In the world of real estate development, master-planned communities have long been known as places where one finds “the good life,” including amenities such as golf courses, community swimming pools, parkland and tennis courts. While those features continue to be popular, developers are discovering that many prospective buyers are now craving a new type of amenity – and that is fibre connectivity.

Although from an American perspective, this is an interesting article on how FTTH has quickly become an amenity homebuyers are seeking out in communities across the nation.

In maintaining the Australian Fibre Optic Communities database, I have been finding people are having a greater interest in what is available and the locations of these communities. The hits on http://ozftth.blogspot.com/2008/02/australian-ftth-communities-map.html are growing daily, and it now the most popular page of this blog.