to the provision by Telcom
 Plus of video and telecommunication services to various dwelling units under
 the management of Southern Management, including any and all schedules and
 exhibits thereto.

          "Southern Management Buildings" means the following apartment
 communities named in Schedule A to the Southern Management Agreement: Carriage
 Hill, Nob Hill, Oxon Hill Village, Southview and Middletowne.

          "Southern Management Litigation" means the litigation captioned
 Southern Management Corporation v. OnePoint Communications, Inc. in the Circuit
 Court of Maryland for Prince George's County, C.A.L. No. 98-17584, and any
 other claim, action or litigation arising from substantially the same facts or
 circumstances.

          "Subscriber" means, as of any given time, a current subscriber of a
System.

          "Sub Value" in respect of a Private Cable Service Agreement means (a)
 $2,793, multiplied by (b) the Closing Basic Subscriber Number for Subscribers
 under such agreement.

          "Telcom Plus" means Mid-Atlantic Telcom Plus, L.L.C.

          "Three Month Average Per Subscriber Revenue" as of a given date means
 the quotient of (a) the Three Month Average Revenue as of such date, divided by
 (b) the Three Month Average Subscribers as of such date.

          "Three Month Average Subscribers" means as of a given date the
 quotient of (a) the sum of the Relevant Subscribers of the Systems on each of
 the four Cut-off Dates immediately prior to such date, divided by (b) four.

          "Three Month Average Revenue" means as of a given date the quotient of
 (a) the aggregate Revenue of the Systems for the calendar month which includes
 the Cut-off Date immediately preceding such date and for the two

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 calendar months immediately preceding such calendar month, divided by (b)
 three.

          ,, Total Liabilities" means (without duplication) the sum of the
 following calculated in accordance with GAAP except as otherwise provided
 below:

                     (i) all Subscriber deposits and advance payments existing
          on the Closing Date and related primarily to the Systems (including
          any accrued interest thereon),-

                     (ii) all accounts payable related primarily to the Systems,
          incurred in the ordinary course of business and existing on the
          Closing Date;

                   (iii) all payments received by the Sellers on or prior to the
          Closing Date for services to be rendered to Subscribers after the
          Closing Date or for other services to be rendered by the Buyer to
          other third parties after the Closing Date for cable television
          commercials or other services or rentals; and

                   (iv) all other current liabilities existing on the Closing
          Date, arising in the ordinary course of business and related primarily
          to the Systems (including without limitation, accruals for property
          taxes, pole rental payments, copyright fees, rent and utilities).

          "Transferred Closing Subscriber Number" means the Closing Basic
 Subscriber Number for all the Systems, less the Closing Basic Subscriber Number
 for the Subscribers under Required Private Agreements other than the Bolling
 Contract. For the avoidance of doubt, Subscribers under Risk Contracts will not
 be included in the calculation of the Transferred Closing Subscriber Number.

          "Upgrade Commitments" means those commitments or upgrades which are
 described in Schedule 3.13(e) or Schedule 5.01 as to be completed and paid for
 by the Sellers.

          "Upgrade Commitments Damages" means any Damages suffered or incurred
 by the Buyer as a result of the Sellers not carrying out the Upgrade
 Commitments, including without limitation any costs incurred by the Buyer in
 itself performing any such Upgrade Commitment.

          "Vehicle Leasing Contract" means the Master Open-End Vehicle Lease
 Agreement between Allstate Leasing, Inc. and Mid-Atlantic Telecom Plus LLC
 dated as of June 1, 1997.

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           "Y2K Controller Liability" means any liability suffered or incurred
 by any Person as a result of any of the controllers used in the Systems not
 being Year 2000 Compliant.

           (b) Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth
           opposite such term:

           Term                                            Section
           Adjusted Purchase Price                            2.06
           Apportioned Obligations                            8.03
           Arbitrator                                         2.07
           Assumed Liabilities                                2.03
           Bolling Escrow Amount                              2.06
           Bolling Extension                                  2.10
           Books and Records                                  2.01
           Buyer's Adjustment Certificate                     2.07
           Buyer Compensation Amount                          2.10
           Claim                                             11.03
           Closing                                            2.09
           COBRA Obligations                                  9.04
           Code                                               8.01
           Consent Escrow Amount                              2.06
           Consent Portion                                    2.10
           Consent Satisfied Amount                           2.10
           Contested Contract                                 2.10
           Damages                                           11.02
           Deemed Consented Contracts                         2.10
           EEO                                                3.10
           Employee Plans                                     9.01
           ERISA                                              9.01
           ERI SA Affiliate                                   9.01
           Escrow Agent                                       2.06
           Estimated Purchase Price                           2.06
           Excluded Assets                                    2.02
           Excluded Liabilities                               2.04
           Final Amounts                                      2.07
           Final Penalty Subscribers                          2.07
           Financial Statements                               3.05
           Identified Representations                         2.10
           Indemnified Party                                 11.03
           Indemnifying Party                                11.03
           Indemnity Escrow Account                           2.10

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           Term                                               Section
           Indemnity Escrow Amount                             2.06
           Initial Adjustment Certificate                      2.06
           Initial Compensated Amount                          2.10
           Initial Release Date                                2.06
           Initial Sellers' Portion                            2.10
           Intellectual Property Rights                        2.01
           Lost Subscriber                                     2.10
           Maryland Assets                                     2.08
           Maryland Liabilities                                2.08
           Maryland LLC Shares                                 2.08
           Month 18 Date                                       2.10
           Month 24 Date                                       2.10
           Multi-Employer Plan                                 9.01
           Non Subscriber Loss Claim                           2.10
           Non Subscriber Loss Damages                         2.10
           Objection Notice                                    2.07
           Owned Property                                      2.01
           Penalty Sub Amount                                  2.07
           Pending Licenses                                    5.18
           Permitted Liens                                     3.13
           Post-Closing Tax Period                             8.03
           Potential Payment Event                             12.01
           Pre-Closing Tax Period                              8.01
           Purchased Assets                                    2.01
           Purchase Price                                      2.06
           Rate Regulatory Matter                              5.05
           Real Property Interests                             2.01
           Reduction Subscriber Number                         2.06
           Release Date Subscriber Shortfall                   2.10
           Relevant Amount                                     2.10
           Relevant Date                                       2.10
           Required Consents                                   3.04
           Required Private Agreement                          2.05
           RMTS                                                3.14
           Short Term Escrow Amount                            2.06
           Short Term Private Agreement                        2.06
           Shortfall Sensitive Agreement                       2.10
           Stay Bonus                                          9.02
           Subsequent Transfer                                 2.05
           Systems Contracts                                   2.01
           Systems Employee                                    9.02

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           Term                                               Section
           Systems Franchises                                  2.01
           Systems Intellectual Property Rights                2.01
           Systems Licenses                                    2.01
           Systems Options                                    3. 2 3
           Taking                                              5.12
           Tax                                                 8.01
           Taxing Authority                                    8.01
           Third Party Claim                                   11.03
           Transfer Date                                       2.05
           Transfer Taxes                                      8.03
           Transferred Employees                               9.03
           Transitional Billing Services                       5.04
           WARN Act                                            7.04
           Year 2000 Compliant                                 3.22

                                           ARTICLE 2
                                      PURCHASE AND SALE

          SECTION 2.01. Purchase and Sale. Except as otherwise provided below,
 upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Buyer
 agrees to purchase from the Sellers and the Sellers jointly and severally agree
 to sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver, or cause to be sold, conveyed,
 transferred, assigned and delivered, to the Buyer at the Closing, free and
 clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, all of the Sellers' right,
 title and interest in, to and under the assets, properties and business, of
 every kind and description, wherever located, real, personal or mixed, tangible
 or intangible, owned, held or used in the operation of the Systems by the
 Sellers as the same shall exist on the Closing Date that are not Excluded
 Assets (the "Purchased Assets"), and including, without limitation, all right,
 title and interest of the Sellers in, to and under:

                    (a) all owned real property (the "Owned Property") and all
          other leases, easements, owned rights of access and other interests in
          real property (the "Real Property Interests"), in each case used or
          held for use in the operation of the Systems, and in each case
          together with all buildings, fixtures, and improvements erected
          thereon, including without limitation the items listed on Schedule
          3.13(a),-

                    (b) all tangible personal property, including towers, tower
          equipment, aboveground and underground cable, distribution systems and
          equipment, head-end equipment, line amplifiers, microwave equipment,

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          converters, testing equipment, motor vehicles, machinery, off-ice
          equipment, furniture, fixtures, supplies, inventory, cable system
          plant and other physical assets owned, held or used in the operation
          of the Systems, including without limitation the items listed on
          Schedule 33.13(b);

                    (c) all pole line and joint line agreements, underground
          conduit agreements, crossing agreements, Private Cable Service
          Agreements, commercial service agreements, commercial leased access
          agreements, must-carry elections and retransmission consents, and
          other contracts, agreements, arrangements, leases, licenses,
          commitments, sales and purchase orders, bonds and other instruments in
          each case relating to the operation of the Systems (collectively, and
          together with all agreements in respect of Real Property Interests,
          the "Systems Contracts"), including without limitation the items
          listed on Schedule 3.08;

                    (d) all Subscriber, trade and other accounts, notes and
          other receivables (including advertising accounts receivable);

                    (e) all prepaid expenses, including but not limited to ad
          valorem taxes, leases and rentals in each case relating to the
          operation of the Systems;

                    (f) all of the Sellers' rights, claims, credits, causes of
          action or rights of set-off against third parties relating to the
          Purchased Assets or the Systems, including, without limitation,
          unliquidated rights under manufacturers' and vendors' warranties;

                    (g) all patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, mask
          works, servicemarks, service names, technology, know-how, processes,
          trade secrets, inventions, proprietary data, formulae, research and
          development data, computer software programs and other intangible
          property and any registrations or applications for the same
          ("Intellectual Property Rights"), in each case owned by or licensed to
          any of the Sellers and used or held or held for use in the operation
          of the Systems (the "Systems Intellectual Property Rights");

                    (h) all franchises and similar authorizations or similar
          permits issued by any Governmental Authority, in each case relating to
          the operation of the Systems (the "Systems Franchises"), including
          without limitation the items listed on Schedule 3.08(a)(ii);

                    (i) all business radio licenses, copyright notices and other
          licenses, authorizations, consents or permits issued by the FCC or,
          any

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          other Governmental Authority, excluding the Systems Franchises (the
          "Systems Licenses"), but including without limitation the items listed
          on Schedule 3.08(a)(iii);

                    (j) (i) all books, records, files and papers, whether in
          hard copy or computer format, used in the operation of the Systems,
          including, without limitation, sales and promotional literature,
          engineering records, files, drawings, blueprints, schematics, reports,
          lists, plans and processes and all files of correspondence, lists,
          records and reports concerning Subscribers and former and prospective
          Subscribers of the Systems, signal and program carriage or dealings
          with Governmental Authorities, including all reports filed with the
          FCC and statements of account filed with the U.S. Copyright Office in
          each case by any Seller and (ii) copies of all account books of
          original entry, general ledgers and financial records, all personnel
          and employment records, and any information relating to any Tax ((i)
          and (ii) together, the "Books and Records");

                    (k) all goodwill associated with the Systems or the
          Purchased Assets, together with the right to represent to third
          parties that the Buyer is the successor to the Systems; and

                    (1) all rights to insurance proceeds receivable after the
          Closing in respect of any Assumed Liabilities insured on a "claims
          made" basis and all insurance proceeds (to the extent not already
          expended by the Sellers to restore or replace the lost or damaged
          asset, which replacement asset shall be a Purchased Asset) received
          before or after Closing in respect of any asset that is or would have
          been a Purchased Asset.

          SECTION 2.02. Excluded Assets. The Buyer expressly understands and
 agrees that the following assets and properties of the Sellers (the "Excluded
 Assets") shall be excluded from the Purchased Assets:

                    (a) all of the Sellers' cash and cash equivalents except as
          set forth in Section 2.01 (1);

                   (b) the Excluded Names;

                    (c) the Vehicle Leasing Contract, but not the vehicles which
          are the subject thereof, which shall be Purchased Assets;

                    (d) (i) the Delaire Apartment Purchase and Sale Contract,
          (ii) the Delaire Management Agreement and (iii) any subscribers or
          assets acquired or serviced under such Contract or such Agreement;

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                    (e) insurance policies except asset forth in Section
                    2.01(l); and

                    (f) those assets described in Schedule 2.02(f);

          provided that if the Delaire Litigation Satisfaction Event shall have
          occurred prior to the Closing Date, the Delaire Apartment Purchase and
          Sale Contract and the subscribers and assets acquired by the Systems
          pursuant to the terms thereof shall not be Excluded Assets and shall
          be Purchased Assets.

          SECTION 2.03. Assumed Liabilities. Upon the terms and subject to the
 conditions of this Agreement, the Buyer agrees, effective at the time of the
 Closing, to assume the following liabilities (the "Assumed Liabilities"):

                    (a) to the extent attributable to actions occurring or
          conditions first occurring after the time of the Closing, all
          liabilities and obligations of any Seller arising under the Systems
          Contracts, the Systems Franchises or the Systems Licenses (other than
          liabilities or obligations attributable to any failure by any Seller
          to comply with the terms thereof); and

                    (b) the liabilities of the Sellers as of the Closing for all
          Subscriber deposits and advance payments related primarily to the
          Systems, all accounts payable related primarily to the Systems
          incurred in the ordinary course of business, all payments received by
          the Sellers on or prior to the Closing Date for services to be
          rendered by the Systems after the Closing Date, and all other
          customary current liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
          business and related primarily to the Systems but in each case only to
          extent that the foregoing are included in the calculation of Total
          Liabilities for the purposes of Section 2.06(b).

          SECTION 2.04. Excluded Liabilities. Notwithstanding any provision in
 this Agreement or any other writing to the contrary, the Buyer is assuming only
 the Assumed Liabilities and is not assuming any other liability or obligation
 of any Seller (or any predecessor of any Seller or any prior owner of all or
 part of any of the businesses or assets of any of them or, for the avoidance of
 doubt, the Sellers' Agent) of whatever nature, whether presently in existence
 or arising hereafter. All such other liabilities and obligations shall be
 retained by and remain obligations and liabilities of the Sellers (all such
 liabilities and obligations not being assumed being herein referred to as the
 "Excluded Liabilities"), Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
 Agreement, the Excluded Liabilities include, without limitation, the following:

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                    (a) except to the extent (and only up to such amount)
          included in the calculation of Total Liabilities, any obligation or
          liability with respect to periods prior to and including the time of
          Closing, including liabilities
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          for the refund of monies to Subscribers;

                   (b) any liability or obligation for Taxes attributable to the
          Systems or the Purchased Assets, which are incurred in or attributable
          to any Pre-Closing Tax Period, except to the extent (and only up to
          such amount) included in the calculation of Total Liabilities;
          provided, however, that Apportioned Obligations shall be apportioned
          and paid in the manner set forth in Section 8.03(b) hereof,

                   (c) except to the extent (and only up to such amount)
          included in the calculation of Total Liabilities, any liability or
          obligation relating to employee benefits or compensation arrangements
          existing on or prior to the Closing Date, including, without
          limitation, any liability or obligation under any employee benefit
          agreements, plans or other arrangements of any of the Sellers listed
          on Schedule 9.02(a);

                   (d) any Non Subscriber Loss Damages;

                   (e) any Y2K Controller Liability;

                    (f) any Environmental Liability;

                   (g) any Chain of Title Damages;

                   (h) any Upgrade Commitments Damages;

                    (i) any Delivery Damages;

                          any Metro Cable Damages;

                    (k) any liability or obligation relating to any Excluded
          Asset including, without limitation, any liability or obligation
          arising out of a claim by any party to any agreement which is an
          Excluded Asset arising out of the failure to transfer such Excluded
          Asset;

                    (1) any liability arising from or relating to the Southern
          Management Litigation; and

                  (m) any liability arising from or relating to (i) the Delaire
          Landing Litigation, (ii) the Delaire Apartment Purchase and Sale
          Contract,

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           (iii) the Delaware Management Agreement, or (iv) any Delaire Landing
          Contract other than the obligation under any such Delaire Landing
          Contract to provide service after the Closing to any Delaire
          Condominium Subscriber; provided that if the Delaire Litigation
          Satisfaction Event shall have occurred prior to the Closing Date, the
          obligation to provide service to Delaire Apartment Subscribers
          pursuant to the Delaire Access Agreement or the subscriber agreements
          transferred pursuant to the terms of the Delaire Apartment Purchase
          and Sale Contract after the Closing shall not be an Excluded
          Liability.

 For the avoidance of doubt, the fact that any of the foregoing Excluded
 Liabilities are set forth or described on a Schedule to this Agreement will not
 change their status as Excluded Liabilities.

          SECTION 2.05. Assignment of Contracts and Rights. (a) Anything in this
 Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement shall not constitute
 an agreement to assign at the Closing any Purchased Asset or any claim or right
 or any benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom without, where
 required, a Required Consent, if such assignment, without such consent, would
 constitute a breach or other contravention of such Purchased Asset or in any
 way adversely affect the rights of the Buyer or any Seller thereunder.

          (b) In the event the Closing occurs and fewer than all of the consents
 under Private Cable Service Agreements which require consent to assignment have
 been received, then: (1) each Private Cable Service Agreement as to which
 consent to assignment is required and has not been received by the Closing
 (each, a "Required Private Agreement") (and any Purchased Assets and Assumed
 Liabilities primarily related thereto which, pursuant to the terms of such
 agreement, cannot be assigned at the Closing) will not be assigned at the
 Closing, (11) the Buyer and the Sellers will use commercially reasonable
 efforts to obtain the required consents following the Closing, (iii) promptly
 following receipt of each required consent in form and substance reasonably
 satisfactory to the Buyer the Sellers will transfer to the Buyer the relevant
 Required Private Agreement (each such transfer, a "Subsequent Transfer") (and,
 in accordance with Section 2,05(c), certain assets and liabilities), (iv) for
 each Required Private Agreement, the Buyer and the Sellers will, until the
 Subsequent Transfer in respect of such Required Private Agreement, cooperate in
 a mutually agreeable arrangement under which the Buyer would obtain the
 benefits of and be responsible for the obligations under each such Required
 Private Agreement and the related Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities that
 cannot be assigned at Closing, which arrangement shall, in respect of each
 Required Private Agreement and in the absence of an agreement between the
 parties to the contrary, take the form of the Buyer managing the related
 systems in accordance with the terms set out in

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 Schedule 2.05(b) for so long as the Systems provide service to such location;
 (v) the Sellers shall not take any prejudicial action with respect to a
 Required Private Agreement (or any of the Subscribers, assets or liabilities
 relating thereto); and (vi) at any time after the Month 18 Date, the Buyer may
 without liability terminate any arrangement described in (iv) above with
 respect to any or all of the Required Private Agreements that are Contested
 Contracts at the relevant time, including without limitation any management
 agreement in the terms of Schedule 2.05(b), and may refuse to accept a
 Subsequent Transfer of any such Private Cable Service Agreement (and any assets
 or liabilities related thereto). For avoidance of doubt, the fact that any
 Required Private Agreements or any Subscribers, assets or liabilities related
 to a Required Private Agreement have not been transferred to the Buyer on the
 Closing Date shall be disregarded for purposes of (A) the representations and
 warranties contained in Article 3 other than Section 3.14(b), and (B) the
 calculation of Current Assets and Total Liabilities.

