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.

1 minute read

October 27, 2004, 1:00 PM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"...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...' "

Thanks to Housing Zone newsletter

Read the full story: Wired for future profit

Sunday, October 17, 2004 in Housing Zone

Technology California

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching. Mary G., Urban and Environmental Planner

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching.

Mary G., Urban and Environmental Planner

Get top-rated, practical training for planners

Start Learning

Advertise with us

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.