Urban Land Magazine – The Latest Real Estate Amenity: 1-G Internet Service

Urban Land IULMA2017_cover-245x300nstitute (ULI) Council Member and TBG President, Tom Reiman, discusses the importance of Gigabit in modern communities.

“This is an overnight revolution, a giant leap forward,” says Tom Reiman, president of the network planning and consulting firm The Broadband Group and a member of ULI’s Community Development Council (Gold Flight). “For real estate, technology can become part of the culture of community development, and normally it has not been.”

So the gig is generating buzz. It is the cool new thing-the latest “gotta have it” technology. Cities large and small are trying to boost their appeal with it. Real estate developers are making some project location decisions based on it. And managers of some commercial properties are adding it to improve retention rates.

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Huntsville Utilities Turned Over the First 4,000 Residential Home Passings for Google Fiber

In March 2017, under the direct construction management of TBG Network Services, Huntsville Utilities (HU) turned over the first 4,000 residential home passings for Google Fiber.  This represents the first…

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The New Brambleton Library of the Future

TBG client, Brambleton, announces Library of the Future in Loudoun County, VA.

The official ground breaking Library Ground Breakingfor the Brambleton Library took place on Friday, February 24, 2017. This state-of-the-art building will be home to Loudon’s newest library enabled by next generation technologies. The Brambleton Library will be located on the 1st and 2nd levels with a shared entrance leading from the parking garage. Bill Fox, Chief Operating Officer for Brambleton, commented,

“We wanted to make this commitment to the county and the community; I want to make it very special and the most advanced library in the country.”

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SpringNet / City Utilities Engages The Broadband Group to Develop Fiber Network Master Plan

The Broadband Group (TBG) has been engaged by SpringNet/City Utilities (Springfield, MO) to develop a Fiber Network Master Plan initiative which addresses market research, engineering and design assessment, financial modeling,…

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