           (c) The following shall apply with respect to each Required Private
 Agreement in respect of which a Subsequent Transfer occurs. On the date on
 which the Subsequent Transfer occurs (the "Transfer Date") (i) the applicable
 Seller will convey to the Buyer all assets related to the Required Private
 Agreement that, as of the Transfer Date, are Purchased Assets and (11) the
 Buyer will assume the liabilities related to the Required Private Agreement
 that, as of the Transfer Date, are Assumed Liabilities. For the purposes of
 this Section 2.05(c), the definitions of Purchased Assets and Assumed
 Liabilities shall be construed as if any reference to "Closing" or the "Closing
 Date" in the definitions of those terms were a reference to the "Transfer
 Date". If the Systems cease to provide service under a given Required Private
 Agreement without a Subsequent Transfer with respect thereto occurring, then
 the date on which such service ceases will be treated as a Transfer Date for
 purposes of transferring related assets and liabilities in accordance with this
 Section 2.05(c).

           (d) If any other consent under any Purchased Asset is not obtained by
 the Closing, if an attempted assignment of such Purchased Asset without the
 consent would be ineffective or would adversely affect the rights or
 obligations thereunder so that the Buyer would not in fact receive all such
 rights or would have greater obligations, the Sellers and the Buyer will
 cooperate in a mutually agreeable arrangement under which the Buyer would
 obtain the benefits and assume the obligations thereunder in accordance with
 this Agreement, including sub-contracting, sub-licensing or sub-leasing to the
 Buyer, or under which the Sellers would enforce for the benefit of the Buyer,
 with the Buyer assuming the Sellers' obligations, any and all rights of the
 Sellers against a third party thereto.

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            (e) The Sellers will promptly pay to the Buyer when received all
 monies received by the Sellers under any Purchased Asset or any claim or right
 or any benefit arising thereunder.

           SECTION 2.06. Purchase Price. (a) In consideration of the sale and
 transfer by the Sellers to the Buyer of the Purchased Assets, the amount
 payable by the Buyer shall equal $150,000,000 in cash (the "Purchase Price"),
 subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.06(b) (the "Adjusted Purchase
 Price").

           (b) The Purchase Price shall be adjusted as follows:

                    (i) If the Current Assets as of the Closing Date are in
          excess of the Total Liabilities as of the Closing Date, the Purchase
          Price shall be increased by an amount equal to the Closing Adjustment
          Amount.

                    (ii) If the Current Assets as of the Closing Date are less
          than the Total Liabilities as of the Closing Date, the Purchase Price
          shall be decreased by an amount equal to the Closing Adjustment
          Amount.

                  (iii) If the Closing Basic Subscriber Number for all the
          Systems is less than 53,700, then the Purchase Price shall be reduced
          by an amount equal to $2,793 multiplied by the difference between
          53,700 and the Closing Basic Subscriber Number for all of the Systems
          (such difference being the "Reduction Subscriber Number").

          (c) The amount of the net adjustment to the Purchase Price pursuant to
 Section 2,06(b), hereunder shall, for the purposes of the payment to be made by
 the Buyer at the Closing, (i) be estimated in good faith by the Sellers (after
 consultation with the Buyer) and (ii) assume that the number of Relevant New
 Subscribers is zero. The Sellers shall deliver to the Buyer a certificate
 executed by a duly authorized representative of each of the Sellers (the
 "Initial Adjustment Certificate") setting out such estimate (including an
 estimate of the Current Assets, the Total Liabilities, the Reduction Subscriber
 Number, the Closing Basic Subscriber Number and with respect to each Required
 Private Agreement and each Private Cable Services Agreement, the Closing Basic
 Subscriber Number for the Subscribers thereunder) and containing a list of the
 Potential Penalty Subscribers at least 5 (five) days prior to the Closing Date,
 indicating in detail the basis for its estimate. Such certificate shall be
 accompanied by appropriate documentation supporting the estimates and the
 calculation of Potential Penalty Subscribers contained therein. Such
 certificate shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer. Subject to the
 foregoing, the good faith estimate of the net adjustment to the Purchase Price
 pursuant to Section 2.06(b) in the Initial Adjustment Certificate shall be
 conclusive for the purposes

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 of the payment to be made by the Buyer at the Closing, but shall be subject to
 adjustment after the Closing in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.07.

          (d) The Purchase Price, as adjusted pursuant to Section 2.06(b) in
 accordance with the Initial Adjustment Certificate is referred to herein as the
 "Estimated Purchase Price". The Estimated Purchase Price will be payable by the
 Buyer at Closing as follows:

                    (i) $10,000,000 will be deposited into an interest-bearing
          escrow account with a mutually agreed independent escrowee (the
          "Escrow Agent") to secure the Sellers' indemnity obligations to the
          Buyer under Sections 11.02(a)(i), (ii), and (iii) (such amount the
          "Indemnity Escrow Amount"). The release of the Indemnity Escrow Amount
          shall be determined in accordance with Section 2. 10 (a), and the
          terms of the Escrow Agreement.

                    (ii) An amount (the "Short Term Escrow Amount"), determined
          as set forth below, will be deposited in a second interest-bearing
          escrow account with the Escrow Agent to be released beginning on the
          date which is the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date (the
          "Initial Release Date"). The Short Term Escrow Amount will equal the
          amount (if any) arrived at by the result of multiplying: (A) 50%,
          times (B) the aggregate Sub Value for all Private Cable Service
          Agreements (other than (i) any Risk Contract and (ii) the Bolling
          Contract), which (as of the Closing Date) have an expiration date on
          or prior to the Initial Release Date (each, a "Short Term Private
          Agreement"). For purposes hereof, if a multiple dwelling unit, planned
          unit development or complex is being served by a System pursuant to an
          expired Private Cable Service Agreement or pursuant to no Private
          Cable Service Agreement, such multiple dwelling unit or complex will
          be treated as if it is being serviced pursuant to a Short Term Private
          Agreement. The release of the Short Term Escrow Amount shall be
          determined in accordance with Section 2. 10 (d) and the terms of the
          Escrow Agreement.

                   (iii) The Consent Escrow Amount, determined as set forth
          below, if any, will be deposited in a third interest-bearing escrow
          account with the Escrow Agent. The "Consent Escrow Amount" will equal
          the aggregate Sub Value for all Required Private Agreements (other
          than the Bolling Contract). The release of the Consent Escrow Amount
          shall be determined in accordance with Section 2. 10(c) and the terms
          of the Escrow Agreement.

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                     (iv) An amount (the "Boiling Escrow Amount"), determined as
           set forth below, will be deposited into a fourth interest-bearing
           escrow account with the Escrow Agent. The Bolling Escrow Amount will
           equal the Sub Value for the Bolling Contract. The release of the
           Bolling Escrow Amount shall be determined in accordance with Section
           2. 10(d) and the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
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                    (v) The balance of the Estimated Purchase Price will be paid
           to Sellers' Agent, as agent for the Sellers in immediately available
           funds by wire transfer to an account of the Sellers' Agent with a
           bank in New York City designated by the Sellers' Agent, by notice to
           the Buyer, not later than two business days prior to the Closing Date
           (or if not so designated, then by certified or official bank check
           payable in immediately available funds to the order of the Sellers'
           Agent in such amount). Such payment by the Buyer to the Sellers'
           Agent shall discharge the Buyer of any further obligations with
           respect to the delivery of the Estimated Purchase Price.

          SECTION 2.07. Post-closing Adjustment. (a) Within 90 days after the
 Closing, the Buyer will deliver to the Sellers a certificate (the "Buyer's
 Adjustment Certificate") showing in such detail as shall be reasonably
 satisfactory to the Sellers the Buyer's final determination of the number of
 .Penalty Subscribers, the Current Assets, the Total Liabilities, the Closing
 Adjustment Amount, the Reduction Subscriber Number, the Closing Basic
 Subscriber Number, and with respect to each Required Private Agreement and each
 Private Cable Services Agreement, the Closing Basic Subscriber Number for the
 Subscribers thereunder, which certificate will be accompanied by appropriate
 documentation supporting the amounts and numbers proposed in such certificate.
 Each party will provide the other reasonable ' access to all records in its
 possession which were used in the preparation of the Initial and Buyer's
 Adjustment Certificates or which may otherwise be necessary for the preparation
 thereof The Sellers will review the Buyer's Adjustment Certificate and will
 give written notice (an "Objection Notice") to the Buyer of any objections it
 has to the calculations shown in such Certificate within 30 days after receipt.
 Such notice will set forth Sellers' proposal as to each item to which it
 objects together with appropriate support for such objections. If the Sellers
 do not deliver an Objection Notice within such 30-day period, then the Buyer's
 Adjustment Certificate shall be deemed to be conclusive, final and binding on
 the parties. The Buyer and the Sellers will endeavor in good faith to resolve
 any objections within 30 days after the receipt by the Buyer of the Sellers'
 timely objections. If such objections or disputes have not been resolved at the
 end of such 30-day period, the disputed portion only of the items contained in
 the Buyer's Adjustment Certificate will be determined within the following 30
 days by Arthur Andersen LLP or, if Arthur Andersen LLP is unwilling or unable
 to serve on commercially reasonable terms,

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 by a national accounting firm that is mutually acceptable to the Buyer and the
 Sellers (in either case, the "Arbitrator"). The determination of the Arbitrator
 will, with respect to each item in dispute, be within the range for such item
 as proposed by the Buyer in the Buyer's Adjustment Certificate and the Sellers
 in the Objection Notice. The determination of the Arbitrator will be final and
 will be binding upon both parties. The Buyer and the Sellers will bear equally
 the expenses of such auditor incurred in connection with such determination.

          (b) Within two Business Days after the date on which the items
 contained in the Buyer's Adjustment Certificate have been finally determined in
 accordance with Section 2.07(a) (such amounts as so finally determined (other
 than the number of Penalty Subscribers), the "Final Amounts"), the Buyer and
 the Sellers shall take such action as is necessary (including the payment of a
 cash amount to the other or to the Escrow Agent or the execution of a joint
 instruction to the Escrow Agent to release funds or transfer funds to a
 different escrow account) to ensure that, ignoring any entitlement or
 obligation of any Person to receive or pay interest on any amounts, (A) the
 Buyer has paid to the Sellers' Agent and the Escrow Agent the amounts (and no
 more) it would have paid under Section 2.06(d) to each of them, (B) the Buyer
 and the Sellers' Agent have received the amounts each of them would have
 received from escrow (and no more) under Section 2. 10, and (C) there has been
 deposited into each escrow account the amount (and no more) that would have
 been deposited into each account under Section 2.06(d), if in each case such
 amounts had been based on the Final Amounts rather than the amounts set forth
 in the Initial Adjustment Certificate. For the avoidance of doubt, clause (ii)
 of the first sentence of Section 2.06(c) shall be disregarded for purposes of
 this Section 2.07.

           (c) If pursuant to Section 2.07(b), the ' Buyer makes a payment to
 the Sellers' Agent or the Escrow Agent, or the Sellers' Agent makes a payment
 to the Buyer or the Escrow Agent, (i) such payment shall bear interest at the
 Prime Rate from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the date of
 payment and shall be paid by wire or accounts transfer of immediately available
 funds to the account designated by the recipient by two days advanced written
 notice to the party owing such payment and (ii) any interest so received by the
 Escrow Agent will be treated as interest earned on the account into which the
 payment is deposited. If pursuant to 2.07(b) the Escrow Agent makes a payment
 to the Buyer or the Sellers' Agent, such payment will include interest earned
 on such amount while deposited in the escrow account. If pursuant to Section
 2.07(b) the Escrow Agent transfers funds between escrow accounts, the amount
 transferred shall include interest earned on such amount while in the escrow
 account from which it is transferred and such interest will be treated as
 interest earned on the account into which it is transferred.

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           (d) Within two Business Days after the date on which the number of
 Penalty Subscribers has been finally determined in accordance with Section
 2.07(a) (the number of Penalty Subscribers as so finally determined being the
 "Final Penalty Subscribers") the Sellers jointly and severally agree to pay to
 the Buyer in immediately available funds by wire transfer to an account
 specified in advance by the Buyer an amount equal to (a) $5,586, multiplied by
 (b) the number of Final Penalty Subscribers (the "Penalty Sub Amount").
 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, without prejudice
 to the ability of the Buyer to make a claim against the Sellers to pay the
 Penalty Sub Amount, to the extent the Sellers shall not have paid the Buyer the
 Penalty Sub Amount in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.07(d), the
 Buyer shall be entitled, without prejudice to any other remedy that it may have
 under this Agreement or otherwise, to receive the Penalty Sub Amount from one
 or more (at the Buyer's election) of the escrow amounts described in Section
 2.06(d), in which event such amount shall be released to the Buyer together
 with any interest earned on such amount and such amount shall not be treated as
 an amount released to the Buyer for the purposes of Section 2. 10.

          SECTION 2.08. Maryland LLC. (a) The parties agree that in lieu of
 Sellers selling, assigning, transferring and delivering to Buyer at Closing the
 Purchased Assets located in the State of Maryland (the "Maryland Assets") and
 in lieu of Buyer assuming the Assumed Liabilities primarily related to the
 Maryland Assets (the "Maryland Liabilities"), the following will apply:
 Immediately prior to the Closing, Sellers will sell, convey, transfer, assign
 and deliver to Maryland LLC all of the Maryland Assets and Maryland LLC will
 assume all of the Maryland Liabilities, all on terms and conditions
 satisfactory to Buyer. At the Closing, Sellers will sell to Buyer and Buyer
 will purchase from Sellers 100 limited liability company shares in Maryland LLC
 (the "Maryland LLC Shares"), which shall constitute 100% of the limited
 liability company interests in Maryland LLC, free and clear of any Liens.

          (b) At the request of the Buyer, in lieu of the arrangements in
 Section 2.08(a), the Sellers (1) shall form one or more limited liability
 companies in the State of Maryland in addition to Maryland LLC, (ii) shall
 sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver to Maryland LLC and any such
 additional limited liability company or companies all of the Maryland Assets as
 directed by and on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Buyer, and (iii)
 shall procure that Maryland LLC and any such additional limited liability
 company or companies shall assume all of the Maryland Liabilities as directed
 by and on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Buyer. In such event, (A) at
 the Closing, the Sellers shall sell to the Buyer and the Buyer will purchase
 from the Sellers all of the outstanding limited liability company interests in
 Maryland LLC and each such limited liability company, free and clear of any
 Liens, (B) "Maryland LLC Shares" shall mean

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 100 limited liability company shares in Maryland LLC and 100 limited liability
 company shares in each such limited liability company which in each case shall
 constitute 100% of the limited liability company interests in Maryland LLC or
 such other limited liability company or companies, free and clear of any Liens
 and (C) the references to Maryland LLC in Sections 2.09 and 7.01 and in Article
 3 shall be construed as including Maryland LLC and each such limited liability
 company.

          (c) Except as the context may otherwise require, the terms "Seller" as
 used in Article 3 shall include Maryland LLC and any other limited liability
 company formed under the terms of Section 2.08(b). Prior to Closing, the
 Sellers will cause Maryland LLC and any such other limited liability company to
 comply with the covenants in Articles 5, 7, 8 and 9 as if it were a Seller.
 Except as contemplated herein, Sellers will not take, or permit to be taken,
 any actions with respect to Maryland LLC, or any such other limited liability
 company without the consent of the Buyer. The Sellers will comply with any
 reasonable request of the Buyer to amend the certificate of formation or
 operating agreement of Maryland LLC or any such other limited liability
 company.

          SECTION 2.09. Closing. The closing (the "Closing") of the purchase and
 sale of the Purchased Assets and the Maryland LLC Shares and the assumption of
 the Assumed Liabilities hereunder shall take place at the offices of Davis Polk
 & Wardwell, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, on the last day of
 the month which includes the tenth day after the date on which all the
 conditions set forth in Article 10 have been satisfied, or where applicable,
 waived by the party for whose benefit they are established, or if such month
 shall be October or November of 1999, the last day of December 1999, or at such
 other time or place as the Buyer and the Sellers may agree. At the Closing:

           (a) The Buyer shall deliver the Estimated Purchase Price.

          (b) (i) The Sellers and the Buyer shall enter into an Assignment and
 Assumption Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B,
 (ii) the Sellers shall deliver to the Buyer certificates for the Maryland LLC
 Shares duly endorsed, or accompanied by an assignment duly endorsed, in blank,
 with any required transfer stamps affixed thereto, and (iii) the Sellers shall
 deliver to the Buyer special warranty deeds reasonably satisfactory to the
 Buyer and the Sellers conveying to the Buyer each parcel of Owned Property and
 such other bills of sale, endorsements, consents, assignments and other good
 and sufficient instruments of conveyance and assignment as the parties and
 their respective counsel shall deem reasonably necessary or appropriate to vest
 in the Buyer all right, title and interest in, to and under the other Purchased
 Assets that, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, are to be transferred at
 the Closing.

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            (c) The Buyer, the Sellers, the Sellers' Agent and the Escrow Agent
 will deliver the Escrow Agreement duly executed by the parties thereto.

           (d) The Sellers and Buyer will deliver the Non-Competition Agreement
 substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, duly executed by the parties
 thereto.

           SECTION 2. 10. Release of Amounts from Escrow. Amounts shall be
 released from the escrow accounts described in Section 2.06(d) in accordance
 with Section 2.07(d) and as follows:

           (a) (i) Amounts in the account into which the Indemnity Escrow Amount
 is deposited (the "Indemnity Escrow Account") shall be released to the Buyer to
 satisfy (A) claims made by the Buyer pursuant to Section 11.02(a) and (B) any
 Anticipated COBRA Damages Claim made by the Buyer in the 15 days prior to the
 Initial Release Date, in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

                   (11) Subject to Section 2.07(d), the Buyer and the Sellers
                   agree that:

                            (A) except in respect of any Damages arising out of
                   any misrepresentation or breach of warranty under Sections
                   3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.08(e), 3.14(c), 3.21, 3.24, 3.25,
                   3.26, 3.27 or 3.31 or contained in Articles 8 or 9 (the
                   "Identified Representations"), the Indemnity Escrow Account
                   will be the exclusive source of payment for claims arising
                   under Section 11.02(a)(i),

                            (B) The Indemnity Escrow Account will not be the
                   exclusive source of payment for claims arising under Sections
                   I 1.02(a)(ii) and I 1.02(a)(iii) or, to the extent relating
                   to the Identified Representations, Section 11.02(a)(i);

                            (C) Subject to (D) and (E) below, the Buyer may
                   elect to obtain recovery in respect of any claims arising
                   under Sections I 1.02(a)(ii) and I 1.02(a)(iii) or, to the
                   extent relating to the Identified Representations, Section
                   11.02(a)(i) from the Indemnity Escrow Account, from one or
                   more of the Sellers, or from any combination of the
                   foregoing;

                            (D) the Consent Escrow Amount will be the exclusive
                   source of payment for any Non Subscriber Loss Claim in
                   respect of any Required Private Agreement other than the
                   Bolling Contract.

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                   For the avoidance of doubt, no Non Subscriber Loss Claim may
                   be made in respect of the Bolling Contract against the
                   Consent Escrow Amount;

                            (E) The Bolling Escrow Amount shall be the exclusive
                   source of payment with respect to Damages suffered or
                   incurred by the Buyer resulting from the Bolling Contract not
                   being transferred to the Buyer at Closing or from the
                   expiration or termination of the Bolling Contract; and

                            (F) The Buyer Compensation Amount in respect of any
                   given Required Private Agreement (other than the Bolling
                   Contract) shall not exceed the Sub Value for such Required
                   Private Agreement. This means, for the avoidance of doubt,
                   that the maximum amount recoverable with respect to Damages
                   suffered or incurred by the Buyer resulting from any given
                   Required Private Agreement not being transferred to the Buyer
                   at Closing or from the expiration or termination of such
                   Required Private Agreement is the Sub Value for such Required
                   Private Agreement.

                   "Buyer Compensation Amount" means in respect of any Required
          Private Agreement (other than the Bolling Contract), the aggregate of
          (a) the amount released to the Buyer in respect of such Required
          Private Agreement from the Short Term Escrow Amount pursuant to
          Section 2. 1 0(b)(ii) (excluding any amount representing interest paid
          to the Buyer pursuant to Section 2. 1 O(b)(iv)), and (b) the aggregate
          amount that the Buyer has received from the Consent Escrow Amount in
          respect of such Required Private Agreement (excluding any amount
          representing interest paid to the Buyer pursuant to Section 2. 1
          0(c)(vi)).

