1062365--3/31/2006--RENAISSANCE_MEDIA_GROUP

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Risks Related to Significant Indebtedness of Us and Our Parent Companies The indenture governing our notes contains a number of significant covenants that could adversely impact our ability to operate our business. We may not generate sufficient cash flow or have access to additional external liquidity sources to fund our capital expenditures, ongoing operations and debt obligations. Our parent companies have a significant amount of existing debt and may incur significant additional debt, including secured debt, in the future, which could adversely affect our financial health and our ability to react to changes in our business. We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to fulfill our obligations under our indebtedness following a change of control, which would place us in default under the applicable debt instruments. Risks Related to Our Business We operate in a very competitive business environment, which affects our ability to attract and retain customers and can adversely affect our business and operations. We have lost a significant number of video customers to direct broadcast satellite competition and further loss of video customers could have a material negative impact on our business. We have a history of net losses and expect to continue to experience net losses. Consequently, we may not have the ability to finance future operations. We may not have the ability to pass our increasing programming costs on to our customers, which would adversely affect our cash flow and operating margins. If our required capital expenditures exceed our projections, we may not have sufficient funding, which could adversely affect our growth, financial condition and results of operations. Our inability to respond to technological developments and meet customer demand for new products and services could limit our ability to compete effectively. Malicious and abusive Internet practices could impair our high-speed Internet services As a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we can not assure you when our displaced customers will return or when our revenues will increase to pre-hurricane levels. Risks Related to Regulatory and Legislative Matters Our business is subject to extensive governmental legislation and regulation, which could adversely affect our business. Our cable systems are operated under franchises that are subject to non-renewal or termination. The failure to renew a franchise in one or more key markets could adversely affect our business. Our cable systems are operated under franchises that are non-exclusive. Accordingly, local franchising authorities can grant additional franchises and create competition in market areas where none existed previously, resulting in overbuilds, which could adversely affect results of operations. Local franchise authorities have the ability to impose additional regulatory constraints on our business, which could further increase our expenses. Further regulation of the cable industry could cause us to delay or cancel service or programming enhancements or impair our ability to raise rates to cover our increasing costs, resulting in increased losses. Actions by pole owners might subject us to significantly increased pole attachment costs. We may be required to provide access to our networks to other Internet service providers, which could significantly increase our competition and adversely affect our ability to provide new products and services. Changes in channel carriage regulations could impose significant additional costs on us.

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