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DEPARTMENTS Editor's Note . . . . . . . 8 Bandwidth Hawk . . . 12 MarketPlace Ads . . . . 83 IN THIS ISSUE Provider Perspective Searching for a Great New Idea | 14 By Bryan J. Rader ■ Bandwidth Consulting LLC For some good ideas about marketing new broadband services to consumers, "Just Google it." Metrics Residents' Frequency | 16 By David Daugherty ■ Korcett Holdings Inc. Social media and the growing importance of broadband make proactive customer service more important than ever. Why We Need More Fiber Helping Researchers Grapple With Big Data | 18 By Joan Engebretson ■ Broadband Communities Chattanooga's GigTank winner, Banyan, is developing a tool that lets researchers collaborate effectively. Te software depends on ultra-high-speed, reliable networks. Property of the Month The Grove, Waco, Texas | 20 By Steven S. Ross ■ Broadband Communities Tis garden-style student housing complex serves as the testbed for Pavlov Media's new 100 Mbps-to-the-bed Tesseractiv service. MDU Technology Reducing the Cost of MDU Fiber Deployment | 24 By Brian Schrand ■ Clearfield Inc. Labor accounts for 70 percent of the cost of building a fiber network. To reduce labor cost, use products that are easy to install. Overcoming Barriers To FTTH Deployment in MDUs | 28 By Linnea Wilkes ■ 3M Communication Markets Division Cost, disruption and aesthetics all concern property owners who want to install fiber – but new technologies have been developed to address these concerns. Quality of Service Is the Only Metric | 32 By Leon Hubby ■ Te Mesh Networks Whatever bandwidth is available to a building, MDU users have to share it. Here's an approach to allocating bandwidth that won't alienate good customers. Bandwidth Demand in Student Housing | 34 By Andrew Marshall ■ Campus Technologies Inc. Property owners need to examine their infrastructure and their contracts to make sure they can stay ahead of the bandwidth curve. Visit www.bbcmag.com for up-to-the-minute news of broadband trends, technologies and deployments. Follow BROADBAND COMMUNITIES on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ bbcmag for alerts about breaking news items. Table of Contents COVER STORY Advertiser Index . . . . 84 Calendar . . . . . . . . . 84 Top 100 MDU Technology Providers | 40 For property owners looking to create technology amenities that attract and retain residents, this first-ever listing of MDU technology providers offers a wealth of resources. 2012 Summit Coverage Local Management of Public Rights-of-Way | 65 By Carl E. Kandutsch, Stephen Mayo, Kate McMahon and Tom Garrison How municipal officials can ensure that their communities will have cutting-edge broadband infrastructure in the years to come. Community Broadband O Canada, Land of Community Broadband? | 69 By Craig Settles ■ Gigabit Nation A community broadband network – one of only a few in Canada – launches fiber services after a 10-year effort. Lessons From the Field UC2B Rolls Out Fiber | 72 A photo gallery of the Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband deployment in progress. Technology Fiber and the Flexible Wireless Network | 78 By Masha Zager ■ Broadband Communities Fiber is becoming increasingly important in cellular networks, not just for backhaul bandwidth but for deployment flexibility. Broadband Apps: Cloud Storage Store and Access Content From Anywhere | 80 By Pirkka Palomäki ■ F-Secure By offering cloud storage as a service, telecom providers can help consumers access their data from any device while keeping it safe and private. ABOUT THE COVER BBC sees bright days ahead for broadband in multifamily properties. 10 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | OCTOBER 2012