                   "Non Subscriber Loss Claim" means a claim made by the Buyer
          in respect of any Non Subscriber Loss Damages. A Non Subscriber Loss
          Claim may be made by the Buyer in respect of Non Subscriber Loss
          Damages that the Buyer reasonably anticipates it or any of its
          Affiliates will suffer.

                   "Non Subscriber Loss Damages" means any Damages suffered or
          incurred by the Buyer or any of its Affiliates and arising from or
          relating to a Required Private Agreement (or assets or liabilities
          relating thereto) not being transferred to the Buyer at the Closing
          (other than any Damages suffered or incurred by the Buyer in respect
          of lost revenue or profits attributable to a Lost Subscriber) or from
          the arrangements made pursuant to Section 2.05(b) with respect
          thereto. For purposes hereof, a "Lost

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          Subscriber" is a Person that ceases to be a Subscriber as a result of
          a Required Private Agreement (or assets or liabilities relating
          thereto) not being transferred to the Buyer pursuant to this
          Agreement.
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                  (111) On the Initial Release Date, the amount (if any)
          remaining in the Indemnity Escrow Account and not subject to any
          pending claim by the Buyer, will be released to the Sellers' Agent.

          (b)      (i) The Short Term Escrow Amount shall be released to the
          Sellers' Agent as follows:

                            (A) A portion of the Short Term Escrow Amount (the
                   "Initial Sellers' Portion"), determined as set forth in this
                   Section 2. 10(b)(1)(A), will be released to the Sellers'
                   Agent on the Initial Release Date. The Initial Sellers'
                   Portion will equal the amount (if any) arrived at by the
                   result of multiplying: (1) 50%, times (2) the Sub Value for
                   each Short Term Private Agreement which on the Initial
                   Release Date has an expiration date at any time following the
                   Initial Release Date (having been extended or renewed prior
                   to the Initial Release Date on terms and conditions
                   satisfactory to the Buyer).

                            (B) In respect of each Short Term Private Agreement
                   which both expires and is not extended or renewed on terms
                   and conditions satisfactory to the Buyer between the Closing
                   Date and the Initial Release Date and in respect of each
                   Short Term Private Agreement that is treated as such pursuant
                   to the penultimate sentence of Section 2.06(d)(ii), the
                   Relevant Amount in respect of such Short Term Private
                   Agreement shall be released to the Sellers' Agent on the
                   Relevant Date in respect of such Short Term Private Agreement
                   provided that: (1) following such expiration until the
                   Relevant Date in respect of such Short Term Private
                   Agreement, the Buyer has continued to provide service
                   pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof (as if it had
                   not expired); (2) there is not at the Relevant Date pending a
                   formal legal action of the other party thereto challenging
                   the Buyer's right to continue to provide service (which
                   action is then being actively pursued by the other party);
                   and (3) the other party thereto has not at the Relevant Date
                   (x) itself commenced competition with the Buyer, (y) entered
                   into a private cable service or access agreement with another
                   cable service provider or (z) taken active steps to itself
                   commence cable service or enter into a private cable service
                   or access agreement with another cable service provider.

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                            The "Relevant Date" for a Short Term Private
                   Agreement is the first to occur of (1) the date on which such
                   Short Term Private Agreement is extended or renewed on terms
                   and conditions satisfactory to the Bayer and (2) the date
                   which is the one year anniversary of the later of (A) the
                   expiration of such Short Term Private Agreement and (B) the
                   Closing Date.

                            The "Relevant Amount" in respect of a Short Term
                   Private Agreement is (1) 50%; times (2) the Sub Value for
                   that Short Term Private Agreement.

                   (ii) Subject to Section 2.10(a)(ii)(F), any portion of the
          Short Term Escrow Amount not released to the Sellers' Agent pursuant
          to Section 2. 1 0(b)(i) on or before the two-year anniversary of the
          Closing Date (the "Month 24 Date") will be released to the Buyer on
          the Month 24 Date.

                   (iii) Any portion of the Short Term Escrow Amount that would
          have been released to the Buyer pursuant to Section 2. 1 0(b)(ii) but
          for the effect of Section 2. 1 0(a)(ii)(F) shall be released to the
          Sellers' Agent on the Month 24 Date.

                   (iv) When any given portion of the Short Term Escrow Amount
          is released to the Sellers' Agent or the Buyer the interest earned on
          such portion will be released to such party at such time.

           (c) The Consent Escrow Amount shall be released as follows:

                    (i) At any time prior to the 18-month anniversary of the
          Closing Date (the "Month 18 Date"):

                            (A) Subject to Section 2.10(a)(ii)(D), one or more
                   portions of the Consent Escrow Amount shall, in accordance
                   with the terms of the Escrow Agreement, be released to the
                   Buyer to satisfy Non Subscriber Loss Claims;

                            (B) One or more portions of the Consent Escrow
                   Amount (each, a "Consent Portion") determined as set forth in
                   this Section 2. 1 0(c)(i)(B), will be released to the
                   Sellers' Agent on each date on which a required consent to
                   the assignment of a Required Private Agreement (other than
                   the Bolling Contract) is obtained in form and substance
                   reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer and a

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                   Subsequent Transfer occurs. Each Consent Portion will equal
                   (1) the Sub Value for the Required Private Agreement as to
                   which the Subsequent Transfer occurs, less (2) the aggregate
                   amount of (i) any amount which has been released to the Buyer
                   pursuant to Section 2. 1 0(c)(1)(A) (for such Required
                   Private Agreement the "Initial Compensated Amount"), and (ii)
                   the amount of any pending Non Subscriber Loss Claims in
                   respect of such Required Private Agreement.

                   (ii) On the Month 18 Date:

                            (A) In respect of each Required Private Agreement
                   (other than the Bolling Contract) that at the Month 18 Date
                   is not a Contested Contract and has not terminated or expired
                   (in circumstances where Buyer either is no longer providing
                   service to the buildings the subject of such Required Private
                   Agreement or has received notice that it will be required to
                   cease such service) (a "Deemed Consented Contract"), an
                   amount will be released to Sellers' Agent equal to (1) the
                   Sub Value for such Required Private Agreement, less (2) the
                   Initial Compensated Amount if any, in respect of such
                   Required Private Agreement, less (3) the product of (i) $
                   1,000, multiplied by (ii) the Closing Basic Subscriber Number
                   for Subscribers served under such Deemed Consented Contract.

                            (B) If there shall be a Release Date Subscriber
                   Shortfall, then in respect of each Required Private Agreement
                   (other than the Bolling Contract) that either (1) at the
                   Month 18 Date is a Contested Contract or (2) was terminated
                   or expired (in circumstances where Buyer either is no longer
                   providing service to the buildings the subject of such
                   Required Private Agreement or has received notice that it
                   will be required to cease such service) on or prior to the
                   Month 18 Date (each such agreement, a "Shortfall Sensitive
                   Agreement"), an amount shall be released to the Buyer equal
                   to (x) the Sub Value for such Shortfall Sensitive Agreement
                   less (y) the Initial Compensated Amount in respect of such
                   Required Private Agreement.

                            (C) If there shall not be a Release Date Subscriber
                   Shortfall, then in respect of each Shortfall Sensitive
                   Agreement an amount shall be released to the Sellers' Agent
                   equal to (1) the Sub Value for such Shortfall Sensitive
                   Agreement less (2) the Initial Compensated Amount in respect
                   of such Required Private Agreement, less (3) the greater of
                   (i) the amount of any pending

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                   Non Subscriber Loss Claims in respect of such Shortfall
                   Sensitive Agreement and (ii) the product of $1,000 multiplied
                   by the Closing Basic Subscriber Number for Subscribers under
                   such Shortfall Sensitive Agreement.

                   "Contested Contract" means any Required Private Agreement (1)
          with a Person who (a) has sought to challenge the arrangements made
          pursuant to Section 2.05(b) of this Agreement with respect to such
          Required Private Agreement (b) is a party to any formal legal action
          challenging the Buyer's right to continue to provide service (and is
          actively pursuing such action), (c) has itself commenced competition
          with the Buyer, (d) has entered into a private cable service or access
          agreement with another cable service provider, or (e) has taken active
          steps to itself commence cable service or enter into a private cable
          service or access agreement with another cable service provider, or
          (2) in respect of which there is outstanding a Non Subscriber Loss
          Claim.

                   "Release Date Subscriber Shortfall"shall occur if 53,700
          exceeds the aggregate of (a) the Transferred Closing Subscriber
          Number, (b) the Closing Basic Subscriber Number for Subscribers served
          under Required Private Agreements (other than the Bolling Contract) as
          to which a Subsequent Transfer has occurred prior to the Month 18
          Date, and (c) the Closing Basic Subscriber Number for each Deemed
          Consented Contract.

                   (iii) After the Month 18 Date but prior to the Month 24 Date,
          subject to Section 2. 1 0(a)(ii)(D), one or more portions of the
          Consent Escrow Amount shall, in accordance with the terms of the
          Escrow Agreement, be released to the Buyer to satisfy any Non
          Subscriber Loss Claims.

                   (iv) On the Month 24 Date an amount will be released to the
          Sellers' Agent equal to (A) the remaining portion of the Consent
          Escrow Amount at that date, less (B) the aggregate amount of all Non
          Subscriber Loss Claims pending at that date.

                   (v) After the Month 24 Date:

                            (A) Subject to Section 2.10(a)(ii)(D), one or more
                   portions of the Consent Escrow Amount shall, in accordance
                   with the terms of the Escrow Agreement, be released to the
                   Buyer to satisfy any Non Subscriber Loss Claims which were
                   pending on the Month 24 Date.

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                             (B) On the date that the last Non Subscriber Loss
                   Claim pending against the Consent Escrow Amount is finally
                   determined in accordance with the terms of the Escrow
                   Agreement, and the amounts to be paid in respect thereof have
                   been paid, the remaining portion of the Consent Escrow Amount
                   shall be released to the Seller's Agent.

                            (C) If on the date upon which any given Non
                   Subscriber Loss Claim pending against the Consent Escrow
                   Amount is finally determined in accordance with the terms of
                   the Escrow Agreement and all amounts to be paid in respect
                   thereof have been paid, the remaining portion of the Consent
                   Escrow Amount exceeds the aggregate amount of all Non
                   Subscriber Loss Claims pending against the Consent Escrow
                   Amount, such excess shall be released to the Seller's Agent.

                   (vi) When any given portion of the Consent Escrow Amount is
          released to the Sellers' Agent or the Buyer the interest earned on
          such portion will be released to such party at such time.

                   (d) (i) At any time prior to the Bolling Extension, if the
          Bolling Contract shall be a Required Private Agreement, one or more
          portions of the Bolling Escrow Amount shall be released to the Buyer
          to satisfy Non Subscriber Loss Claims in respect of the Bolling
          Contract.

                   (ii) The amount, if any, remaining of the Bolling Escrow
          Amount which is not the subject of a pending Non Subscriber Loss Claim
          pursuant to Section 2. 10(d)(i), will be released to the Sellers'
          Agent as soon as practicable after the date on which the Bolling
          Contract is extended or renewed on terms and conditions reasonably
          satisfactory to the Buyer (the "Bolling Extension"). If the Bolling
          Extension is received, then on any date thereafter that any Non
          Subscriber Loss Claim is finally determined in accordance with the
          terms of the Escrow Agreement, amounts shall be released from the
          Bolling Escrow Amount to the Buyer or the Sellers' Agent in accordance
          with such determination; provided that amounts shall be released to
          the Sellers' Agent only to the extent the remaining portion of the
          Bolling Escrow Amount is sufficient to satisfy any then-pending Non
          Subscriber Loss Claims in respect of the Bolling Contract.

                   (iii) The amount, if any, remaining of the Bolling Escrow
          Amount will be released to the Buyer as soon as practicable after the
          earlier of the dates on which (A) the Systems cease to provide service
          to any of the buildings that are the subject of the Bolling Contract
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          legal action by the counterparty to the Bolling Contract challenging
          the Buyer's right to continue to provide service, or (C) the
          counterparty to the Bolling Contract commences competition with the
          Buyer or enters into a private cable service or access agreement with
          another cable service provider or takes any steps to do so.

                   (1v) When any given portion of the Bolling Escrow Amount is
          released to the Sellers' Agent or the Buyer the interest earned on
          such portion will be released to such party at such time.

           (e) Any amount released from escrow to the Buyer pursuant to this
 Section 2. 10 shall be treated for tax purposes as a reduction to the Adjusted
 Purchase Price.

          SECTION 2.11. Allocation q Purchase Price. (a) The Adjusted Purchase
 Price and Assumed Liabilities shall be allocated among the Purchased Assets
 acquired by each of the Buyer and its assignees, if any, as agreed upon by the
 Buyer and the Sellers after the Closing. The Buyer, its assignees, if any and
 the Sellers agree to be bound by such allocation and to file, according to
 Section 1060 of the Code, all returns and reports with respect to the
 transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, but not limited to, all
 federal, state and local tax returns on the basis of such allocation.

          (b) If an adjustment is made with respect to the Adjusted Purchase
 Price pursuant to Section 2.07 or, if an amount is released from escrow to the
 Buyer pursuant to Section 2. 10, the allocation determined in accordance with
 Section 2. 11 (a) shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code
 and as mutually agreed by the Sellers and the Buyer., The Sellers, the Buyer
 and its assignees, if any, agree to file, or cause to be filed, any additional
 information return required to be filed pursuant to the Treasury regulations
 promulgated under Section 1060 of the Code. Not later than 30 days prior to the
 filing of their respective Forms 8594 relating to this transaction, each party
 shall deliver to the other party a copy of its Form 8594.

          SECTION 2.12. Sellers' Agent. Each Seller hereby irrevocably appoints
 the Sellers' Agent as its respective attorney in fact to act on behalf of such
 Seller, and in such Seller's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities
 to do and perform every act and thing required or permitted to be done in
 connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement whether before,
 at or after the Closing. This power shall be deemed to be a power coupled with
 an interest which cannot be revoked. Each Seller hereby ratifies all actions
 taken by the Sellers' Agent as it may lawfully do or cause to be done under
 this Agreement and hereby declares that any such action shall be binding upon
 such Seller, its heirs,

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 successors and assigns. Buyer shall be entitled to rely on the actions of
 Sellers' Agent notwithstanding contrary instructions from any Seller. Sellers'
 Agent shall also act as agent for the Sellers in connection with the
 preparation, payment or receipt of any monies, certificates or other documents
 in connection with this Agreement. Buyer shall be entitled to rely on any
 action, consent or agreement of the Sellers' Agent as being the action consent
 or agreement of all of the Sellers for purposes of this Agreement. Sellers
 shall be deemed to have knowledge of any matter of which any Affiliate of any
 Seller is aware.

                                           ARTICLE 3
                      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTEES OF SELLER

           The Sellers (but not Maryland LLC) jointly and severally represent
 and warrant to the Buyer as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date that:

          SECTION 101. Existence and Power. The Sellers and the Sellers' Agent
 are limited partnerships or, in the case of Mid-Atlantic Telecom Plus, LLC, a
 limited liability company, and Maryland LLC is a limited liability company, in
 each case validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their
 respective jurisdictions of organization and have all limited partnership or
 limited liability company powers and all material governmental licenses,
 authorizations, permits, consents and approvals required to carry on their
 business as now conducted. The Sellers and the Sellers' Agent are duly
 qualified to do business as foreign entities and are in good standing in each
 jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, subject to such exceptions
 as would not individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

           SECTION 3.02. Authorization. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.02,
 the execution, delivery and performance by the Sellers and the Sellers' Agent
 of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
 are within their respective powers and have been duly authorized by all
 necessary action on the part of the Sellers and the Sellers' Agent. This
 Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Sellers and the
 Sellers' Agent.

           SECTION 3.03. Noncontravention. The execution, delivery and
 performance by the Sellers and the Sellers' Agent of this Agreement and the
 consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i)
 violate the organizational documents of any Seller or the Sellers' Agent, (ii)
 assuming compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act and
 assuming the receipt of all Required Consents, violate any applicable law,
 rule,

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 regulation, judgment, injunction, order or decree, or require any action by or
 filing with any Governmental Authority, (iii) assuming the receipt of all
 Required Consents, (and without regard to any notice, lapse of time or election
 requirements) constitute a default under or give rise to any right of
 termination, cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation of the
 Buyer or to a loss of any benefit relating to the Systems to which any Seller
 or the Sellers' Agent is entitled under any provision of any agreement or other
 instrument binding upon any Seller or the Sellers' Agent or by which any of the
 Purchased Assets is or may be bound or (iv) assuming the receipt of all
 Required Consents, result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any
 Purchased Asset.

          SECTION 3.04. Required Consents. Schedule 3.04 sets forth each
 Material Contract binding upon any Seller in each case requiring a consent or
 other action by any Person as a result of the execution, delivery and
 performance of this Agreement (the "Required Consents").

          SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements; No Adverse Change. (a) The Sellers
 have provided to the Buyer (a) combined financial statements for the Systems
 consisting of an unaudited balance sheet and statement of operations as of and
 for the 12 months ended December 31, 1998 and an unaudited balance sheet and
 statement of operations as of and for the six months ended June 30, 1999, and
 (b) financial statements for Mid-Atlantic Telecom Plus, LLC consisting of an
 audited balance sheet and statement of operations as of and for the 12 months
 ended December 31, 1998 and an unaudited balance sheet and statement of
 operations as of and for the six months ended June 30, 1999 ((a) and (b)
 together, the "Financial Statements"). The Financial Statements fairly present
 in accordance with GAAP the financial condition and the results of operations
 of the Systems or Mid-Atlantic Telecom Plus, LLC, as the case ' may be, as of
 the dates and for the periods indicated therein. Mid-Atlantic Telecom Plus, LLC
 is engaged in no material business or activities other than the ownership and
 operation of the Systems.

          SECTION 3.06. Absence of Certain Changes. Except as disclosed in
 Schedule 3.06, since June 30, 1999, the Systems have been conducted in the
 ordinary course consistent with past practice and there has not been:

                   (a) any event, occurrence, development or state of
          circumstances or facts which, individually or in the aggregate, has
          had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
          or

                   (b) any action, event occurrence or omission that would have
          been prohibited under Section 5.01 or 5.02 if those covenants had been
          in effect at the time.

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          SECTION 3.07. No Undisclosed Material Liabilities. There are no
 liabilities relating to the Systems, and the Sellers have no liabilities, of
 any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined,
 determinable or otherwise, and, to the knowledge of the Sellers, there is no
 existing condition, situation or set of circumstances which could reasonably be
 expected to result in such a liability, other than:

                    (a) liabilities provided for in the Financial Statements or
          disclosed in the notes thereto;

                   (b) liabilities disclosed on Schedule 3.07; and

                    (c) other undisclosed liabilities which, individually or in
          the aggregate, are not material to the Systems or to the Sellers.

