With Children and Technology, Moderation Is Key

Questions about kids’ screen time and digital privacy are not going away, and parents, advocacy groups and the government are grappling with how to respond.

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Facilities-Based IoT Could Reduce Maintenance Costs, Resident Frustrations

Facilities-based IoT can boost a multifamily building owner’s net operating income and give building management and maintenance staff insight into how HVAC, security and alarms run across a property via a cloud-based connection.

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Another One for Your Personal Playlist

Multifamily broadband providers should consider offering music streaming services as a way to avoid the commoditization trap.

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Video Streaming Services and Podcasts Continue Rapid Growth

Consumers’ desire for on-demand content drives migration away from traditional linear TV.

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Does Poor Broadband Deter Telemedicine Adoption?

A new study finds that inadequate broadband may be a major reason for low adoption of telemedicine. Other experts argue that even slow broadband can help build rural health care capacity.

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Telehealth Promises to Transform U.S. Health Care

Abundant, inexpensive bandwidth could boost health care efficiency, efficacy and capacity – but only if a number of barriers are overcome.

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Smart Communities Offer Convenience and Affordability for All

Though there are still challenges to implementation, smart technology – from thermostats to lighting – stands to benefit everyone.

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CE Week Exhibits Digital Lifestyle Products

This year’s show featured advanced aerial cameras, multifunctional TVs and even high-tech cookware.

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Luxury Residents ‘Blanketed’ in Wi-Fi, IoT Apps: Ten Thousand, Beverly Hills, California

By blanketing its Ten Thousand property with Wi-Fi,  Crescent Heights is easing how its Beverly Hills residents interact with technology. Our thanks to Diego Salas, CTO of Bel Air Internet and Brian Locks of Crescent Heights for helping gather information for this profile.

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Educational Technology Assumes Robust Broadband

What homework gap? Educational technology vendors now assume all schools and students have plenty of broadband available. Maybe the assumption will prove to be self-fulfilling.

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Millennials Love Home Automation: 985 High at The Castle Columbus, Ohio

To deliver a seamless internet experience, 985 High at The Castle capitalized on the opportunity to provide buildingwide Wi-Fi and home automation. Our thanks to Kaileigh Steiner, director of marketing and community engagement for BORROR, and John Casadonte, senior product marketing manager for American Tower, for helping gather information for this profile.

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Teenagers in the Online World

Depression and anxiety are major problems for teenage social media users.

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Broadband for Rural Businesses

Rural providers are taking aim at rural businesses with fiber and DOCSIS 3.1–based broadband services. But providers must educate this segment about using these new services to become more viable in the online world.

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Telehealth and Community Broadband Take on Substance Abuse

Recovering addicts require intensive support from trained specialists and peer groups. Telehealth is one of the best ways – and sometimes the only practical way – to deliver that support.

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The Digital Experience of the Future

A forward look at live sports streaming

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Technology and Senior Housing

As boomers transition to senior housing, keeping up with technology needs is crucial.

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Stay Tuned for Smart Home Updates

Smart home technology is a hot new trend. How does a provider know which vendor to pick – or whether a DIY approach would make more sense?

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Smart Planning for Smart Cities

Before adopting smart-city technologies, communities should make sure they have processes in place to ensure the success of their projects. American Planning Association research identifies best practices in this emerging field.

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We Were on a Break!

Cord-cutters are starting to boomerang back to traditional pay TV after finding that over-the-top services are no less expensive.

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Parents’ Fears About Screen Usage

Parents and children watch the same screens but have different reactions.

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Telehealth and the Digital Divide

Telehealth holds the promise of reducing health care costs and improving health outcomes. However, inadequate broadband in both rural and urban areas prevents telehealth services from reaching those who most need them.

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Telehealth Initiatives Show Promise

Telehealth is beginning to prove its worth as a means of delivering better health care at lower cost. Better broadband is needed to make the promise of telehealth a reality.

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Smarter, Safer Cities Need Fiber

The internet of things promises to streamline municipal functions. Key to the success of any smart-city initiative is a robust fiber backbone.

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Smart Security In Multifamily Buildings

Property owners can benefit by including smart home security offerings as standard features in apartments.

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Video and Violence

Villanova and Rutgers universities share new research on a hot-button subject.

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New Gadgets for the Digital Lifestyle

The consumer tech industry celebrated its mid-summer product launches at CE Week. Our reporter checked out all the new gadgets so you don’t have to.

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Children’s Videos: Not Just Kid Stuff

Digital culture embraces movies, TV, games, music, virtual reality and online viral hits. The blurring of the lines, the proliferating remixes and the cross-platform references don’t faze today’s digital-native kids.

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Putting the Gigs to Work

Highlights of the 2018 Broadband Communities Summit held in May in Austin, Texas

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New Education Initiatives Drive Fiber Demand

SXSW EDU 2018 made clear that as education technology advances, the demand for fast, reliable broadband will continue to grow.

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Get Ready For Generation Z

This column introduced the Generation Z audience in last year’s May-June issue. New research sheds more light on the first “native internet” generation.

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The Middle Ground for Video

In March, 36 local elected officials from Next Century Cities member communities sent the following letter to the FCC in defense of local decision-making for 5G investments, small-cell deployment and the use of public rights-of-way.

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Artificial Intelligence Changes the World

In this issue, the New World of Video column takes a break from video to address a trend that will soon affect all aspects of life – including video services.

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Breaking Up Is Easy to Do

Living without pay TV isn’t as hard as it sounds. All it takes is great internet access.

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A Busy Year Ahead for Broadband

There’s much to look forward to – more fiber to the home, more deep fiber, more wireless, smarter homes and buildings.

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Health Care Hubs: The Future Of Telemedicine and Broadband

Health care and broadband stakeholders collaborate to improve and expand telemedicine.

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Building Fiber to Schools

Here’s a good-news story: The drive to provide high-quality internet service to U.S. schools has made tremendous progress, and the goal of universal connectivity is within sight.

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Too Many TV Choices?

Viewers develop strategies for sorting through streaming, SVoD, cable and other video platforms to find shows to watch.

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Disney/ESPN’s Risky Streaming Strategy

Has Disney traded the cable TV model for a handful of magic beans?

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Smart Cities and Broadband

Lessons from the Smart Cities Connect Conference / US Ignite Applications Summit

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The Internet of Things Is Here

Property owners should secure their buildings’ smart technology.

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Consumers Seek TV Alternatives, Part 2: Can Cable Compete With Tech Giants?

Cable providers need better ways to appeal to viewers who have new viewing habits – and better ways to measure viewer engagement.

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Consumers Seek TV Alternatives

As video streaming services become more sophisticated and add original content, they compete ever more effectively with traditional pay TV. What strategies can cable operators use to keep their customers?

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Education Initiatives Drive Fiber Demand

Speakers and exhibitors at the 2017 SXSWedu conference – junior sibling of Austin’s giant SXSW – showed why students’ demand for bandwidth will continue to rise.

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Gen Z Takes Over the Video Buzz

The newest generation isn’t easily impressed. What can broadband providers do to win over these skeptics?

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New Year, More Fiber

Exciting new technologies are coming your way, and they all require lots more fiber.

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Broadband Forecasts for 2017

What’s ahead for the broadband industry in 2017? Growth – and preparation for more growth.

 

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