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Forums | Building Materials and Methods | Networked Communities? |
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masay | Posted - 20 December 2002 10:48    My company is currently developing an interactive phone. The phone incorporates all of the features of a standard phone (Call waiting, voice mail, etc.) with the Internet (including e-mail, web access (dial-up or network-based) and, in the near future, fax). We are looking at the real estate development market as a possible niche for the phone. In the past few months, it has been made known to us that a trend (how pronounced, we still don't know) is starting within the real estate development market for "smart" communities, i.e., master-planned communities or multifamily REITs tied together by a network (Ethernet at present, though HomePNA will likely alter this to some extent). Just wondering how much of this anyone has seen. I would also appreciate very much any insight anyone can give into this trend for high-tech housing communities (be they master-planned communities, multifamily REITs, or whatever). A trend that will last? Or is it simply a small phenomenon that will quickly fade? Matt |
kscherf1 | Posted - 25 March 1999 18:4 Parks Associates is a Dallas-based company that researches emerging technologies for the home. We have recently completed a report titled "The Community Intranet" that details "wired" communities across the US. Our analyst, Brian Canny, is the researcher behind this project. Please call 972-490-1113 for more information |