          SECTION 3.08. Systems Franchises, Systems Licenses, Systems Contracts,
 Owned Property and Real Property Interests. (a) Except as described in Schedule
 3.08(a) or 2.02(f), none of the Sellers is bound or affected by or hold any of
 the following that relate in whole or in part to the Purchased Assets or the
 Systems: (i) leases of all real property or material personal property
 including all capital leases; (ii) franchises, and similar authorizations or
 permits for the construction or operation of cable television systems, or
 Systems Contracts of substantially equivalent effect; (iii) licenses,
 authorizations, consents or permits of the FCC, (iv) material licenses,
 authorizations, consents or permits of any other Governmental Authority
 (including each Environmental Permit); (v) material crossing agreements,
 easements and rights of way; (vi) pole line or joint line agreements or
 underground conduit agreements; (vii) Private Cable Service Agreements or other
 bulk service or access agreements under which service is provided to commercial
 locations; (viii) any System specific programming agreements or signal supply
 agreements; (ix) any agreement with the FCC or any other Governmental Authority
 relating to the operation or construction of the Systems that are not fully
 reflected in the Systems Franchises, or any agreements with community groups or
 similar third parties restricting or limiting the types of programming that may
 be shown on any of the Systems; (x) any partnership, joint venture or other
 similar agreement or arrangement; (xi) any agreement that limits, other than by
 virtue of the express terms of the Private Cable Service Agreements listed on
 Schedule 3.12 which limit service in any building served pursuant to such
 agreement, the freedom of the Systems to compete in any line of business or
 with any Person or in any area or which would so limit the freedom of the Buyer
 after the Closing Date; (xii) any Systems Contract relating to the use of the
 Purchased Assets to provide, or the provision by the Systems of, telephone or
 high speed data services; (xiii) any must-carry elections or retransmission
 consents

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 relating to the Systems or the Purchased Assets; (xiv) any advertising
 interconnect agreements; (xv) any agreement with any employee of the Systems,
 or (xvi) any Systems Contract other than those described in any other clause of
 this Section 3.08(a) which either (A) will remain effective for more than one
 year after the Closing Date or (B) individually provides for payments by or to
 any Seller exceeding $25,000 over the term of the Systems Contract or (C) which
 is otherwise material to the Systems.

          (b) The Sellers have provided to the Buyer true and complete copies of
 each of the Material Contracts (other than those which are Excluded Assets and
 subscription agreements with individual residential Subscribers) (together with
 any notices alleging non-compliance with the requirements thereof). Except as
 described in Schedule 3.08(b): (i) the Sellers are in compliance in all
 material respects with each of the Material Contracts; (ii) the Sellers have
 fulfilled when due, or have taken all action necessary to enable them to
 fulfill when due, all of their material obligations under each of the Material
 Contracts-, (iii) there has not occurred any material default by any Seller
 and, to the knowledge of any of the Sellers, there has not occurred any
 material default (without regard to lapse of time or the giving of notice, or
 both) by any other Person, under any of the Material Contracts; (iv) the
 Material Contracts are valid and binding agreements and are in full force and
 effect and have not been revoked, canceled, encumbered or adversely affected in
 any manner; and (v) no buildings are served by any System other than pursuant
 to a written contract.

          (c) Schedule 3.08(c) lists the date on which each Systems Franchise
 and each Private Cable Service Agreement will expire. There is no application
 relating to any Systems Franchise or Systems License pending before any
 Governmental Authority that is material to any of such Systems. None of the
 Sellers has received, nor has any of them received notice that any of them will
 receive, from any Governmental Authority a preliminary assessment that a
 Systems Franchise should not be renewed as provided in Section 626(c)(1) of the
 Communications Act. Neither any Seller nor any Governmental Authority has
 commenced or requested the commencement of an administrative proceeding
 concerning the renewal of a Systems Franchise as provided in Section 626(c)(1)
 of the Communications Act. The Sellers have timely filed notices of renewal in
 accordance with the Communications Act with all Governmental Authorities with
 respect to each Systems Franchise expiring within 36 months of the date of this
 Agreement. Such notices of renewal have been filed pursuant to the formal
 renewal procedures established by Section 626(a) of the Communications Act.
 Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.08(c), to the knowledge of any of the
 Sellers, there exist no facts or circumstances that make it likely that any
 Systems ' Franchise or Private Cable Service Agreement will not be renewed or
 extended on commercially reasonable terms. As of the date hereof, no
 Governmental

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 Authority has commenced, or given notice that it intends to commence, a
 proceeding to revoke or suspend a Systems Franchise.

           (d) Schedule 3.12 hereto sets out each System of each Seller, each
 Systems Franchise of each such System and a description of each Private Cable
 Service Agreement of each such System distinguishing whether such agreement is
 inside or outside a Franchise Area.

           (e) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.08(e), there are no agreements,
 arrangements or understandings pursuant to which any of the Systems or any of
 the property or assets used or held for use in the operation of the Systems are
 managed by any Person and no agreements, arrangements or understandings
 pursuant to which any Seller manages any of the property or assets of any other
 Person. All of the agreements, arrangements or understandings listed on
 Schedule 3.08(e) shall have terminated prior to the Closing.

           SECTION 3.09. Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.09, there
 is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding (or any basis therefor) pending
 against, or to the knowledge of any Seller, threatened against or affecting,
 the Sellers, Maryland LLC, the Systems or any other Purchased Asset or
 otherwise challenging the transactions contemplated by this Agreement before
 any court or arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official.

          SECTION 3.10. Compliance with Legal Requirements. (a)Except as set
 forth in Schedule 3. 1 0(a), the operation of the Systems do not and have not
 violated or infringed in any material respect any Legal Requirement. The
 Sellers and the Systems are maintaining and operating the Systems in compliance
 in all material respects with all applicable federal, state, and local laws,
 ordinances, codes and regulations. None of the Sellers have received notice of
 any violation by any of them or the Systems of any material Legal Requirement
 applicable to the operation of the Systems, as currently conducted.

          (b) Except asset forth in Schedule 3.10(b) and subject to such
 exceptions as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material
 Adverse Effect, with respect to the Systems, the Sellers are and have been in
 compliance with the Communications Act and the Cable Act, including
 requirements of those Acts specifically referred to herein; there have been
 submitted to the FCC all required filings, including cable television
 registration statements, annual reports and aeronautical frequency usage
 notices, to utilize all frequencies currently used in the frequency bands
 108-137 and 225-400 MEHZ in the manner currently used that are required under
 the rules and regulations of the FCC; the operation of the Systems has been and
 is in compliance with the rules and regulations of the FCC, and none of the
 Sellers have received notice from the FCC of any violation of its

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 rules and regulations with respect to the Systems; the Sellers are and since
 1991 have been with respect to the Systems certified as in compliance with the
 FCC's equal employment opportunity ("EEO") rules and have received no written
 notices with respect to non-compliance with EEO rules; the Systems are in
 compliance with all signal leakage, proof-of-performance and technical criteria
 prescribed by the FCC; the Sellers have filed all FCC Forms 320 for the Systems
 for the last two reporting periods; the Systems are in compliance with all
 applicable grounding requirements applicable to the Sellers; and all such Forms
 320 show "passing" or "satisfactory" signal leakage scores; for each
 semi-annual reporting period since 1996-1, the Sellers have filed with the
 United States Copyright Office all required Statements of Account in proper
 form, and have paid when due all required copyright royalty fee payments,
 relating to the Systems' carriage of television and radio broadcast signals;
 and the Sellers are otherwise in compliance with the requirements of the
 compulsory copyright license described in Section 111 of the Copyright Act and
 with all applicable rules and regulations of the Copyright Office. The Sellers
 have provided to the Buyer true and complete copies of all reports and filings
 for the past year and with regard to cable copyright filings for the past three
 years, made or filed pursuant to FCC and Copyright Office rules and regulations
 by the Sellers with respect to the Systems and will provide to the Buyer, upon
 the Buyer's request, all other past reports and filings made or filed pursuant
 to FCC rules and regulations by the Sellers with respect to the Systems within
 the past five (5) years. The Sellers hold all material licenses, registrations
 or permits from the FCC for business radio, satellite earth receiving
 facilities and CARS or private operational fixed service microwave facilities,
 that are necessary or appropriate to carry on the business of the Systems as
 currently conducted.

          (c) Subject to such exceptions as would not individually or in the
 aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) The Systems have provided all
 required Subscriber privacy notices to new Subscribers at the time of
 installation and to all Subscribers on an annual basis, and the Systems have
 taken -commercially reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized access to
 personally identifiable information, (ii) the Systems have provided all
 customer notices required by the Cable Act, including customer service, notices
 of availability of basic service, and equipment compatibility and (iii) all
 notifications to the FAA have been made with respect to the antenna structures
 which are being used in connection with the operation of the Systems, each
 System holds all necessary FAA authorizations to operate such structures and
 all such structures that require registration with the FCC have been so
 registered by the Sellers. None of the Sellers have received any request for
 commercial leased access with respect to the Systems within the past 120 days,
 except for those requests set forth in Schedule 3. 1 0(c). There are no
 complaints or other proceedings instituted before the FCC

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concerning commercial leased access, program access, or any other aspect of the
Systems' operations.

           (d) Except set forth in Schedule 3.10(d) and subject to such
 exceptions as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material
 Adverse Effect, with respect to the Systems, the Sellers are in compliance with
 the must carry and retransmission consent provisions of the Cable Act,
 including, (i) duly and timely notifying "local commercial television stations"
 of inadequate signal strength or increased copyright liability, if applicable,
 (ii) to the extent now required, duly and timely notifying non-commercial
 educational stations of the location of the cable system's principal head-end,
 (iii) duly and timely notifying Subscribers of the channel alignment on the
 Systems, (iv) duly and timely notifying "local commercial and noncommercial
 television stations" of the broadcast signals carried on the Systems and their
 channel positions, if applicable, (v) maintaining the requisite public file
 identifying broadcast signal carriage, (vi) carrying the broadcast signals
 after December 31, 1996, on the Systems for all "local commercial television
 stations" which elected must carry status and, if required, up to two
 "qualified low power stations," (vii) complying with applicable channel
 placement obligations, and (viii) obtaining retransmission consent for all
 commercial broadcast signals carried on the Systems after December 31, 1996,
 except for the signals carried pursuant to a must carry election. No oral or
 written notices have been received from the FCC, the United States Copyright
 Office, any local or other television station or system or from any other
 person or entity, station or Governmental Authority claiming to have a right of
 objection challenging or questioning the right of the Sellers or the Systems to
 carry or furnish, or not to carry or furnish, any of the signals or any other
 station or service to any Subscriber. None of the Sellers have received with
 respect to any of the Systems any notification of any petition or submission
 that is currently pending before the FCC to modify any television market or for
 a waiver of any rules or regulations of the FCC as they apply to such System.
 The Sellers have complied with all written requests any of them have received
 for network nonduplication, syndicated exclusivity, and sports blackout
 protection which are applicable to the Systems.

           (e) Except as provided in Schedule 3.10(e), the Sellers have
 established and charged rates that are allowable under the Cable Act. The
 Sellers have provided to the Buyer true and complete copies of all rate Forms
 (and any associated Forms 1200, any successive Forms 1210, and Forms 1205 for
 1997, 1998 and 1999) that have been prepared with respect to the Systems,
 copies of all correspondence with any Governmental Authority relating to rate
 regulation generally or specific rates charged to Subscribers of the Systems,
 and any other documentation supporting an exemption from the rate regulation
 provisions of the Cable Act claimed by any of the Sellers with respect to the
 Systems. Schedule

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 3. 1 O(e) sets forth a list of (i) all pending complaints with respect to any
 rates which have been filed with the FCC for the Systems, (ii) those
 franchising authorities that have been certified upon filing FCC Form 328 or
 have filed FCC Form 328 with the FCC for certification to regulate any of the
 Systems' rates and (111) any pending appeals of rate orders issued by any
 Governmental Authority. Except as set forth in Schedule 3. 1 O(e), each System
 is operating pursuant to a valid franchise or similar authorization or permit
 issued by the appropriate Governmental Authority in every market in which such
 System is supplying cable television service.

           (f) Except as provided in Schedule 3.10(f), the Sellers have complied
 in all material respects with any customer service standards applicable to it
 with respect to the Systems. None of the Sellers has received written notice
 with respect to the Systems from any Governmental Authority with respect to an
 intention to enforce customer service standards pursuant to the Cable Act and
 none of the Sellers has agreed with any Governmental Authority to establish
 customer service standards in respect of the Systems that exceed the FCC
 standards promulgated pursuant to the Cable Act.

          SECTION 3.11. [Intentionally Blank].

           SECTION 3.12. Systems Information. Schedule 3.12 sets forth a true
 and complete description in all material respects of the following information:

           (a) as of July 31, 1999, for each of the Systems, the approximate
 number of miles (underground and aerial) of plant of Systems in Franchise
 Areas, and the technical capacity of the plant of each System expressed in
 N1HZ, included in each case in the Purchased Assets;

           (b) as of July 31, 1999, for each of the Systems, the number of Basic
           Subscribers served;

           (c) as of July 31, 1999, the approximate number of Homes Passed by
 each of the Systems as reflected in the Sellers' records for such date;

           (d) as of July 31, 1999, a description of basic and optional or tier
 services available from each of the Systems, the rates charged by the Sellers
 for each and the number of Subscribers receiving each optional or tier service,
 each as reflected in the Sellers' billing system records for such date,

           (e) the stations and signals carried by each of the Systems and the
 channel position of each such signal and station;

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            (f) the community identification numbers of the municipalities
            served by each of the Systems;

           (g) as of July 31, 1999, for each System, the name of each utility
 company or other entity which has agreed to pole attachments with respect to
 such System and the number of pole attachments of such System relating to each
 such utility or other entity;

           (h) as of the date hereof, for each Private Cable Service Agreement
 (i) the contract type (whether bulk service or access only), (ii) the name of
 the counterparty to such agreement, (iii) the address of such counterparty,
 (iv) the name of the building, planned unit development or complex which is the
 subject of the agreement, (v) the address of such building, planned unit
 development or complex, (vi) the expiration date of the agreement, (vii) the
 number of individual units in such building, planned unit development or
 complex, (viii) the rates charged to units in such building, planned unit
 development or complex whether specified in the agreement or otherwise, (ix)
 the municipality in which that building, planned unit development or complex is
 located, (x) the location of the head-end providing signal delivery to such
 building, planned unit development or complex (if other than in such building,
 planned unit development or complex) and (xi) the method of signal provision to
 such building, planned unit development or complex;

           (i) as of the date hereof, each System that is provided signals by
 Direct TV, or any other third party source, specifying the nature of such
 source and which buildings, planned unit developments or complexes in each
 System are provided service by such source;

                 the channel capacity of each of the Systems;

           (k) with respect to each commercial establishment (e.g., hotel or
 motel) served by the Systems that pays a bulk rate for cable television
 service, (i) the name and address of, and the number of units in, such
 commercial establishment (ii) a description of the services provided to such
 establishment; (iii) the rates charged for each such service; (iv) the location
 of the head-end providing signal delivery to such establishment (if other than
 in such establishment) and (v) the method of signal provision to such
 establishment; and

           (1) The Sellers have provided to the Buyer a description of basic and
 optional tier services available from each of the Systems, the rates charged by
 the Sellers for each of the stations and signals carried by each of the Systems
 and the channel position of each such station and signal.

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           SECTION 3.13. Purchased Assets. (a) Schedule 3. 13 )(a) correctly
 describes (including address, type of improvements and use) all Owned Property,
 all Leased Property and all material other Real Property Interests, any title
 insurance policies and surveys with respect thereto, and any Liens thereon,
 specifying in the case of leases or subleases, the name of the lessor or
 sublessor and the lease term.

           (b) Schedule 3.13(b) correctly describes all material personal
 property included in the Purchased Assets, and any Liens thereon, specifying in
 the case of leases or subleases, the name of the lessor or sublessor and the
 lease term.
 Schedule 3.13(b) separately identifies each capital lease included in the
Purchased Assets.

           (c) The Sellers have good and marketable, indefeasible, fee simple
 title to, or in the case of leased real property or personal property has valid
 leasehold interests in, all Purchased Assets (whether real, personal, tangible
 or intangible). No Purchased Asset is, or when delivered to Buyer (either
 directly or indirectly through the delivery of the Maryland LLC Shares) will
 be, subject to any Lien, except:

                    (i) Liens disclosed in the Financial Statements;

                    (ii) Liens for taxes not yet due or being contested in good
          faith (and for which adequate accruals or reserves have been
          established in the Financial Statements); or

                   (iii) Liens which do not materially detract from the value of
          such Purchased Asset, or materially interfere with any present or
          intended use of such Purchased Asset (clauses (i) -,(iii) of this
          Section 3.13(c) are, collectively, the "Permitted Liens").

           (d) Subject to such exceptions as would not individually or in the
 aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect and other than such developments or
 facts which are disclosed to Buyer within the terms of this Agreement or
 Schedules thereto, there are no developments affecting any of the material
 Purchased Assets pending or, to the knowledge or the Sellers threatened, which
 might materially detract from the value, materially interfere with any present
 or intended use or materially adversely affect the marketability of such
 Purchased Assets.

           (e) Subject to such exceptions as would not individually or in the
 aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect and except as reflected on Schedule
 3.13(e), the plants, buildings, structures and equipment included in the
 Purchased Assets have no defects, are in good operating condition and repair
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 reasonably maintained consistent with standards generally followed in the
 franchise and private cable industry as applicable (giving due account to the
 age and length of use of same, ordinary wear and tear excepted), are adequate
 and suitable for their present uses and, in the case of plants, buildings and
 other structures, are structurally sound.

           (f) The plants, buildings and structures included in the Purchased
 Assets currently have access to (i) public roads or valid easements over
 private streets or private property for such ingress to and egress from all
 such plants, buildings and structures and (ii) water supply, storm and sanitary
 sewer facilities, telephone, gas and electrical connections, fire protection,
 drainage and other public utilities, in each case as is necessary for the
 conduct of the Systems in all material respects as they have heretofore been
 conducted. None of the structures on the Owned Property or the Real Property
 Interests encroaches upon real property of another Person, and no structure of
 any other Person substantially encroaches upon any other real property in each
 case to the extent such encroachment is or may be material.

           (g) To the knowledge of the Sellers, the Owned Property and the Real
 Property Interests, and their continued use, occupancy and operation as
 currently used, occupied and operated, does not in any material respect
 constitute a nonconforming use under all applicable building, zoning,
 subdivision and other land use and similar laws, regulations and ordinances.

           SECTION 3.14. Sufficiency of and Title to the Purchased Assets. (a)
 Except for the Excluded Assets, the Purchased Assets constitute all of the
 property and assets of the Sellers and their Affiliates used or held for use in
 the operation of the Systems and the right, title and interest in the Purchased
 Assets that will be conveyed to Buyer (or held by Maryland LLC) at Closing will
 be adequate and suitable to conduct the operation of the Systems as currently
 conducted. The Sellers own all of the property and assets used or held for use
 in the operation of the Systems directly and not through any partnership,
 limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation or other entity.
 None of the Excluded Assets at the Largo Operations Center are required to
 operate the Systems or any of the Purchased Assets.

           (b) Except as shown on Schedule 3.14(b), none of the assets that may
 be retained by a Seller pursuant to Section 2.05(b) as a result of the
 non-transfer of a Required Private Agreement are used or held for use in
 connection with any other portion of the Systems.

           (c) Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.14(c), none of the Purchased
 Assets are used by any Affiliate of any Seller other than the Sellers and after

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 Closing none of the Purchased Assets will be the subject of any obligations or
 restrictions of any kind with respect to the wireline telephony business of
 OnePoint Communications, LLC (f/k/a VIC-RMTS Holdco, LLQ or any of its
 Affiliates (collectively, "RMTS") or the business of any other person or
 entity. RMTS has no interest of any kind in or other rights over or title to
 any of the property or assets used or held for use in the operation of the
 Systems that are not Excluded Assets.

           (d) The Delaire Condominium Purchase and Sale Contract has been
 consummated in accordance with its terms and all right, title and interest in,
 to and under the subscribers and assets transferred to any Sellers thereunder,
 including, without limitation, the Delaire Access Agreement, will be conveyed
 to the Buyer at the Closing. The assets so conveyed are adequate and suitable
 to enable the Buyer to provide service to each Delaire Condominium Subscriber
 as currently provided.

