EXHIBIT 3.8 OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, L.P. THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT This Third Amendment dated as of October 1, 1999 to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Olympus Communications, L.P. entered into as of February 28, 1995, by and among ACP Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("ACP Holdings"), as the managing general partner (the "Managing General Partner"), ACP Holdings, Inc., as a preferred limited partner (a "Preferred Limited Partner"), Cable GP, Inc. a Florida corporation ("Cable GP"), as the general partner (the "General Partner"), Cable GP, as the limited partner (the "Limited Partner"), Cable GP, as a senior limited partner (the "Senior Limited Partner"), Cable GP, as a special limited partner (a "Special Limited Partner") and Cable GP, as a preferred limited partner (a "Preferred Limited Partner" and together with the other Preferred Limited Partner, the "Preferred Limited Partners"). The Managing General Partner, the General Partner, the Limited Partner, the Special Limited Partner, the Preferred Limited Partners and the Senior Limited Partner shall collectively be referred to as the "Partners." WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the ACP Holdings, Cable GP and Cable LP III, Inc. entered into the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement as of February 28, 1995 which Partnership Agreement has been amended (the "Partnership Agreement") and agreed to be governed by the provisions of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and the Partnership Agreement; WHEREAS, the Partners desire to execute this Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement to reflect the amendment of certain provisions of the Partnership Agreement; and WHEREAS, each of the capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Partnership Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants herein and intending to be legally bound, the Partners agree as follows: 1. The Partnership Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new Section 12.12: Redemption of Partnership Interests. Notwithstanding the ----------------------------------- provisions of Section 17-702(d) of the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act, upon the Partnership's acquisition of an interest in the Partnership by purchase, redemption or otherwise, the Managing General Partner may determine that any such partnership interests will not be cancelled. 2. This Third Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of executed signature pages hereof by facsimile transmission shall constitute effective and binding execution and delivery hereof. -2- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement as of the date first above written. MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER: ACP HOLDINGS, INC. By: /s/ Michael C. Mulcahey ------------------------- Name: Michael C. Mulcahey Title: Assistant Treasurer GENERAL PARTNER: CABLE GP, INC. By: /s/ Dennis P. Coyle -------------------- Name: Dennis P. Coyle Title: President LIMITED PARTNER: CABLE GP, INC. By: /s/ Dennis P. Coyle -------------------- Name: Dennis P. Coyle Title: President PREFERRED LIMITED PARTNERS: ACP HOLDINGS, INC. By: /s/ Michael C. Mulcahey ------------------------- Name: Michael C. Mulcahey Title: Assistant Treasurer -3- CABLE GP, INC. By: /s/ Dennis P. Coyle -------------------- Name: Dennis P. Coyle Title: President SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNER: CABLE GP, INC. By: /s/ Dennis P. Coyle -------------------- Name: Dennis P. Coyle Title: President SENIOR LIMITED PARTNER: CABLE GP, INC. By: /s/ Dennis P. Coyle -------------------- Name: Dennis P. Coyle Title: President -4-