Broadband Communities

MAY-JUN 2012

BROADBAND COMMUNITIES is the leading source of information on digital and broadband technologies for buildings and communities. Our editorial aims to accelerate the deployment of Fiber-To-The-Home and Fiber-To-The-Premises.

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6UZe`c|d ?`eV EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Scott DeGarmo PUBLISHER Nancy McCain nancym@bbcmag.com CORPORATE EDITOR, BBP LLC Steven S. Ross steve@bbcmag.com EDITOR Masha Zager masha@bbcmag.com ADVERTISING SALES Irene G. Prescott irene@bbcmag.com MARKETING SPECIALIST Meredith Terrall meredith@bbcmag.com DESIGN & PRODUCTION Karry Thomas CONTRIBUTORS Joe Bousquin David Daugherty, Korcett Holdings Inc. Richard Holtz, InfiniSys W. James MacNaughton, Esq. Henry Pye, RealPage Bryan Rader, Bandwidth Consulting LLC Robert L. Vogelsang, Broadband Communities Magazine BROADBAND PROPERTIES LLC PRESIDENT & CEO Scott DeGarmo SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Himi Kittner VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS & OPERATIONS Nancy McCain AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT/DIGITAL STRATEGIES Norman E. Dolph CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Robert L. Vogelsang VICE CHAIRMAN The Hon. Hilda Gay Legg BUSINESS & EDITORIAL OFFICE BROADBAND PROPERTIES LLC 1909 Avenue G Rosenberg, Tx 77471 281.342.9655, Fax 281.342.1158 Www.broadbandcommunities.com W hen FTTH was first deployed, it was sold as "future proof." Tat's still true. However, the last decade showed that fiber's greatest ad- vantage for subscribers is offering broad- band without limits. FTTH lets users do what they need and want to do. With other broadband technologies, service can be slow, congested or unreliable; when speeds are upgraded, usage is then capped or throttled. Broadband should flow like water, users say, but that abundance is possible only with FTTH. Tat's why al- most no one ever gives up FTTH service. Te benefits of FTTH for communi- ties go beyond the benefits to individu- als. Fiber broadband makes communities more attractive places to live and work. It adds to the value of homes and com- mercial properties, and it enables mu- nicipalities to improve public services. By increasing competition, it can push down prices for other types of broadband and save money even for those who do not subscribe to fiber. About one in six U.S. households Broadband Communities (ISSN 0745-8711) (USPS 679- 050) (Publication Mail Agreement #1271091) is published 7 times a year at a rate of $24 per year by Broadband Properties LLC, 1909 Avenue G, Rosenberg, TX 77471. Periodical post- age paid at Rosenberg, TX, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to Broadband Communities, PO Box 303, Congers, NY 10920-9852. CANADA POST: Publications Mail Agreement #40612608. Canada Returns to be sent to Bleuchip International, PO Box 25542, London, ON N6C 6B2. Copyright © 2012 Broadband Properties LLC. All rights reserved. can now subscribe to fiber-to-the-home services. About one in 14 households ac- tually subscribes. (For all the details, see the FTTH Industry Report in this issue.) Considering that the industry started at essentially zero a decade ago, that's an amazingly rapid development – and a very significant one. Tis issue of Broadband Communi- ties includes stories about fiber broadband projects in out-of-the-way places. Te au- 2 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | MAY/JUNE 2012 thors document innovations, successes, challenges and lessons learned. Nearly every one of these projects arose from a perception of being left behind and a recognition that FTTH was a key – not the only key, but a necessary one – to im- proving a community's competitiveness and quality of life. Nearly all the projects that have been around long enough to show results have shown results. TELL YOUR STORY Here's an invitation to all fiber communi- ties: If your community is seeing results from FTTH, please let us know about it. Is FTTH bringing new businesses into your town? Is it enabling young peo- ple to stay closer to friends and family? Is it improving the quality of education or health care? Send us links to local press reports that we can include in the "Com- munity Benefits" section of the FTTH database at www.fiberville.com. Write an article for this magazine, or send us information we can use to write an ar- ticle. Or volunteer to host one of our new Towns and Technologies economic de- velopment conferences – the first one will be in Danville, Va., in November. Let us help you tell your community's story, and other communities that are just starting to learn about fiber will also benefit. An Invitation To Fiber-to-the-Home Communities Has fiber broadband helped your community? Broadband Communities invites you to share your story with other communities embarking on the journey to FTTH. masha@bbcmag.com.

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