          SECTION 3.15. Intellectual Property. (a) Schedule 3.15 contains a list
 of all Systems Intellectual Property Rights, specifying as to each, as
 applicable: (i) the nature of such Systems Intellectual Property Right, (ii)
 the owner of such Systems Intellectual Property Right, (iii) the jurisdictions
 by or in which such Systems Intellectual Property Right (A) is recognized
 (without regard to registration) or (B) has been issued or registered or in
 which an application for such issuance or registration has been filed, (iv) the
 registration or application numbers and (v) the termination or expiration
 dates.

           (b) Schedule 3.15 sets forth a list of all licenses, sublicenses and
 other agreements as to which any Seller or any Affiliate of any Seller is a
 party and pursuant to which any Person is authorized to use any Systems
 Intellectual Property Right, including (i) the identity of all parties thereto,
 (ii) a description of the nature and subject matter thereof, (iii) the
 applicable royalty and (iv) the term thereof

           (c) (i) Since June 30, 1996, none of the Sellers have been a
 defendant in any action, suit, investigation or proceeding relating to, or
 otherwise have been notified of, any alleged claim of infringement of an
 Intellectual Property Right, and none of the Sellers have knowledge of any
 other such infringement by any of them, and (ii) none of the Sellers have
 outstanding any claim or suit for, nor any knowledge of, any continuing
 infringement by any other Person of any Systems Intellectual Property Rights.

          (d) Since May 30, 1999, none of the Systems has operated under or used
 the name "OnePoint" or any derivation thereof.  Before such date, Telcom Plus
 also operated under or used the name "OnePoint Communications". Since May

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 30, 1999, Telcom Plus has also operated under or used the name "Mid-Atlantic
Communications".

           SECTION 3.16. Insurance Coverage. The Sellers have furnished to the
 Buyer a list of, and true and complete copies of, all insurance policies and
 fidelity bonds relating to the Purchased Assets, the business and operation of
 the Systems and its officers and employees. There is no claim by any Seller
 pending under any of such policies or bonds as to which coverage has been
 questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies or bonds or
 in respect of which such underwriters have reserved their rights. All premiums
 payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid and the Sellers
 have otherwise complied fully with the terms and conditions of all such
 policies and bonds. Such policies of insurance and bonds (or other policies and
 bonds providing substantially similar insurance coverage) are in full force and
 effect. Such policies and bonds are of the type and in amounts customarily
 carried by Persons conducting businesses similar to the operation of the
 Systems. None of the Sellers know of any threatened termination of, premium
 increase with respect to, or material alteration of coverage under, any of such
 policies or bonds. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.16, after the Closing the
 Sellers shall continue to have coverage under such policies and bonds with
 respect to events occurring prior to the Closing.

          SECTION 3.17. Inventories. On the Closing Date the Purchased Assets
 will include inventory that (i) will consist of items of a quality usable or
 saleable in the normal course of business consistent with past practices and
 (ii) will be in quantities sufficient for the normal operation of the Systems
 in accordance with past practice.

          SECTION 3.18. Receivables. All of the accounts receivable that are
 included in the Purchased Assets will have arisen from bona fide transactions
 in the ordinary course of business of the Systems consistent with past
 practice.

          SECTION 3.19. Finders' Fees. Except for Communications Equity
 Associates, whose fees and expenses will be paid by the Sellers, there is no
 investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary which has been retained
 by or is authorized to act on behalf of the Sellers who might be entitled to
 any fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
 Agreement.

          SECTION 3.20. Employees. As of September 30, 1999, Schedule 3.20 sets
 forth a true and complete list of (a) the names, titles, wage rates or annual
 salaries, and other compensation of all persons employed in the operation of
 the Systems and (b) the geographical area in which such employees are employed.

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          SECTION 3.21. Environmental Compliance. (a) Except as disclosed on
          Schedule 3.21:

                    (i) in connection with or relating to the Purchased Assets,
          the Systems, the Owned Property or the Real Property Interests, no
          notice, notification, demand, request for information, citation,
          summons or order has been received, no complaint has been filed, no
          penalty has been assessed and no investigation, action, claim, suit,
          proceeding or review is pending or, to the knowledge of any Seller,
          threatened by any governmental entity or other Person with respect to
          any matters relating to the Purchased Assets, the Systems, the Owned
          Property or the Real Property Interests and relating to or arising out
          of any Environmental Law;

                    (ii) there are no liabilities that have arisen in connection
          with or in any way relating to the Purchased Assets, the Systems, the
          Owned Property or the Real Property Interests of any kind whatsoever,
          whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or
          otherwise, arising under or relating to any Environmental Law, and to
          the knowledge of any Seller, there are no facts, events, conditions,
          situations or set of circumstances which could reasonably be expected
          to result in or be the basis for any such liability'.

                    (iii) to the knowledge of any Seller, no polychlorinated
          biphenyls, radioactive material, lead, asbestos-containing material,
          incinerator, sump, surface impoundment, lagoon, landfill, septic,
          wastewater treatment or other disposal system or underground storage
          tank (active or inactive) is or has been present at, on or under any
          Owned Property or Real Property Interest or any other Purchased Asset
          or -any other property now or previously owned, leased or operated by
          the Sellers;

                    (iv) to the knowledge of any Seller, no Hazardous Substance
          has been discharged, disposed of, dumped, injected, pumped, deposited,
          spilled, leaked, emitted or released at, on or under any Owned
          Property or Real Property Interest or any other property now or
          previously owned, leased or operated by the Sellers;

                    (v) to the knowledge of any Seller, no Owned Property or
          Real Property Interest no property now or previously owned, leased or
          operated by any Seller nor any property to which Hazardous Substances
          located on or resulting from the use of any Purchased Asset or the
          Owned Property or any Real Property Interest or in any way relating to
          the Systems have been transported nor any property to which the
          Sellers have, directly or indirectly, been transported or arranged for
          the transportation of any

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          Hazardous Substances is listed or, to the knowledge of any Seller,
          proposed for listing on the National Priorities List promulgated
          pursuant to CERCLA, on CERCLIS (as defined in CERCLA) or on any
          similar federal, state, local or foreign list of sites requiring
          investigation or cleanup; and

                   (vi) to the knowledge of any Seller, in connection with the
          Purchased Assets, the Systems, the Owned Property and the Real
          Property Interests, the Sellers are in compliance with all
          Environmental Laws and are in compliance with all Environmental
          Permits; such Environmental Permits are valid and in full force and
          effect and assuming the related Required Consents have been obtained
          prior to the Closing Date, are transferable and will not be terminated
          or impaired or become terminable as a result of the transactions
          contemplated hereby.

          (b) There has been no environmental investigation, study, audit, test,
 review or other analysis conducted of which any Seller has knowledge in
 relation to any Purchased Asset or the Owned Property or the Real Property
 Interests or any other property or facility now or previously owned or leased
 by the Sellers which has not been delivered to the Buyer at least ten days
 prior to the date hereof The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
 this Agreement will not trigger any obligations of any Seller or the Buyer
 pursuant to any state environmental transfer act statutes, including those
 promulgated under the laws of New Jersey and Connecticut.

           (c) For purposes of this Section, the terms "Seller" or "Sellers"
 shall include any entity which is, in whole or in part, a predecessor of any
 Seller.

          SECTION 3.22. Year 2000 Compliance. (a) Except as disclosed on
 Schedule 3.22, each item of hardware, software or firmware that is used in
 connection with the Systems is, or by the earlier of the Closing Date and
 December 31, 1999 will be, Year 2000 Compliant, with such exceptions (and
 disregarding insurance or similar coverage) as would not, individually or in
 the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. "Year
 2000 Compliant" means that such hardware, software and firmware shall be able
 accurately to process (including, without limitation, calculate, compare and
 sequence) date and time data from, into and between the years 1999 and 2000 and
 any other years in the 20th and 21st centuries.

          (b) Based on a reasonable inquiry of all material suppliers, customers
 and service providers of the Systems, except as disclosed on Schedule 3.22, to
 the knowledge of the Sellers, there is no inability on the part of any such
 supplier, customer or service provider to timely ensure that its items of
 hardware, software

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 and firmware are Year 2000 Compliant which inability, individually or in the
 aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

           SECTION 3.23. Systems Options. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.23,
 none of the Systems or any material Purchased Assets are subject to any
 purchase option, right of first refusal or similar arrangement ("Systems
 Options").

           SECTION 3.24. Transactions with Affiliates. Except as set forth on
 Schedule 3.24, with respect to the Systems, none of the Sellers is a party to
 any contract, agreement or any other arrangement of any kind whatsoever with
 any Affiliate.

          SECTION 3.25. Capitalization of Maryland LLC. TheMaryland LLC Shares
 constitute 100% of the equity interests in Maryland LLC. The Maryland LLC
 Shares have been duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid. Except as set
 forth in this Section, there are outstanding (a) no securities of Maryland LLC
 convertible into or exchangeable for equity interests of Maryland LLC, and (b)
 no options or other rights to acquire and no obligation of Maryland LLC to
 issue any equity interests.

          SECTION 3.26. Ownership of the Maryland LLC Shares. Telcom Plus is the
 holder of record and the beneficial owner of the Maryland LLC Shares, free and
 clear of any Lien and any other limitation or restriction (including any
 restriction on the right to sell, vote or otherwise dispose of the Maryland LLC
 Shares) and at the Closing the Sellers will transfer and deliver to the Buyer
 valid title to the Maryland LLC Shares free and clear of any Lien and any such
 limitation or restriction.

          SECTION 3.27. Maryland LLC Assets and Liabilities. To the knowledge of
 the Sellers, Maryland LLC has no assets, no employees and no liabilities of any
 kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent absolute, determined,
 determinable, or otherwise, and there is no existing condition, situation or
 set of circumstances which could reasonably be expected to result in such a
 liability, in each case, other than the Maryland Assets and the Maryland
 Liabilities transferred to Maryland LLC immediately prior to the Closing.
 Maryland LLC has engaged in no activities or business other than (1) customary
 activities in connection with its organization and (ii) the transactions
 contemplated hereby.

          SECTION 3.28. Bonds. Schedule 3.28 contains a list of all franchise,
 construction, fidelity, performance or other bonds and copies of all letters of
 credit posted by the Sellers or their Affiliates in connection with the Systems
 or the Purchased Assets.

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          SECTION 3.29. Cut-off Dates. In each month there is only one Cut-off
 Date that applies to all of the Systems.

          SECTION 33.30. Representations. To the knowledge of the Sellers, the
 representations and warranties of the Sellers contained in this Agreement,
 disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to
 materiality or Material Adverse Effect, are true and correct with only such
 exceptions as would not in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a
 Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.31. Affiliates. None of the Affiliates of any Seller (apart
 from its own management) participates in the management of any Seller.

          SECTION 3.32. DirecTV Agreement. Schedule 3.32 lists (i) each building
 which is the subject of any marketing, signal provision or other obligation of
 any Seller or any System under the DirecTV Agreement and (ii) each building
 which pursuant to the DirecTV Agreement is being provided with DirecTV signal
 at the date of this Agreement.

                                          ARTICLE 4
                   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER

          The Buyer represents and warrants to the Sellers as of the date hereof
and as of the Closing Date that:

          SECTION 4.01. Corporate Existence and Power. The Buyer is a
 corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
 laws of Pennsylvania and has all corporate powers and all material governmental
 licenses, authorizations, permits, consents and approvals required to carry on
 its business as now conducted.

          SECTION 4.02. Corporate Authorization. The execution, delivery and
 performance by the Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation of the
 transactions contemplated hereby are within the corporate powers of the Buyer
 and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
 Buyer. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Buyer.

          SECTION 4.03. Noncontravention. The execution, delivery and
 performance by the Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation of the
 transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) violate the
 certificate of

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 incorporation or bylaws of the Buyer, (ii) assuming receipt of all consents and
 the taking of all other actions under the Systems Licenses and the Systems
 Franchises, violate any applicable material law, rule, regulation, judgment,
 injunction, order or decree or require any action by or filing with any
 Governmental Authority other than compliance with any applicable requirements
 of the HSR Act or (iii) constitute a default under any agreement or contract
 binding on the Buyer or any of its Affiliates.

          SECTION 4.04. Financing. The Buyer has, or will have prior to the
 Closing, sufficient cash, available lines of credit or other sources of
 immediately available funds to enable it to make payment of the Estimated
 Purchase Price and any other amounts to be paid by it hereunder.

          SECTION 4.05. Litigation. There is no action, suit, investigation or
 proceeding pending against, or to the knowledge of the Buyer threatened against
 or affecting, the Buyer before any court or arbitrator or any governmental
 body, agency or official which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent,
 enjoin, alter or materially- delay the transactions contemplated by this
 Agreement.

          SECTION 4.06. Finders' Fees. There is no investment banker, broker,
 finder or other intermediary which has been retained by or is authorized to act
 on behalf of the Buyer who might be entitled to any fee or commission from the
 Sellers or any of their Affiliates upon consummation of the transactions
 contemplated by this Agreement.

                                          ARTICLE 5
                                     COVENANTS OF SELLER

          The Sellers jointly and severally agree that:

          SEC'noN5.01. Conduct of the Business. From the date hereof until the
 Closing Date, the Sellers shall (i) operate the Systems in the ordinary course
 consistent with past practice (including completing line extensions, placing
 conduit or cable in new developments, fulfilling installation requests and
 continuing work on existing construction projects and including subscriber
 acquisition and retention); (ii) use their reasonable best efforts to preserve
 intact their business organizations and relationships with third parties and to
 keep available the services of the employees presently employed in the
 operation of the Systems; (iii) continue normal marketing, advertising and
 promotional expenditures with respect to the Systems; and (1v) make capital
 expenditures

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 consistent with past practice. Without limiting the generality of the
 foregoing, from the date hereof until the Closing Date, except as set forth on
 Schedule 5.01, none of the Sellers will, without the consent of the Buyer, not
 to be unreasonably withheld:

                    (a) modify, terminate, renew, suspend or abrogate any
          contract which, if entered into prior to Closing, would be a Material
          Contract (except as contemplated in Section 5.06) or enter into any
          such contract;

                    (b) enter into any transaction or take any action that would
          result in any of its representations and warranties in this Agreement
          or in any of the documents required to be delivered by this Agreement
          (without any qualification as to materiality or Material Adverse
          Effect) not being true and correct in all material respects when made
          or at Closing (unless and to the extent that any such representation
          or warranty speaks specifically as of an earlier date, in which case,
          at such earlier date),-

                    (c) - engage in any marketing, Subscriber installation or
          collection practices other than in the ordinary course of business and
          consistent with past practice;

                    (d) change the rate charged for any level of cable
          television service including, without limitation, any level of basic,
          tiered or pay cable television service, or retire its channels-,

                    (e) add or delete any channels from any System, or change
          the channel lineup in any System or commit to do so in the future;

                    (f) enter into or amend any contact or commitment of any
          kind (including any renewal of any existing contract) relating to the
          Systems which would be binding on the Buyer after Closing and which
          relates to the use of the Purchased Assets to provide, or the
          provision by the Systems of, telephone or high speed data services;

                    (g) add a television broadcast signal which would qualify as
          a distant signal under Section III of the Copyright Act and the rules,
          regulations, and policies of the United States Copyright Office if
          carried on (i) a System; or (ii) any cable television system operated
          by the Buyer which is contiguous to a System;

                    (h) other than sticking or stay bonuses paid by Sellers
          prior to or at the Closing, grant or agree to grant to any employee of
          the Systems any increase in (i) wages or bonuses except in the
          ordinary course of business,

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          or (ii) any severance, profit sharing, retirement, deferred
          compensation, insurance or other compensation or benefits;

                    (i) enter into any contract with any current or prospective
                    employee of the Systems;

                    (j) enter into any contract or commitment which would
          require capital expenditure to be made in respect of the Systems at
          any time after the Closing;

                    (k) sell, assign, license, transfer or otherwise dispose of
          any personal property that would be included in the Purchased Assets
          if owned at Closing except for (i) the disposition of obsolete or
          worn-out equipment, or (ii) dispositions of equipment replaced with
          equipment of at least equal value;

                    (1) mortgage, pledge or subject to any material Lien that
          would survive the Closing any of its Purchased Assets or the Systems
          other than Permitted Liens;

                  (m) except as disclosed in writing to the Buyer prior to the
          date hereof, make any cost-of-service or hardship election under the
          Rules and Regulations adopted under the Cable Television Consumer
          Protection and Competition Act of 1992; or

                   (n) agree or commit to do any of the foregoing;

          provided that in the case of (a), (b), (d) and (e) above, such action
 will be permitted to the extent it is (i) in the ordinary course of business,
 (ii) consistent with the past practice of the Systems, (iii) would not
 reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Systems or any of the Purchased
 Assets and (iv) in the case of (d) and (e), related only to Private Cable
 Agreements in areas where there is no Systems Franchise. Immediately prior to
 Closing, Sellers shall be permitted to update the Schedules hereto to reflect
 any actions permitted under the proviso to the preceding sentence.

          Without prejudice to any other remedy that the Buyer may have in
 respect of any breach of this Agreement in the event that any Seller takes any
 action specified in Section 5.010) without the consent of the Buyer, the
 parties agree that the Buyer shall in its absolute discretion be entitled to
 treat the relevant contract or commitment made in contravention of Section
 5.010) and any contracts or other assets related thereto as Excluded Assets,
 and any liability or obligation in respect of any such contract, commitment or
 asset as an Excluded Liability in

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 which event, any Subscriber or revenue under any such contract shall not be
 counted in determining Relevant Subscribers or Revenue for any purpose.

