Broadband Communities

2014 Summit Special Preview

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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12 ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS: 3 What should you look for in a service provider? How should you decide among diferent service ofers and technologies? 3 Do you "do it yourself," perhaps in cooperation with a local provider? 3 How will the latest court rulings on FCC Broadband regulations afect your business? 3 What about Google spending more than $3 billion for a maker of smart thermostats? 3 Most importantly, new broadband services are exciting, but how do you monetize them – and get revenue from users and others to help pay for what you need to do? At the Summit , you'll get up-to-date: NEW services to sell . . . NEW opportunities for promoting your building's ultra-broadband to young renters . . . NEW regulations . . . NEW legal issues, and a NEW look at fnancing broadband for your MDU communities. Aside from the all-new MDU track , the Summit features in-depth workshops on fnancing MDU builds, including free access to Broadband Communities' proven fnancial models. Broadband technology pioneer Richard Holtz will lead a workshop on appropriate technologies for any owner's situation. We'll also be presenting important new survey research – the largest such study ever, commissioned by Broadband Communities – on attitudes of building owners and managers about fber. Plus, we've also commissioned a parallel MDU residents study. MDUs now need extra upstream bandwidth because cellular providers are selling phones and tablets that automatically latch on to residents' Wi-Fi signals. And separate Wi-Fi systems interfere with each other, degrading the quality of voice calls. You'll hear about solutions ranging from Wi-Fi hotspots tied into the building's backbone network, to distributed antennas, relays, micro-cells, signal boosters and more – and which technology is right for your situation, and what you might be able to charge cellular providers. Building owners and managers: MAKING THE CASE FOR FIBER The MDU market is hot, but the technology and the needs have changed a lot since the start of the recession. The triple play? That's old-school in an age of low-margin conventional video. Find out what MDU managers and residents think about ultra-fast broadband. GigafyAmerica.com BBC_SummitPromo_Feb14.indd 12 2/12/14 5:26 PM

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