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THE GROVE WACO, TEXAS By Steven S. Ross ■ Broadband Communities Broadband Communities looks this month at The Grove Waco, a Campus Crest student community serving Baylor University students. The garden-style complex serves as the testbed for Pavlov Media's new 100 Mbps-to-the-bed Tes- seractiv service. Our thanks to Mark Scifres and Christopher Hunt at Pavlov Media and to Emily Rend and John Griffiths at Campus Crest for help in preparing this feature. T he student housing market is a tough taskmaster – so tough, in fact, that major broadband pro- viders often shun it. Te biggest issue: Students demand fast access and low la- tency for video and online gaming while pushing the limits of operator tolerance with rough treatment of equipment and casual attitudes toward actually paying up. An added complication: Student use patterns and service needs often peak at odd hours. Tis leaves a challenging market niche for creative innovators who have learned to combine students' needs for blazingly fast access speeds with the constraints of prepaid bulk service. Te Tesseractiv store-and-forward solution, in combination with fiber to the build- ing, offers terrific bandwidth at reason- able cost. Campus Crest Communities Inc. is a leading developer, builder, owner and manager of high-quality, resident life–focused student housing proper- ties located close to college campuses in targeted U.S. markets. It owns interests in 39 operating student housing proper- ties and has three more in construction. A self-managed, self-administered and vertically integrated real estate invest- ment trust, the company operates all its properties under Te Grove brand. Te Grove Waco is a Campus Crest property that has served Baylor Uni- versity students in Waco, Texas, since 2008. Tis garden-style complex with 10 residential buildings houses 504 stu- dents in 192 two- and three-bedroom apartments. Each resident has a private master suite with a walk-in closet. Te apart- ments come furnished, and each in- cludes a full kitchen, washer and dryer. Residents sign individual leases that in- clude utilities, cable and Internet in one monthly payment. As a part of Campus Crest's ongo- ing commitment to revolutionize stu- dent living coast to coast, it decided to partner with Pavlov Media on its Tes- seractiv platform as a way to provide its residents with market-leading Internet performance. Tough Te Grove Waco already had an active Ethernet fiber-to- the-building system in place when Pav- lov Media was contacted, residents now enjoy significantly improved streaming video content, university coursework and entertainment services. "We are always looking for new, cost- effective ways to drive value and quality About the Author Corporate Editor Steve Ross can be reached at steve@bbcmag.com. 20 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | OCTOBER 2012