          SECTION 5.02. Affirmative Covenants. Between the date of this
 Agreement and the Closing, each of the Sellers will, with respect to each of
 the Systems and each of the Purchased Assets:

                   (a) perform all of its obligations under all of the Systems
          Franchises, Systems Licenses and Systems Contracts without material
          breach or default and in compliance with all material Legal
          Requirements;

                   (b) maintain or cause to be maintained (i) the Purchased
          Assets in good condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted,
          and (ii) in full force and effect all existing policies of insurance
          with respect to the Purchased Assets and the operation of the Systems,
          in such amounts and with respect to such risks as are customarily
          maintained by operators of cable television systems of the size and in
          the geographic location of the Systems; -

                   (c) maintain or cause to be maintained its books, records and
          accounts with respect to the Purchased Assets and the operation of the
          Systems in the usual, regular and ordinary manner on a basis
          consistent with past practices;

                   (d) (i) give or cause to be given to the Buyer, and its
          counsel, accountants and other representatives, reasonable access
          during normal business hours to the Systems, the Owned Property, the
          Leased Property, the Purchased Assets, its Books and Records (to the
          extent relating to the Purchased Assets or the Systems) and the
          Systems' personnel; (ii) furnish or cause to be furnished to the Buyer
          and such representatives all such additional documents, financial
          information and other information as the other from time to time
          reasonably may request; and (iii) instruct its employees and agents to
          cooperate with the Buyer in its investigation; provided that no
          investigation will affect or limit the scope of any of the
          representations and warranties;

                   (e) within 10 Business Days after provision by the Buyer of
          all necessary documentation required from it to allow the Sellers to
          file FCC Forms 394 with respect to the Systems Franchises, file all
          such FCC Forms 394 and in any event, use its commercially reasonable
          efforts to obtain in writing as promptly as possible the Required
          Consents and any other consents, required for the transfer of any
          Purchased Asset and any other authorization or approval required to be
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          connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder (and will
          deliver to the Buyer copies of any such Required Consents,
          authorizations or approvals as it obtains, in each case in form and
          substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer; provided, however,
          that the Sellers will afford the Buyer the opportunity to review and
          approve the form of any Required Consent prior to delivery to the
          party whose consent is sought and the Sellers will not accept or agree
          or accede to any modifications or amendments to, or any conditions to
          the transfer of, any of the Systems Franchises, Systems Licenses,
          Systems Contracts or Real Property Interests of the Systems that are
          not approved in writing by the Buyer. The Sellers agree, upon
          reasonable prior notice, to allow representatives of the Buyer to
          attend meetings and hearings before applicable Governmental
          Authorities in connection with the transfer of any Systems License or
          Systems Franchise;

                    (f) give or cause to be given to the Buyer, and its counsel,
          accountants and other representatives, as soon as reasonably possible
          but in any event prior to the date of submission to the appropriate
          Governmental Authority, copies of all FCC Forms 1200, 1205, 1210,
          1215, 1220 and 1240 or any other FCC Forms required under the
          regulations of the FCC promulgated under the Cable Act that are
          prepared with respect to the Systems; and before such Forms are filed,
          the parties will consult in good faith concerning the contents of such
          forms;

                    (g) give, or cause to be given to the Buyer, and its
          counsel, (i) a copy of all copyright returns to be filed by any Seller
          in connection with the Systems at least 10 days prior to filing such
          copyright returns (and consult with the Buyer in relation thereto) and
          (ii) a copy of all notifications received with respect to Subscriber
          complaints;

                    (h) give, or cause to be given to the Buyer, and its counsel
          all correspondence from television broadcast stations with respect to
          must carry and retransmission consents or obligations and consult in
          advance with the Buyer or cause the Buyer to be consulted in advance
          in respect of all correspondence to television broadcast stations with
          respect to such consents or obligations;

                    (i) maintain inventory sufficient for the operation of the
          Systems in the ordinary course of business for a period of at least 30
          days;

                    (j) promptly notify the Buyer of any circumstance, event or
          action (i) which, if known at the date of this Agreement would have
          been required to be disclosed in or pursuant to this Agreement, or
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          existence, occurrence or taking of which would result in any of its
          representations or warranties in this Agreement (without any
          qualification as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect) not being
          true and correct in all material respects when made or at Closing
          (unless and to the extent that any such representation or warranty
          speaks specifically as of an earlier date, in which case, at such
          earlier date), and, with respect to clause (ii), use its commercially
          reasonable efforts to remedy the same;

                    (k) renew or extend the Program Affiliation Agreement with
          Home Team Sports Limited Partnership dated April 1, 1997 on such terms
          that (i) the Systems shall continue to be entitled to provide the Home
          Team Sports Channel to their Subscribers for the period between
          December 31, 1999 (the current expiration of such agreement) and the
          Closing Date, (ii) the agreement will, effective as of the Closing
          Date, cease and terminate without any further liability or obligation
          on the part of any party thereto and (iii) are otherwise reasonably
          acceptable to Buyer;

                    (1) (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that
          on or prior to the Closing Date, the Southern Management Litigation
          will have been resolved by a binding settlement between the parties
          thereto (on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer) or a
          nonappealable, final order of a court of competent jurisdiction which
          (A) terminates any and all claims of both parties thereto against each
          other, (B) allows for the provision of services by Telcom Plus, its
          assigns and successors to the Southern Management Buildings pursuant
          to the terms and conditions of the Southern Management Agreement, and
          (C) enjoins Southern Management from removing Telcom Plus' rooftop
          facilities from the Middletowne apartments serviced pursuant to the
          Southern Management Agreement, (ii) take such actions as are necessary
          so that on the Closing Date, Sellers will not be in breach of any
          agreements existing between Southern Management and Telcom Plus as of
          such date and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
          consent of RMTS and Southern Management to assign all rights and
          liabilities under the Southern Management Agreement with respect to
          the provision of cable service, to Buyer, and with respect to the
          provision of telephony service, to RMTS and to enter into such
          arrangements conditional upon the Closing and otherwise on terms and
          conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer, and

                  (m) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain consents for
          (i) the existing installation by the Systems of antennas,
          transmitters, pole mounts, microwave facilities, satellites and any
          other similar equipment on the rooftops of the Roof Rights Buildings
          and (ii) the operation of such

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          equipment for the purpose of providing cable television service,
          telecommunication service or any services related thereto to
          Subscribers of the Systems, such consents to be on terms and
          conditions reasonably satisfactory to Buyer.

           SECTION 5.03. Certain Notices. The Sellers will cause to be timely
 filed a request for renewal under Section 626 of the Cable Act with the proper
 Governmental Authority with respect to cable franchises that will expire within
 36 months after any date between the date of this Agreement and the Closing
 Date.

          SECTION 5.04. Subscriber Billing Services. The Sellers will provide to
 the Buyer, upon written request received by the Sellers no later than the date
 the Buyer reasonably believes is 30 days prior to Closing, Subscriber billing
 services in connection with the Systems for a period of up to 180 days
 following Closing to allow for conversion of existing or replacement billing
 arrangements ("Transitional Billing Services"). All Transitional Billing
 Services will be provided at the Buyer's expense on terms and conditions
 reasonably satisfactory to both parties and at the actual out-of-pocket cost to
 the Sellers.

          SECTION 5.05. Cooperation as to Rates. (a) If at any time prior to
 Closing, any Governmental Authority commences a Rate Regulatory Matter (as
 defined below) with respect to the Systems, the Sellers will (i) promptly
 notify the Buyer, and (ii) keep the Buyer informed as to the progress of any
 such proceeding. Without the prior consent of the Buyer, which consent shall
 not be unreasonably withheld, the Sellers will not settle any such Rate
 Regulatory Matter, either before or after Closing, if (a) the Buyer would have
 any obligation under such settlement, or (b) such settlement would reduce the
 rates permitted to be charged by the Buyer after Closing below the rates set
 forth on Schedule 3.12, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
 herein, after Closing the Buyer will have the right at its own expense, to
 assume control of the defense of any pending Rate Regulatory Matter.

          (b) For purposes hereof, "Rate Regulatory Matter" means any proceeding
 or investigation with respect to the Systems arising out of or related to the
 Cable Act dealing with, limiting or affecting the rates which can be charged by
 the Systems for programming, equipment, installation, service or otherwise.

          SECTION 5.06. Franchise Expirations. Prior to Closing, the Sellers
 will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain renewals or valid extensions
 of Systems Franchises in the ordinary course of business, such renewals or
 extensions to be on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer. The Sellers
 will not agree or accede to any modifications or amendments to, or the
 imposition of any condition to the transfer of, any of the System Franchises
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 acceptable to the Buyer. The Sellers agree, upon reasonable prior notice, to
 allow representatives of the Buyer to attend meetings and hearings before
 applicable Governmental Authorities in connection with the renewal or extension
 of any Systems License or Systems Franchise.

           SECTION 5.07. Distant Broadcast Signals. If Closing shall occur on or
 after December 31, 1999, unless otherwise restricted or prohibited by any
 Governmental Authority or applicable Legal Requirement, each Seller will delete
 prior to midnight on December 31, 1999 or if Closing is on December 31, 1999,
 prior to Closing, any distant broadcast signals set out in Schedule 5.07 and,
 if requested by the Buyer, any other distant broadcast signals which Buyer
 determines will result in unacceptable liability on the part of the Buyer for
 copyright payments with respect to continued carriage of such signals after
 such date.

          SECTION 5.08. Confidentiality. After the Closing, the Sellers and
 their Affiliates will hold, and will use their best efforts to cause their
 respective officers, directors,- employees, accountants, counsel, consultants,
 advisors and agents to hold, in confidence, unless compelled to disclose by
 judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of law, all
 confidential documents and information concerning the Systems, except to the
 extent that such information can be shown to have been (i) in the public domain
 through no fault of any Seller or any of their Affiliates or (ii) later
 lawfully acquired by the Sellers from sources other than those related to their
 prior ownership of the Systems. The obligation of the Sellers to hold any such
 information in confidence shall be satisfied if they exercise the same care
 with respect to such information as they would take to preserve the
 confidentiality of their own similar information.

          SECTION 5.09. Notices of Certain Events. The Sellers shall promptly
          notify the Buyer of

                    (a) any notice or other communication from any Person
          alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in
          connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

                    (b) any notice or other communication from any governmental
          or regulatory agency or authority in connection with the transactions
          contemplated by this Agreement; and

                    (c) the damage or destruction by fire or other casualty of
          any Purchased Asset or part thereof or in the event that any Purchased
          Asset or part thereof becomes the subject of any proceeding or, to the
          knowledge of it or any Seller, threatened proceeding for the taking
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           thereof or of any right relating thereto by condemnation, eminent
           domain or other similar governmental action.

          SECTION 5.10. RMTS. If the Buyer terminates this Agreement pursuant to
 Section 12.01 (c), then without prejudice to any other right of the Buyer under
 this Agreement or any other remedy available to the Buyer, the Sellers shall
 within 2 Business Days of such termination pay to the Buyer in immediately
 available funds by wire transfer the amount of $1,500,000 to an account
 designated by the Buyer. In addition, if Closing does not occur as a result of
 any action taken by or omission of RMTS (including the failure to give any
 consent or authorization or to sign any necessary documentation necessary for
 the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby), then: (a) the Sellers
 jointly and severally agree to reimburse the Buyer for the Buyer's
 out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the transactions
 contemplated hereby including the preparation and negotiation of the letter of
 intent between the parties dated August 5, 1999 and this Agreement and in
 conducting its due diligence exercise; and (b) in the event RMTS or any other
 person or entity directly or indirectly acquires any or all of the Systems
 within 18 months of the date hereof (in any form of transaction), then the
 Sellers jointly and severally agree to pay the Buyer an amount in cash with
 respect to each System acquired equal to: (i) (A) the purchase price paid in
 such acquisition (including any consideration received by any of the Sellers
 (or any of their affiliates, partners, officers or employees) in any other
 transactions which relate to or are on account of the acquisition and including
 any debt assumed in such acquisition), less (B) the portion of the Purchase
 Price that the Buyer would have paid for such System under this Agreement if
 this Agreement had been consummated in accordance with its terms (assuming for
 these purposes that the proportion of the Purchase Price attributable to such
 System was equal to the proportion of the Closing Basic Subscriber Number for
 all of the Systems that would have been attributable to such acquired System)
 multiplied by (ii) I minus the percentage ownership of all other owners in the
 entity selling the System as of the date of such acquisition.

           SECTION 5.11. Non-competition Agreement. Sellers will cause each of
 the parties to the Non-Competition Agreement other than the Buyer to execute
 and deliver to the Buyer at the Closing the Non-Competition Agreement.

           SECTION 5.12. Risk of Loss; Condemnation. (a) The Sellers will bear
 the risk of any loss or damage to the Purchased Assets at all times prior to
 the Closing. If the Buyer elects to consummate the transactions contemplated by
 this Agreement notwithstanding any such loss or damage that has not been
 repaired prior to the Closing, and does so, all insurance proceeds payable as a
 result of the occurrence of the event resulting in such loss or damage will be
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 Sellers to the Buyer, or the rights to such proceeds will be assigned by the
 Sellers to the Buyer if not yet paid over to the Sellers.

          (b) If, prior to the Closing, all or any part of or interest in the
 Purchased Assets is taken or condemned as a result of the exercise of the power
 of eminent domain, or if a Governmental Authority having such power informs a
 Seller or the Buyer that it intends to condemn all or any part of or interest
 in the Purchased Assets and such taking is so substantial as to prevent normal
 operation of any material portion of any of the Systems (such event being
 called, in either case, a "Taking"), then the Buyer may terminate this
 Agreement. If the Buyer does not elect to terminate this Agreement, then (i)
 the Buyer will have the sole right, in the name of the Sellers, if the Buyer so
 elects, to negotiate for, claim, contest and receive all damages with respect
 to the Taking, (ii) the Sellers will be relieved of their obligation to convey
 to the Buyer the Purchased Assets or interests that are the subject of the
 Taking, (iii) at the Closing, the Sellers will assign to the Buyer all of their
 rights to all damages payable with respect to such Taking and will pay to the
 Buyer all damages previously paid to the Sellers with respect to the Taking and
 (iv) following the Closing, the Sellers will give the Buyer such further
 assurances of such rights and assignment with respect to the Taking as the
 Buyer may from time to time reasonably request.

          SECTION 5.13. Delivery of Financial Information. The Sellers shall
 deliver to the Buyer within 45 days after the end of each month ending between
 the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date a statement of revenue relating
 to the Systems for the month previously ended and such other financial
 information relating to the Systems as the Buyer may reasonably request. The
 revenue statements delivered by the Sellers to the Buyer pursuant to this
 Section shall be in accordance with the books and records of the Systems and
 shall present fairly in all material respects the revenue of the Systems for
 the year-to-date periods then ended. Promptly after the preparation thereof,
 the Sellers shall deliver to the Buyer copies of any other financial
 statements, Subscriber counts, management reports and other operational data
 regularly prepared by any Seller for internal use.

          SECTION 5.14. Use of Sellers' Names and Logos. For a period of six
 months after the Closing, the Buyer shall be entitled to use the trademarks,
 trade names, service marks, service names, logos and similar proprietary rights
 of the Sellers that are not to be acquired by the Buyer pursuant to this
 Agreement (including the Excluded Names) to the extent incorporated in or on
 the Purchased Assets transferred to the Buyer at the Closing, provided that the
 Buyer shall exercise reasonable efforts to remove all such names, marks, logos
 and similar proprietary rights from such Purchased Assets as soon as reasonably
 practicable following Closing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyer will
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 to remove or discontinue using any such name or mark that is affixed to
 converters or other items in or to be used in customer homes or properties, or
 as are used in similar fashion, to the extent that such removal or
 discontinuation is impracticable for the Buyers.

          SECTION 5.15. Capital Leases. On or prior to Closing, the Sellers
 shall pay the remaining balance of any capital lease, if any, for any Purchased
 Asset and deliver the title to such Purchased Asset free and clear of all Liens
 under any such lease to the Buyer at the Closing.

          SECTION 5.16. Access. Buyer shall, for a period of seven years from
 the Closing Date, have access to, and the right to copy, at its expense, for
 bonafide business purposes and during usual business hours upon reasonable
 prior notice to the Sellers, all books and records of the Sellers and their
 Affiliates relating to the Sellers, the Purchased Assets or the operation of
 the Systems prior to the Closing. The Sellers and their Affiliates shall retain
 and preserve, and cause to be retained and preserved, all such books and
 records for such seven year period; provided that they may destroy any such
 books and records if they notify the Buyer of their intention to do so and
 offer the Buyer an opportunity to take any such books and records that they
 intend to destroy.

          SECTION 5.17. Proceeds Sharing Arrangements, One-off Fees Etc. To the
 extent the execution of this Agreement or the transfer of any of the Purchased
 Assets gives rise to an obligation on the part of the Systems or any Seller to
 make a payment to any Person, then such obligation, including, without
 limitation, any such obligation in any of the contracts listed on Schedule
 3.08(a)(x), shall be the responsibility of the Sellers and shall be discharged
 by the Sellers prior to the Closing. Any commitment entered into by any Seller
 at any time prior to Closing to make any one-time marketing fee, door fee,
 access fee or other similar payment shall be for the account of and paid by the
 Sellers.

          SECTION 5.18. FCC Applications. The Sellers shall fully cooperate in
 filing applications for the consent to assignment of the FCC licenses and the
 pending licenses disclosed in Schedule 3,08(a)(iii) to the Buyer or its
 designee. At the Buyer's request the Sellers shall cooperate with the Buyer in
 the preparation of applications by the Buyer to obtain the FCC licenses
 necessary to operate the facilities for which applications have been filed by
 the Sellers (the "Pending Licenses") and which are designated in Schedule
 3.08(a)(iii). Such cooperation shall include, but shall not be limited to,
 prior to Closing (i) withdrawal of Sellers' applications for the Pending
 Licenses and (ii) notification to Sellers' frequency coordinator that Sellers
 intend to withdraw the applications for the Pending Licenses and that such
 coordinator shall substitute the Buyer in the coordination study as the
 designated applicant for the Pending Licenses. The

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 timing of any such withdrawal of Sellers' pending applications shall be at the
 Buyer's election.

                                          ARTICLE 6
                                     COVENANTS OF BUYER

          The Buyer agrees that:

          SECTION 6.01. Confidentiality. Prior to the Closing Date and after any
 termination of this Agreement, the Buyer and its Affiliates will hold, and will
 use their best efforts to cause their respective officers, directors,
 employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents to hold, in
 confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process
 or by other requirements of law, all confidential documents and information
 concerning the Systems furnished to the Buyer or its Affiliates in connection
 with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except to the extent that
 such information can be shown to have been (i) previously known on a
 nonconfidential basis by the Buyer, (ii) in the public domain through no fault
 of the Buyer or (iii) later lawfully acquired by the Buyer from sources other
 than any Seller; provided that the Buyer may disclose such information to its
 officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and
 agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
 to its lenders or other Persons in connection with obtaining financing so long
 as such Persons are informed by the Buyer of the confidential nature of such
 information and are directed by the Buyer to treat such information
 confidentially. The obligation of the Buyer and its Affiliates to hold any such
 information in confidence shall be satisfied if they exercise the same care
 with respect to such information as they would take to preserve the
 confidentiality of their own similar information. If this Agreement is
 terminated, the Buyer and its Affiliates will, and will use their best efforts
 to cause their respective officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel,
 consultants, advisors and agents to, destroy or deliver to the Sellers, upon
 request, all documents and other materials, and all copies thereof, obtained by
 the Buyer or its Affiliates or on their behalf from the Sellers in connection
 with this Agreement that are subject to such confidence.

          SECTION 6.02. Non-Solicitation of Employees. From the date hereof
 until one year from the date hereof or, if later, the date upon which this
 Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Buyer will not employ
 or actively solicit for employment (including as an independent contractor) any
 person who is on the date of this Agreement an employee of any Seller and who
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 days after Closing a Transferred Employee; provided that the Buyer may employ
 or actively solicit any such employee (i) whose employment is terminated by
 such Seller or (ii) whose employment otherwise ceases with such Seller,
 provided that in the case of clause (ii), the Buyer may not employ or actively
 solicit any such employee until after the six-month anniversary of the date of
 such employee's separation from such Seller.

          SECTION 6.03. Access. For a period of seven years after the Closing
 Date, the Buyer will afford promptly to any Seller and its agents reasonable
 access to its properties, books, records, employees and auditors to the extent
 necessary to permit such Seller to determine any matter relating to its rights
 and obligations hereunder or to any period ending on or before the Closing
 Date; provided that any such access by Sellers shall not unreasonably interfere
 with the conduct of the business of the Buyer. The Sellers will hold, and will
 use their best efforts to cause their officers, directors, employees,
 accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents to hold, in confidence,
 unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or by other
 requirements of law, all confidential documents and information concerning the
 Buyer or the Systems provided to any of them pursuant to this Section.

                                           ARTICLE 7
                              COVENANTS OF BUYER AND SELLER

           The Buyer and the Sellers agree that:

           SECTION 7.01. Commercially Reasonable Efforts; Further Assurances.
  (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, they will each use
  commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and
  to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary or desirable under applicable
  laws and regulations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
  Agreement. The Sellers and the Buyer agree to execute and deliver such other
  documents, certificates, agreements and other writings and to take such other
  actions as may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate or implement
  expeditiously the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to vest in
  the Buyer (or, in the case of the Maryland Assets, Maryland LLC) good and
  marketable title to the Purchased Assets and the Maryland Shares. The Buyer
  and Seller will cooperate in good faith and use commercially reasonable
  efforts to obtain the consents, effectuate the transfers and consummate the
  contract renewals contemplated in this Agreement before and after the Closing
  provided that such consents, transfers or renewals shall be free from any
  materially adverse conditions (in the reasonable

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 judgment of the Buyer) and provided that the Buyer shall not be obliged to take
 any action and none of the Sellers shall take any action that may adversely
 affect the Buyer, the Systems or any Purchased Asset.

