McCaffery Interests’ Chicago Lakeside Development

Representing McCaffery Interests and Chicago Lakeside Development, the largest urban redevelopment in the United States, TBG advises on infrastructure planning and key strategic partnerships. "Located on Chicago's southern lakefront on…

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Huntsville Utilities Explores Feasibility of Offering Super-Fast Internet

HU-frontHuntsville Utilities (Alabama), has received City Council approval to engage TBG in conducting a Feasibility Study and Implementation Plan.  TBG will define requirements related to expanding the scale of existing infrastructure, supporting a fully integrated Broadband Network, and serving public facilities and Community Anchor Institutions.  In addition to Infrastructure and Process review, TBG will conduct city-wide Market research, inclusive of an Institutional Market Study and Take Rate Regression Analysis.

“Huntsville Utilities’ interest in possibly creating a high-speed, fiber-optic Internet network just got a little more serious.  At its meeting Thursday night, the City Council gave the utility permission to hire a Las Vegas-based consultant, The Broadband Group, to study the feasibility of getting into the ultra-fast Internet business.  Spokesman Joe Gehrdes said Huntsville Utilities currently has a small fiber-optic network for its own data needs.”

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MDG and Bright House Networks Build ULTRAFi Communities

TBG client, Metro Development Group, and Bright House Networks announce Florida’s first gigabit community and ULTRAFi network.

“MDG, which has been involved in 70 residential and commercial projects over the last decade, was preparing to develop six new master-planned communities in the Tampa area with a total capacity of about 30,000 homes.”

“With MDG executives on board, The Broadband Group designed a technology plan that would set the new communities apart from others being built in the region.  Tom Reiman, President of The Broadband Group notes, ‘The leadership of Metro understood the significance of a comprehensive technology master plan to define the requirements we need to place in front of potential broadband partners.'”

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Bright House to Build Ultrafast Broadband Network for Metro Development Group Communities

TBG client, Metro Development Group, and Bright House Networks announce Florida's first gigabit community and ULTRAFi network. TBG continues to advise Metro Development Group in creating Broadband Connected Communities throughout…

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Multichannel News: “Bright House Beats Verizon Fiber for Gig”

TBG client, Metro Development Group, and Bright House Networks announce Florida’s first gigabit community and ULTRAFi network.

From Multichannel News – March 17, 2014

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“The amenity package [for new housing developments] used to be a golf course; now it’s connectivity.  We only have one chance to build a new community … I looked at who was in the market and who was motivated. Bright House got it,” Tom Reiman, president of The Broadband Group, the firm that advised MDG on the overall plan, explained.

“All homes in these new ‘UltraFi’ communities will be pre-wired and include home automation and security services and feature access to 1-Gig-capable WiFi networks on nearby trails, clubhouses and playgrounds.

And expect next-gen video services to play a role. ‘We have a timeline and roadmap to get to full IP video,’  Reiman said.”

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