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It's not just video and gaming. Students want all the video they've always had, but campuses are
putting more courses totally or partially online. Even the typical student in campus housing now takes
one or two courses that way . . . and when teaching still takes place in the classroom, students need
ways to study efciently. You could be integrating with Netfix, the campus network, and often your
state's educational network.
Students and recent grads are not the only ones who use technology in their daily lives, either. What
technologies and services are being deployed in the senior housing space , and how might they be
enriching the lives of the aging boomer generation?
Owners already spend over $20 billion a year on networked fre control
systems, energy management, security and other access control. Some
of that can be done in the cloud now. That helps justify the cost of a
fber build. At the Summit, you'll learn how to calculate the benefts and
choose the right technologies for your building's demographics, location and
construction type.
And we'll take a special look at Internet-only service providers in the MDU
space. What are they doing to diferentiate themselves from the telcos
and MSOs? Is high bandwidth bulk
service their only play, or are they being creative in fguring out
how to approach the subscriber model?
FINANCING NETWORK BUILDS:
The past year has brought enormous changes in the dynamics
of fnancing new networks. Interest rates are down a bit, revenue
potential – from the services you sell – are up. At the Summit
you'll get the latest on that, and so much more:
• NEW fnancial instruments for municipal builds including
little-used, tax-favored public funding tools that can work
where conventional revenue bonds can't do the job.
• NEW sources of fnancing for small telcos and private cable
operators.
Students are
taking more
courses online.
Is your network
ready?
The famous 6th Street in downtown Austin.
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