           (b) The Sellers each hereby constitute and appoint, effective as of
 the Closing Date, the Buyer and its successors and assigns as their true and
 lawful attorney with full power of substitution in the name of the Buyer, or in
 their name but for the benefit of the Buyer, (i) to collect for the account of
 the Buyer any items of Purchased Assets and (ii) to institute and prosecute all
 proceedings which the Buyer may in its sole discretion deem proper in order to
 assert or enforce any right, title or interest in, to or under the Purchased
 Assets, and to defend or compromise any and all actions, suits or proceedings
 in respect of the Purchased Assets. The Buyer shall be entitled to retain for
 its own account any amounts collected pursuant to the foregoing powers,
 including any amounts payable as interest in respect thereof.

           SECTION 7.02. Certain Filings. (a) The Sellers and the Buyer shall
  cooperate with one another (i) in determining whether any action by or in
  respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency, official or
  authority is required, or any actions, consents, approvals or waivers are
  required to be obtained from parties to any material contracts, in connection
  with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
  (ii) in taking such actions or making any such filings, furnishing information
  required in connection therewith and seeking timely to obtain any such
  actions, consents, approvals or waivers.

           (b) The Buyer agrees to make an appropriate filing of a Notification
 and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the transactions
 contemplated hereby within 15 days after the date of execution of this
 Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement the Buyer
 shall not be required to enter into any consent decree or to dispose or hold
 separate any assets or otherwise agree to any action which may adversely affect
 the Buyer, the Systems or any Purchased Asset in order to satisfy the
 objections of any Governmental Authority in connection with the HSR Act. All
 filing fees under the HSR Act shall be paid by the Buyer.

           SECTION 7.03. Public Announcements. The parties agree to consult with
 each other before issuing any press release or making any public statement with
 respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and, except
 as may be required by applicable law or any listing agreement with any national
 securities exchange or quotation system, will not issue any such press release
 or make any such public statement prior to such consultation.

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          SECTION 7.04. Warn Act. The parties agree to cooperate in good faith
 to determine whether any notification may be required under the Worker
 Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the "WARN Act") as a result of the
 transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Buyer will be responsible for
 providing any notification that may be required under the WARN Act with respect
 to any Transferred Employees. The Sellers will be responsible for providing any
 notification that may be required under the WARN Act with respect to any
 employees of the Systems that are not Transferred Employees.

                                          ARTICLE 8
                                         TAX MATTERS

 SECTION 8.01. Tax Definitions. The following terms, as used herein, have
 the following meanings:

          "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          "Pre-Closing Tax Period" means (i) any Tax Period ending on or before
 the Closing Date and (ii) with respect to a Tax Period that commences before
 but ends after the Closing Date, the portion of such period up to and including
 the Closing Date.

          "Tax" means (i) any net income, alternative or add-on minimum tax,
 gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer,
 franchise, profits, license, registration, recording, documentary,
 conveyancing, gains, withholding on amounts paid to or by any Seller, payroll,
 employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property,
 environmental or windfall profit tax, custom duty, any payment required to be
 made to any state abandoned property administrator or other public official
 pursuant to an abandoned property, escheat or similar law or other tax,
 governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever,
 together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount
 imposed by any governmental authority (a "Taxing Authority") responsible for
 the imposition of any such tax (domestic or foreign), or (ii) liability for the
 payment of any amounts of the type described in (i) as a result of being party
 to any agreement or any express or implied obligation to indemnify any other
 Person.

          SECTION 8.02. Tax Matters. The Sellers hereby jointly and severally
 represent and warrant to the Buyer that:

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                    (a) each of the Sellers has timely paid all Taxes, and all
          interest and penalties due thereon and payable by it for the
          Pre-Closing Tax Period which will have been required to be paid on or
          prior to the Closing Date, the non-payment of which would result in a
          Lien on any Purchased Asset, would otherwise adversely affect the
          Systems or would result in the Buyer becoming liable or responsible
          therefor.

                   (b) each of the Sellers has established, in accordance with
          generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent
          with that of preceding periods, adequate reserves for the payment of,
          and will timely pay all Tax liabilities, assessments, 'interest and
          penalties which arise from or with respect to the Purchased Assets or
          the operation of the Systems and are incurred in or attributable to
          the Pre-Closing Tax Period, the non-payment of which would result in a
          Lien on any Purchased Asset, would otherwise adversely affect the
          Systems or would result in the Buyer becoming liable therefor.

          SECTION 8.03. Tax Cooperation; Allocation of Taxes. (a) The Buyer and
 the Sellers agree to furnish or cause to be furnished to each other, upon
 request, as promptly as practicable, such information and assistance relating
 to the Systems and the Purchased Assets (including, without limitation, access
 to books and records) as is reasonably necessary for the filing of all Tax
 returns, the making of any election relating to Taxes, the preparation for any
 audit by any taxing authority, and the prosecution or defense of any claim,
 suit or proceeding relating to any Tax. The Buyer and the Sellers shall retain
 all books and records with respect to Taxes pertaining to the Purchased Assets
 for a period of at least six years following the Closing Date. At the end of
 such period, each party shall provide the other with at least ten days prior
 written notice before destroying any such books and records, during which
 period the party receiving such notice can elect to take possession, at its own
 expense, of such books and records. The Sellers, the Sellers' Agent and the
 Buyer shall cooperate with each other in the conduct of any audit or other
 proceeding relating to Taxes involving the Purchased Assets or the Systems.

          (b) All real property taxes, personal property Taxes and similar ad
 valorem obligations levied with respect to the Purchased Assets for a taxable
 period which includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date (collectively, the
 "Apportioned Obligations") shall be apportioned between the Sellers and the
 Buyer based on the number of days of such taxable period included 'in the
 Pre-Closing Tax Period and the number of days of such taxable period after the
 Closing Date (with respect to any such taxable period, the "Post-Closing Tax
 Period"). The Sellers shall be liable for the proportionate amount of such
 Taxes that is attributable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period, and the Buyer shall
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 the proportionate amount of such Taxes that is attributable to the Post-Closing
 Tax Period. Upon receipt of any bill or payment of any amount with respect to
 any Apportioned Obligations for which it is entitled to reimbursement under
 this Section 8.03(b), each of the Sellers' Agent and the Buyer shall present a
 statement to the other setting forth the amount of reimbursement to which each
 is entitled under this Section 8.03(b) together with such supporting evidence
 as is reasonably necessary to calculate the proration amount. The proration
 amount shall be paid by the party owing it to the other within 10 days after
 delivery of such statement.
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           (c) Subject to Section 13. 10, all excise, sales, use, value added,
 registration stamp, recording, documentary, conveyancing, franchise, property,
 transfer, gains and similar Taxes, levies, charges and fees (collectively,
 "Transfer Taxes") incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by
 this Agreement shall be borne by the Sellers. The Buyer and Seller shall
 cooperate in providing each other with any appropriate resale exemption
 certifications and other similar documentation. The party that is required by
 applicable law to make the filings, reports, or returns with respect to any
 applicable Transfer Taxes shall do so, and the other party shall cooperate with
 respect thereto as necessary.

                                          ARTICLE 9
                                      EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

           SECTION 9.01. Employee Benefits Definitions. The following terms, as
 used herein, having the following meanings:

           "Employee Plans" means the plans referred to in the first sentence of
Section 9.02.

           "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.

           "ERISA Affiliate" of any entity means any other entity which,
 together with such entity, would be treated as a single employer under Section
 414 of the Code.

          "Multiemployer Plan" means each Employee Plan that is a multiemployer
 plan, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.

           SECTION 9.02. ERISA Representations. The Sellers hereby jointly and
 severally represent and warrant to the Buyer that:

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                    (a) Schedule 9.02(a) lists each employee benefit plan, as
          such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, each employment,
          severance or similar contract, plan, arrangement or policy and each
          other plan or arrangement providing for compensation, bonuses,
          profit-sharing, stock option or other stock-related rights or other
          forms of incentive or deferred compensation, health or medical
          benefits, disability benefits, workers' compensation, supplemental
          unemployment benefits, severance benefits or post-employment pension
          or welfare benefits, which (i) is maintained, administered or
          contributed to by any Seller or any of their ERISA Affiliates and (ii)
          covers any individual primarily employed in connection with the
          Systems (a "Systems Employee") (hereinafter referred to collectively
          as the "Employee Plans"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term
          "Employee Plans" shall not include, and Schedule 9.02(a) shall not be
          required to list, any "stay" or "sticking" bonus or similar
          arrangement intended to provide incentives for employees to remain
          employed through the Closing Date, and for which Sellers will retain
          all liability on and after the Closing Date (a "Stay Bonus"). With
          respect to each Employee Plan, the Sellers have provided the Buyer
          with a true and complete copy of such plan document.

                    (b) No Employee Plan is a Multiemployer Plan and no Employee
          Plan is subject to Title IV of ERISA. Neither any Seller nor any of
          their Affiliates has incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA
          arising in connection with the termination of any plan covered or
          previously covered by Title IV of ERISA that could become, after the
          Closing Date, an obligation of Buyer or any of its Affiliates.

                    (c) Each Employee Plan which is intended to be qualified
          under Section 401 (a) of the Code is so qualified and has been so
          qualified during the period from its adoption to date, and each trust
          forming a part thereof is exempt from tax pursuant to Section 501 (a)
          of the Code. The Sellers have furnished to the Buyer copies of the
          most recent Internal Revenue Service determination letters with
          respect to each such Plan.

                    (d) With respect to Systems Employees, there are no employee
          post-retirement medical or health plans in effect, except as required
          by Section 601 of ERISA.

                    (e) The Purchased Assets are not now nor will they after the
          passage of time be subject to any Lien imposed under Code Section
          412(n) by reason of the failure of any Seller or any of their
          Affiliates to make timely installments or other payments required by
          Code Section 412.

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                     (f) Except as disclosed in Schedule 9.02 or pursuant to a
          Stay Bonus, no Systems Employee will become entitled to any
          retirement, severance or similar benefit or enhanced benefit solely as
          a result of the transactions contemplated hereby.

                    (g) As of the Closing Date, neither any Seller nor any of
          their Affiliates will have any liability in respect of accrued
          vacation pay for any Systems Employee.

          SECTION 9.03. Employees and Offers of Employment. As of the Closing
 Date, the Buyer may, in its sole discretion, offer employment to any or all
 Systems Employees; provided, that the Buyer may terminate at any time after the
 Closing Date the employment of any employee who accepts such offer. The Buyer
 shall, no later than 60 days after the date of this Agreement, give notice to
 the Sellers of the Systems Employees to whom the Buyer intends to offer
 employment. Any such offers shall be at such salary or wage and benefit levels
 and on such other terms and conditions as the Buyer shall in its sole
 discretion deem appropriate. The Systems Employees who accept and commence
 employment with the Buyer are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
 "Transferred Employees". Neither the Sellers nor any of their Affiliates will
 take any action which would impede, hinder, interfere or otherwise compete with
 the Buyer's effort to hire any Systems Employees. The Buyer shall not assume
 responsibility for any Systems Employee until such employee commences
 employment with the Buyer and, for the avoidance of doubt the Buyer shall not
 be obligated to employ any Systems Employee.

          SECTION 9.04. Sellers' Employee Benefit Plans. (a) The Sellers shall
 retain all obligations and liabilities, including ail obligations in connection
 with continuation of group health coverage required pursuant to Section 4980B
 of the Code or Section 601, et seq., of ERISA, in respect of each employee or
 former employee (including any beneficiary thereof) who is not a Transferred
 Employee ("COBRA Obligations"). Except as expressly set forth herein, Seller or
 its designated Affiliate shall retain all liabilities and obligations in
 respect of benefits accrued as of the Closing Date by Transferred Employees
 under its employee benefit and compensatory plans and arrangements (including
 without limitation the Employee Plans), and neither the Buyer nor any of its
 Affiliates shall have any liability with respect thereto. Except as expressly
 set forth herein, no assets of any such plan or arrangement shall be
 transferred to the Buyer or any of its Affiliates or to any plan of the Buyer
 or any of its Affiliates. Accrued benefits or account balances of Transferred
 Employees under any retirement or deferred compensation plan of the Sellers or
 any of their Affiliates shall be fully vested as of the Closing Date.

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           (b) Without limiting Section 9.04(a), with respect to the Transferred
 Employees (including any beneficiary or dependent thereof), the Sellers shall
 retain (i) all liabilities and obligations arising under any group life,
 accident, medical, dental or disability plan or similar arrangement (whether or
 not insured) to the extent that such liability or obligation relates to
 contributions or premiums accrued (whether or not payable), or to claims
 incurred (whether or not reported), on or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) all
 liabilities and obligations arising under any worker's compensation arrangement
 to the extent such liability or obligation relates to the period prior to the
 Closing Date, including liability for any retroactive worker's compensation
 premiums attributable to such period, (iii) all liabilities and obligations
 arising under any "sticking" or "stay" bonus or severance or similar plan or
 arrangement, and (iv) subject to Section 9.04(c), all other liabilities and
 obligations arising under the employee benefit and compensatory plans and
 arrangements of the Sellers and any of their Affiliates (including without
 limitation the Employee Plans), to the extent any such liability or obligation
 relates to the period prior to the Closing Date, including proportional
 accruals through the Closing Date and including, without limitation,
 liabilities and obligations in respect of accruals through the Closing Date
 under any bonus plan or arrangement.

           (c) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Sellers shall make any
 payments necessary to ensure the accuracy of Section 9.02(g) above.

           (d) With respect to any Transferred Employee (including any
 beneficiary or dependent thereof) who enters a hospital or is on short-term
 disability under any Employee Plan on or prior to the Closing Date and
 continues in a hospital or on short-term disability after the Closing Date, the
 Sellers shall be responsible (either directly or through the purchase of
 insurance) for claims and expenses incurred both before and after the Closing
 Date in connection with such Person, to the extent that such claims and
 expenses are covered by an Employee Plan, until such time, (if any) that, in
 the case of a Transferred Employee, such Person resumes full-time employment
 with the Buyer or one of its Affiliates and, in the case of any beneficiary or
 dependent of a Transferred Employee, such Person's hospitalization has
 terminated. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions are not
 intended to impose on the Sellers obligations or liabilities except to the
 extent required under the terms of any benefit plan or arrangement maintained
 by the Sellers or their Affiliates.

           (e) With respect to the COBRA Obligations retained by the Sellers
 pursuant to the first sentence of Section 9.04(a), the Sellers shall jointly
 and severally indemnify the Buyer, against any and all Damages (as defined in
 Section 11. 02) arising out of the Sellers' failure to satisfy such COBRA
 Obligations.

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          SECTION 9.05. Buyer Benefit Plans. (a) The Buyer or one of its
  Affiliates y will recognize all service of the Transferred Employees with any
  Seller or any of its Affiliates, only for purposes of vesting and eligibility
  to participate in those employee benefit plans, within the meaning of Section
  3(3) of ERISA, in which the Transferred Employees are enrolled by the Buyer or
  one of its Affiliates immediately after the Closing Date.

          (b) The Sellers shall cause the Code Section 401(k) plan maintained
 for Systems Employees to permit plan distributions, in accordance with
 applicable law and regulations, to Transferred Employees as soon as practicable
 after the Closing Date. If an employer contribution (other than a deferral or
 matching contribution) is made by the Sellers to such plan for 1999, each
 Transferred Employee shall be entitled to a pro rata allocation of such
 contribution.

          SECTION 9.06. No Third Party Beneficiaries. No provision of this
 Article shall create any third party beneficiary or other rights in any
 employee or former employee (including any beneficiary or dependent thereof) of
 any Seller or of any of its subsidiaries in respect of continued employment (or
 resumed employment) with either the Buyer or the Systems or any of their
 Affiliates and no provision of this Article 9 shall create any such rights in
 any such Persons in respect of any benefits that may be provided, directly or
 indirectly, under any Employee Plan or any plan or arrangement which may be
 established by the Buyer or any of its Affiliates. No provision of this
 Agreement shall constitute a limitation on rights to amend, modify or terminate
 after the Closing Date any such plans or arrangements of the Buyer or any of
 its Affiliates.

                                          ARTICLE 10
                                    CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

          SECTION 10.01. Conditions to Obligations of the Buyer and the Sellers.
 The obligations of the Buyer and the Sellers to consummate the Closing are
 subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

                    (a) Any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act relating
          to the transactions contemplated hereby shall have expired or been
          terminated.

                    (b) No provision of any applicable law or regulation and no
          judgment, injunction, order or decree shall prohibit the consummation
          of the Closing.

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          SECTION 10.02. Conditions to Obligation of the Buyer. The obligation
 of the Buyer to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, or
 waiver by the Buyer at its absolute discretion, of the following further
 conditions:

                    (a) The Sellers having obtained in form and substance
          reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer: (i) all required consents to the
          transfer to the Buyer of: (A) the Systems Franchises; (B) a number of
          Private Cable Service Agreements, such that the Closing Basic
          Subscriber Number for Subscribers served under Private Cable Service
          Agreements which did not require consent to assignment or where the
          required consent to assignment was received by Closing, is not less
          than 95% of the Closing Basic Subscriber Number for Subscribers being
          served under all Private Cable Service Agreements, (C) the agreements
          set forth on Schedule 10.02(a) and (D) all other material Systems
          Licenses and material Systems Contracts; (ii) any required consent of
          RMTS to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (iii) the
          waiver of any purchase right, right of first refusal or similar right
          contained in any contract or agreement triggered by such transfer,
          including those set forth on Schedule 3.23; in each case (i) and (ii)
          free from any materially adverse conditions (in the judgment of the
          Buyer).

                    (b) The Systems having at Closing at least: (i) a
          Transferred Closing Subscriber Number of 45,000 assuming the number of
          Relevant New Subscribers is zero; (ii) 95,900 Homes Passed as of the
          month-end prior to the Closing Date; and (iii) Three Month Average Per
          Subscriber Revenue as of the Closing Date of $31.90.

                    (c) The Buyer having obtained at its expense on or prior to
          the Closing Date a Phase I environmental assessment report confirming
          that the Owned Property and the Leased Property included in the
          Purchased Assets is free of hazardous materials, oil and other
          contaminants.

                    (d) The Sellers having maintained commercially reasonable
          inventory levels consistent with past practices, which will include
          sufficient quantities of amplifiers, installation materials and
          converters to operate the Systems in the ordinary course.

                    (e) There having been no material adverse change in the
          business, financial condition or prospects of the Purchased Assets or
          the Systems.

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                     (f) (i) Each of the Sellers shall have performed in all
          material respects all of each of their obligations hereunder required
          to be performed by any of them on or prior to the Closing Date, (11)
          the representations and warranties of the Sellers contained in this
          Agreement and in any certificate or other writing delivered by any of
          them pursuant hereto (x) that are qualified by materiality or Material
          Adverse Effect shall be true at and as of the Closing Date, as if made
          at and as of such date (or if made as of a specific date, as of such
          date), and (y) that are not qualified by materiality or Material
          Adverse Effect shall be true in all material respects at and as of the
          Closing Date, as if made at and as of such date (or if made as of a
          specific date, as of such date), and (iii) Buyer shall have received a
          certificate signed by an executive officer of each of the Sellers to
          the foregoing effect.

                    (g) There shall not be threatened, instituted or pending any
          action or proceeding by any Person before any court or governmental
          authority or agency, domestic or foreign, seeking (i) to restrain,
          prohibit or otherwise interfere with the transactions provided for
          herein or ownership or operation by the Buyer or any of its Affiliates
          of all or any material portion of the Purchased Assets or (ii) to
          compel the Buyer or any of its Affiliates to dispose of or hold
          separate all or any material portion of the Purchased Assets.

                    (h) There shall not be any action taken, or any statute,
          rule, regulation, injunction, order or decree proposed, enacted,
          enforced, promulgated, issued or deemed applicable to the purchase of
          the Purchased Assets, by any Governmental Authority, other than the
          application of the waiting period provisions of the HSR Act to the
          purchase of the Purchased Assets, that, in the reasonable judgment of
          the Buyer could, directly or indirectly, result in any of the
          consequences referred to in clause 10.02(g) above.

