High Speed Internet: The New Amenity
Fiber optics and high speed Internet are becoming as fundamental as plumbing in new developments. Some developers envision a future as telecom providers.
"...Residential developers across the country are... getting into the telecommunications business, pre-wiring whole neighborhoods with their own fiber-optic cable networks capable of high-tech video, voice and data services.
...Developers, particularly those with larger planned developments, are seeing installed fiber-optic networks as an amenity that home buyers now and in the future will demand.
We are the developer, we are the builder and we are the communications company...' "
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