Comments on: Please Google, Bring Fiber to Charlottesville http://www.realcentralva.com/2010/02/10/please-google-bring-fiber-to-charlottesville/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jim http://www.realcentralva.com/2010/02/10/please-google-bring-fiber-to-charlottesville/#comment-29491 Jim Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:09:16 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2010/02/10/please-google-bring-fiber-to-charlottesville/#comment-29491 David - Thank you for the comment. I consistently tell buyer clients (and anyone who will listen) about Bundoran Farm's having fiber. When I talk to buyers relocating to the Charlottesville area, one of their first three questions is usually about our broadband coverage. Further, when I <a href="http://www.firstwednesdays.org/companies/ordertopia/#comment-718" rel="nofollow">read this comment today</a>, <blockquote>The other great thing about orderTopia is the opportunity it’s given us to meet more of the Charlottesville tech community. Charlottesville has a ton of tech talent, and orderTopia has enabled us to work with some very smart folks, as well as make some great friendships. We’ve been very lucky to be building orderTopia in a place like Charlottesville that has such a great tech and startup scene.</blockquote> it highlighted two things for me - 1 - CharlAlbemarle should have the technical infrastructure to support our growing tech community. 2 - This would be a perfect opportunity for Charlottesville and Albemarle governments to cooperate. David -

Thank you for the comment. I consistently tell buyer clients (and anyone who will listen) about Bundoran Farm’s having fiber. When I talk to buyers relocating to the Charlottesville area, one of their first three questions is usually about our broadband coverage.

Further, when I read this comment today,

The other great thing about orderTopia is the opportunity it’s given us to meet more of the Charlottesville tech community. Charlottesville has a ton of tech talent, and orderTopia has enabled us to work with some very smart folks, as well as make some great friendships. We’ve been very lucky to be building orderTopia in a place like Charlottesville that has such a great tech and startup scene.

it highlighted two things for me –

1 – CharlAlbemarle should have the technical infrastructure to support our growing tech community.

2 – This would be a perfect opportunity for Charlottesville and Albemarle governments to cooperate.

]]> By: David Hamilton http://www.realcentralva.com/2010/02/10/please-google-bring-fiber-to-charlottesville/#comment-29490 David Hamilton Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:01:01 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2010/02/10/please-google-bring-fiber-to-charlottesville/#comment-29490 Jim, I hope Google hears your plea. In the meantime, a couple of communities have made the investment to bring in Fiber-to-the-Home. In our case, out at Bundoran Farm, the degree of difficulty was substantial. Even going it on our own, we depend utterly on incumbent providers to connect our state-of-the-art network to the rest of the world's infrastructure. Unfortunately, the real estate market has lagged in recognizing the value of these infrastructural connections (which are now quantifiable), and a lot of people purchase homes, only to find after closing thay they can't get the data connections they need, at any price. Real estate professionals need to understand this, and educate buyers on the value of fiber, not just now, but for the way we'll live our lives in 5-10 years. Jim,
I hope Google hears your plea. In the meantime, a couple of communities have made the investment to bring in Fiber-to-the-Home. In our case, out at Bundoran Farm, the degree of difficulty was substantial. Even going it on our own, we depend utterly on incumbent providers to connect our state-of-the-art network to the rest of the world’s infrastructure. Unfortunately, the real estate market has lagged in recognizing the value of these infrastructural connections (which are now quantifiable), and a lot of people purchase homes, only to find after closing thay they can’t get the data connections they need, at any price. Real estate professionals need to understand this, and educate buyers on the value of fiber, not just now, but for the way we’ll live our lives in 5-10 years.

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