                    (i) The Buyer shall have received an opinion of Stone,
          McGuire & Benjamin, counsel to the Sellers, dated the Closing Date to
          the effect specified in Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 and 3.04. In
          rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely upon certificates of
          public officers, as to matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions
          other than Illinois or the federal laws of the United States of
          America, upon opinions of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
          Buyer, and, as to matters of fact, upon certificates of officers of
          the Sellers, copies of which opinions and certificates shall be
          contemporaneously delivered to the Buyer.

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                    (j) The Buyer shall have received an opinion of Arent Fox
          Kintner Plotkin & Cahn, PLLC in the form set forth in Exhibit 10.020)
          with only such exceptions thereto as are consistent with the
          information set forth in any of the Schedules hereto.

                    (k) The delivery of the Escrow Agreement and the
          Non-Competition Agreement dated as of the Closing Date duly executed
          by the parties thereto other than the Buyer.

                                  (1) The Buyer shall have received all
                        documents it may reasonably request relating to the
                        existence of the Sellers' Agent and the 0 Sellers and
                        the authority of each of them for this Agreement, all in
                        form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer.

                  (m) [Intentionally Blank]

                   (n) Except as set forth in Schedule 10.02(n), each of the
          buildings being provided with service by a System and receiving signal
          by means of a multi-point multichannel distribution system shall have
          been converted so that it is receiving signal direct from satellite.

                   (o) Each of the head-end leases listed on Schedule 10.02(o)
          shall have been renewed on terms and conditions reasonably
          satisfactory to the Buyer, or Sellers shall have put in place
          equivalent arrangements in respect of the location of the Purchased
          Asset currently operated on the demised premises under such leases on
          terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer.

                   (p) Each of the Sellers shall have deleted the distant
          broadcast signals specified in Schedule 5.07 prior to midnight on
          December 31, 1999 or if Closing is on December 31, 1999, prior to
          Closing.

                   (q) [Intentionally Blank]

                    (r) Sellers shall have filed all outstanding FCC Forms 320
          with a "passing" or "satisfactory" leakage score for each of the
          Systems.

                    (s) Sellers shall have complied with their obligations under
          Section 5.02(k) of this Agreement.

                    (t) Sellers shall have received a written waiver (in a form
          reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer) from the relevant Governmental

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          Authority of the requirement contained in Section 5.5-10 of the
          Systems Franchise for Caroline County.

                   (u) (A) The Southern Management Litigation shall have been
          resolved by a binding settlement between the parties thereto (in terms
          reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer) or a nonappealable, final order
          of a court of competent jurisdiction (ii) terminating any and all
          claims of both parties thereto against each other, (iii) allowing for
          the provision of services by Telcom Plus, its assigns or successors to
          the Southern Management Buildings pursuant to the terms and conditions
          of the Southern Management Agreement, and (iv) enjoining Southern
          Management from removing Telcom Plus' rooftop facilities from the
          Middletowne apartments serviced pursuant to the Southern Management
          Agreement, (B) Sellers shall not be in breach of any agreements then
          existing between Southern Management and Telcom Plus and (C) consent
          of RMTS and Southern Management shall have been received to assign all
          rights and liabilities under the Southern Management Agreement with
          respect to the provision of cable service, to Buyer, and with respect
          to the provision of telephony service, to RMTS and such assignments
          shall have been entered into conditional upon the Closing and
          otherwise on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the
          Buyer.

                   (v) The Sellers shall have obtained consents for (i) the
          existing installation by the Systems of antennas, transmitters, pole
          mounts, microwave facilities, satellites and any other similar
          equipment on the rooftops of the Roof Rights Buildings and (ii) the
          operation of such equipment for the purpose of providing cable
          television service, telecommunication service or any services related
          thereto to Subscribers of the Systems, such consents to be on terms
          and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Buyer.

          SECTION 10.03. Conditions to Obligation of the Sellers. The obligation
 of the Sellers to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction of the
 following further conditions:

                   (a) (i) The Buyer shall have performed in all material
          respects all of its obligations hereunder required to be performed by
          it at or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) the representations and
          warranties of the Buyer contained in this Agreement and in any
          certificate or other writing delivered by the Buyer pursuant hereto
          shall be true in all material respects (disregarding any materiality
          qualifiers therein) at and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and
          as of such date and (iii) the Sellers shall have

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           received a certificate signed by an executive officer of the Buyer to
           the foregoing effect.

                    (b) The Sellers shall have received an opinion of Arthur
           Block, in-house counsel to the Buyer, dated the Closing Date that the
           matters specified in Sections 4.01, 4.02, and 4.03 are accurate in
           all material respects. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may
           rely upon certificates of public officers, as to matters governed by
           the laws of jurisdictions other than Pennsylvania or the federal laws
           of the United States of America, upon opinions of counsel reasonably
           satisfactory to the Sellers, and, as to matters of fact, upon
           certificates of officers of the Buyer, copies of which opinions and
           certificates shall be contemporaneously delivered to the Sellers.

                    (c) The delivery of the Escrow Agreement executed by the
           Buyer and the Escrow Agent and the Non-Competition Agreement executed
           by the Buyer. -

                    (d) The Sellers shall have received all documents it may
           reasonably request relating to the existence of the Buyer and the
           authority of the Buyer for this Agreement, all in form and substance
           reasonably satisfactory to the Sellers.

                                          ARTICLE 11
                                 SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION

          SECTION 11.01. Survival The representations and warranties of the
 parties hereto contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or other
 writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the
 Closing until the first anniversary of the Closing Date; provided that (i) the
 representations and warranties in the Identified Provisions and Sections 4.01,
 4.02, 4.03, and 4.06 shall survive indefinitely and (ii) the representations
 and warranties contained in Articles 8 or 9 shall survive until expiration of
 the statute of limitations applicable to the matters covered thereby (giving
 effect to any waiver, mitigation or extension thereof), if later.
 Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any representation or warranty in
 respect of which indemnity may be sought under this Agreement shall survive the
 time at which it would otherwise terminate pursuant to the preceding sentence,
 if notice of the inaccuracy thereof giving rise to such right of indemnity
 shall have been given to the party against whom such indemnity may be sought
 prior to such time.

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          SECTION 11.02. Indemnification. (a) The Sellers hereby jointly and
 severally indemnify the Buyer and its Affiliates against and agree to hold each
 of them harmless from any and all damage, loss, liability and expense
 (including, without limitation, reasonable expenses of investigation and
 reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses in connection with any action, suit or
 proceeding, including any action, suit or proceeding to enforce an indemnity
 obligation hereunder) ("Damages") incurred or suffered by the Buyer or any of
 its Affiliates arising out of

                    (i) any misrepresentation or breach of warranty made by any
          Seller pursuant to this Agreement (determined without regard to any
          materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualification contained
          therein);

                    (ii) any other breach of covenant or agreement made or to be
          performed by any Seller pursuant to this Agreement; or

                  (iii) - any Excluded Liability;

            provided that except in respect of any Damages arising out of any
 misrepresentation or breach of warranty under the Identified Representations,
 the Sellers shall not be liable under Section 11.02(a)(i) unless the aggregate
 amount of Damages with respect to all matters referred to in Section
 11.02(a)(i) (determined without regard to any materiality or Material Adverse
 Effect qualification contained in any representation or warranty giving rise to
 the claim for indemnity hereunder) exceeds $1,000,000, in which case the
 Sellers shall be liable for the full amount of such Damages, including the
 first $1,000,000. The foregoing is subject to the applicable provisions of
 Section 2.10(a)(ii).

          (b) The Buyer hereby indemnifies each of the Sellers and their
 Affiliates against and agrees to hold each of them harmless from any and all
 Damages
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 incurred or suffered by any of them arising out of

                    (i) any misrepresentation or breach of warranty made by the
          Buyer pursuant to this Agreement (determined without regard to any
          materiality qualification contained therein); and

                    (ii) any other breach of covenant or agreement made or to be
          performbed by the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement;

 provided that except in respect of any Damages arising out of any
 misrepresentation or breach of warranty under Sections 4.01, 4.02, or 4.03 or
 4.06 the Buyer shall not be liable under Section 11. 02(b)(i) unless the
 aggregate amount of Damages with respect to all matters referred to in Section
 I 1.02(b)(i)

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  (determined without regard to any materiality qualification contained in any
 representation or warranty giving rise to the claim for indemnity hereunder)
 exceeds $1,000,000, in which case the Buyer shall be liable for the full amount
 of such Damages, including the first $1,000,000. The maximum amount recoverable
 by the Sellers and their Affiliates for all claims under Section 11.02(b)(i)
 shall in the aggregate be equal to $10,000,000.

          (c) Amounts payable by a party in respect of any Damages that are
 subject to the indemnification obligations of such party under Section 11.02(a)
 or 11. 02(b) will be payable by the Indemnifying Party within five days of
 receiving written notice of such Damages from the Indemnified Party, and will
 bear interest at the Prime Rate plus three percent (3%) beginning on the sixth
 day after receipt of such written notice and ending on the date of payment of
 indemnification by the Indemnifying Party.

          SECTION 11.03. Procedures. (a) The party seeking indemnification under
 Section 11.02 (the "-Indemnified Party") agrees to give prompt notice to the
 party against whom indemnity is sought (the "Indemnifying Party") of the
 assertion of any claim or the commencement of any suit, action or proceeding
 ("Claim") in respect of which indemnity may be sought under such Section and
 will provide the Indemnifying Party such information with respect thereto that
 the Indemnifying Party may reasonably request. The failure to so notify the
 Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations
 hereunder, except to the extent such failure shall have materially and
 adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

                   (b) The Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate
          in the defense of any Claim asserted by any third party ("Third Party
          Claim") and, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section,
          shall be entitled to control and appoint lead counsel for such
          defense, in each case at its expense, provided that prior to assuming
          control of such defense, the Indemnifying Party must acknowledge that
          it will have an indemnity obligation for all Damages resulting from
          such Third Party Claim as provided under this Article 11 without
          regard to any limitation, deductible, "basket" or similar provision in
          Section 11.02 hereof

                   (c) The Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume or
          maintain control of the defense of any Third Party Claim if (i) the
          Third Party Claim relates to or arises in connection with any criminal
          proceeding, action, indictment, allegation or investigation, (ii) the
          Indemnified Party reasonably believes an adverse determination with
          respect to the Third Party Claim would be detrimental to the
          Indemnified Party's reputation or future business prospects, (iii) the
          Third Party Claim

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          seeks an injunction or equitable relief against the Indemnified Party
          or (iv) the Indemnifying Party has failed or is failing to prosecute
          or defend vigorously the Third Party Claim.

                    (d) If the Indemnifying Party shall assume the control of
          the defense of any Third Party Claim in accordance with the provisions
          of this Section 11. 03, the Indemnifying Party shall obtain the prior
          written consent of the Indemnified Party before entering into any
          settlement of such Third Party Claim, if the settlement does not
          expressly unconditionally release the Indemnified Party from all
          liabilities and obligations with respect to such Third Party Claim or
          the settlement imposes injunctive or other equitable relief against or
          imposes any obligation on the Indemnified Party.

                    (e) The Indemnified Party shall be entitled to participate
          in the defense of any Third Party Claim and to employ separate counsel
          of its choice for such purpose. The reasonable fees and expenses of
          such separate counsel shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party.

                    (f) Each party shall cooperate, and cause their respective
          Affiliates to cooperate, in the defense or prosecution of any Third
          Party Claim and shall furnish or cause to be furnished such records,
          information and testimony, and attend such conferences, discovery
          proceedings, hearings, trials or appeals, as may be reasonably
          requested in connection therewith.

                    (g) The Sellers shall not be entitled to assume control of
          the defense of any Third Party Claim if, in the reasonable judgment of
          the Buyer, the Third Party Claim would, if resolved adversely to the
          interests of the Buyer, be reasonably likely to result in an indemnity
          obligation of the Sellers that would be greater than the amount in the
          Indemnity Escrow Account at the relevant time that is not subject to
          any pending claim by the Buyer.

                                          ARTICLE 12
                                          TERMINATION

          SECTION 12.01. Grounds for Termination. This Agreement may be
 terminated at any time prior to the Closing:

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                     (a) by mutual written agreement of the Sellers and the
                     Buyer-,

                    (b) by either the Sellers or the Buyer if the conditions to
          the consummation of the merger in Article 10 shall not have been
          satisfied, or where applicable, waived by March 31, 2000, provided
          that no party that is (or whose Affiliate is) 'in material breach of
          its or their obligations under this Agreement may terminate this
          Agreement and the Sellers may not terminate this Agreement for 15 days
          after they have received a notice of a Potential Payment Event;

                    (c) by the Buyer if (i) the condition in Section
          10.02(a)(ii) remains unfulfilled at a time when all other conditions
          to this Agreement have been satisfied or waived (such time being the
          "Potential Payment Event"), (ii) the Buyer has given notice of the
          Potential Payment Event to the Sellers, and (iii) the condition in
          Section 10.02(a)(ii) remains unfulfilled on the date falling 10 days
          after the date of the notice in (ii) above. -

                    (d) by either the Sellers or the Buyer if consummation of
          the transactions contemplated hereby would violate any nonappealable
          final order, decree or judgment of any court or governmental body
          having competent jurisdiction; or

                    (e) by Buyer if it receives a Request for Additional
          Information or Documentary Material pursuant to the HSR Act in respect
          of the transactions contemplated hereby.

          The party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to clauses
 12.01 (b), 12.01 (c), 12.01 (d) or 12.01 (e) shall give notice of such
 termination to the other party. For purposes of this Section 12.01, a condition
 shall be deemed to have been satisfied if by its nature, it is to be satisfied
 at Closing and it would in fact be satisfied at Closing.

          SECTION 12.02. Effect of Termination, Subject to Sections 5. 10 and
 12.02, if this Agreement is terminated as permitted by Section 12.01, such
 termination shall be without liability of either party (or any stockholder,
 partner, member, director, officer, employee, agent, consultant or
 representative of such party) to any other party to this Agreement; provided
 that if such termination shall result from the (i) willful failure of a party
 to fulfill a condition to the performance of the obligations of another party,
 (ii) willful failure to perform a covenant of this Agreement or (iii) willful
 breach by any party hereto of any representation or warranty or agreement
 contained herein, such party (and its Affiliates, if any, that are parties
 hereto) shall be fully liable for any and all Damages incurred or

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 suffered by any other party as a result of such failure or breach. The
 provisions of Sections 2.12, 5.10, 6,01, 6.02, 13.03, 13.05, 13.06 and 13.07
 shall survive any termination hereof pursuant to Section 12.01.

                                   ARTICLE 13
                                 MISCELLANEOUS

          SECTION 13.01. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications
 to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission)
 and shall be given,

 if to the Buyer, to:
 Comcast Corporation
 1500 Market Street
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102-2184
 Attention: General Counsel
 Fax: (215) 981-7794
 Phone: (215) 665-1700

 Copies to (which shall not constitute notice):
 Davis Polk & Wardwell
 450 Lexington Avenue
 New York, New York 100 17
 Attention: William L. Taylor
 Fax: (212) 450-4800
 Phone: (212) 450-4000

 if to the Sellers or the Sellers' Agent, to:
 Sellers' Agent
 South Central Development Company, L.P.
 3027 Oregon Knolls Drive
 Washington, D.C. 20015
 Attention: John Norcutt
 Fax: (202) 362-1540

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 Copies to:                 Stone McGuire & Benjamin
                            801 Skokie Boulevard, Suite 100
                            Northbrook, Illinois 60062
                            Attention: Marc Benjamin
                            Fax: (847) 205-9492

 All such notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on
 the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5 p.m. in the
 place of receipt and such day is a business day in the place of receipt.
 Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to
 have been received until the next succeeding business day in the place of
 receipt. If Buyer shall make reasonable efforts to give notice to Sellers'
 Agent at the details set out above and such notice is not received by Sellers'
 Agent notice to Stone McGuire & Benjamin shall be sufficient notice to the
 Sellers.

           SECTION 13.02. Amendments and Waivers. (a) Any provision of this
 Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is
 in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this
 Agreement, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is
 to be effective.

           (b) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power
 or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single
 or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
 the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies
 herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies
 provided by law.

           SECTION 13.03. Expenses. Except as provided in Section 5. 10, Section
 7.02(b), Section 8.03(c) or otherwise herein, all costs and expenses incurred
 in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such
 cost or expense.

          SECTION 13.04. Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this
 Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
 and their respective successors and assigns; provided that no party may assign,
 delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this
 Agreement without the consent of each other party hereto, except that the Buyer
 may transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more
 of its Affiliates, the right to purchase all or a portion of the Purchased
 Assets; provided that no such assignment will relieve the Buyer of its
 obligations hereunder.

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          SECTION 13.05. Governing Law. Agreement shall be governed by and
 construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard
 to the conflicts of law rules of such state.

          SECTION 13.06. Jurisdiction. Except as otherwise expressly provided in
 this Agreement, the parties hereto agree that any suit, action or proceeding
 seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or
 in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may
 be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
 York or any other New York State court sitting in New York City, and each of
 the parties hereby consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the
 appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding
 and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection
 which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit
 action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or
 proceeding which is brought in any such court has been brought in an
 inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be
 served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the
 jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party
 agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 13.01 shall
 be deemed effective service of process on such party.

           SECTION 13.07. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO
 HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
 PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
 CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

          SECTION 13.08. Counterparts; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement
 may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
 original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were
 upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party
 hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party
 hereto. No provision of this Agreement is intended to confer upon any Person
 other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder.

          SECTION 13.09. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
 agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this
 Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and
 written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this
 Agreement.

          SECTION 13. 10. Bulk Sales Laws. The Buyer and the Sellers each hereby
 waive compliance by the Sellers with the provisions of the "bulk sales", "bulk
 transfer" or similar laws of any state. The Sellers jointly and severally agree
 to

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 indemnify and hold the Buyer harmless against any and all claims, losses,
 damages, liabilities, costs and expenses incurred by the Buyer or any of its I
 Affiliates as a result of any failure to comply with any such "bulk sales",
 "bulk transfer" or similar laws.

          SECTION 13.11. Captions. The captions herein are included for
 convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or
 interpretation hereof (N-N) 05726,'097,'AGT/niid.aLirpa.agtconform.wpd

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
 be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
 first above written.

                               COMCAST CORPORATION

                             By: /s/ Robert S. Pick
                                 Name: Robert S. Pick
                                 Title: Vice President

                             SOUTH CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT
                             COMPANY, LP

                             By: /s/ John C. Norcutt
                             Name: John C. Norcutt
                             Title.- General Partner

                             MID-ATLANTIC TELCOM PLUS, LLC

                             By: /s/ John C. Norcutt
                             Name: John C. Norcutt
                             Title: Business Manager

                             MID-ATLANTIC CONNECTICUT I
                                LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                             By:        /s/ John C. Norcutt
                             Name: John C. Norcutt
                             Title:   President,
                             Mid-Atlantic Connecticut, Inc.,
                             General Partner

 (NY) 05726/097/AGT/rni"Lapa.

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    MID-ATLANTIC CABLE OPERATING
       LIMITED PARTNERSHIP NO. 1 OF
       PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY

 By:        /s/ John C. Norcutt
       Name: John C. Norcutt
       Title: President,
 Mid-Atlantic Cable Service Co.,
                   General Partner

 MID-ATLANTIC CABLE OPERATING
 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP NO. 2
 OF PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY

 By:        /s/ John C. Norcutt
       Name: John C. Norcutt
       Title:  President,
               Mid-Atlantic Cable Service Co.,
               General Partner
               of the General Partner

 (NY) 05726/097/AGT/ntid.&Lapa.agLcmifomLwpd

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