Bonita Bay Properties, Sprint Announce Exclusive Telecommunications Agreement.BONITA Bonita (Spanish and Portuguese for "beautiful") is the name of:
With Sprint's High-Tech Communications Network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. , The Brooks Will Set a New Area Standard in Community-Wide Telecommunications Network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. Sprint today announced an exclusive agreement with Bonita Bay Properties, Inc., to offer total communications services to all homes within The Brooks, the newest master-planned community by Bonita Bay Properties. The company initiated sales for the new development in January. Over the next 10 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time company plans to develop 5,200 homes on the nearly 2,500-acre site in southwest Florida Southwest Florida is a region of Florida located along its gulf coast, south of the Tampa Bay area, west of Lake Okeechobee and mostly north of the Everglades. It consists of five coastal counties from Manatee County south to Collier County, although it sometimes is considered to . The agreement is one of the first of its kind to bring together a residential developer and a telecommunications company See telecom company. to provide leading-edge, high-speed data and voice services to homes, as well as offering residents a single point of contact for all their telecommunications needs. Utilizing fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC (Fiber To The Curb) The installation of optical fiber to within several hundred feet of the home or office. At that point, the optics are converted into electronics for delivery into the premises, typically using DSL. ) technology, Sprint will provide state-of-the-art technology to The Brooks' residents. Sprint's new high-speed network will enable data speeds up to 35 times faster than conventional modems. Internet files that normally take as long as an hour to download will take as little as two minutes with Sprint's high-speed data service. "This agreement distinguishes Sprint as The Brooks' communications provider of choice," said Bob Thompson, president of the Consumer and Small Business Markets organization for Sprint's Local Telecommunications Division. "It's a unique opportunity to demonstrate Sprint's portfolio of advanced technology and services in a community that promises to set a new standard for real estate development in the area." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. John Gleeson John William Gleeson (born March 14 1938 in Kyogle, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests from 1967 to 1972. Early years Gleeson grew up in the country town of Tamworth. , vice president of Bonita Bay Properties, Inc. and general manager of The Brooks, this technology will not only provide The Brooks' residents with high-speed access to the Internet, it also will connect them to the community via a Brooks website, which will be managed by Bonita Bay Properties, Inc. "The Brooks website will give residents an opportunity to find out about upcoming activities and events, schedule tee times or simply socialize so·cial·ize v. so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing, so·cial·iz·es v.tr. 1. To place under government or group ownership or control. 2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable. through community chat rooms or bulletin boards," Gleeson said. "Sprint's technology will help to define The Brooks as a community leading the way into the 21st century." Under terms of the agreement, in addition to high-speed data and Internet access See how to access the Internet. , Sprint will offer Brooks' residents a complete line of telecommunications products, including products such as video phones, interactive screenphones and a full range of telecommuter A person who telecommutes. See telecommuting. support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . Potential homebuyers will be able to view Sprint's state-of-the-art telecommunications products and services during their home buying process. "This arrangement makes it simple and hassle-free for residents to sign up for telecommunications services and choose communications equipment as they're building their homes, much in the same way they pick out carpet and interior fixtures," Gleeson said. In addition to the high-speed data and Web access, Sprint and Bonita Bay are developing plans for a computer learning center and videoconference facility in the Community Enrichment Center at The Commons in The Brooks. Bonita Bay Properties has long been recognized as an industry leader in environmentally responsible development. That reputation will continue with The Brooks. More than half of the nearly 2,500 community acres will remain open space with 416 acres of undeveloped forest and freshwater wetlands and 878 acres set aside for recreation, open areas, buffers and lakes. Now, in addition to its reputation for environmentally responsible development, Bonita Bay Properties moves ahead again, this time setting the pace for one-stop advanced telecommunications services for its master-planned community, offering residents a complete menu of state-of-the-art telecommunications products and services. The Brooks will be developed in two five-year phases. Phase I began in October 1997 and Phase II will commence in 2003. Sprint will begin configuring its telecommunications network to provide high-speed data services for The Brooks within the next quarter. Bonita Bay Properties, Inc. is a diversified real estate company involved in the planning, development and sales of environmentally sensitive master-planned communities and commercial development in Southwest Florida. Sprint is a global telecommunications company - at the forefront in integrating long distance, local and wireless communications services and one of the world's largest carriers of Internet traffic. Sprint built and operates the United States' only nationwide all-digital, fiber optic network and is the leader in advanced data communication services. Sprint has $15 billion in annual revenues and serves more than 16 million business and residential customers.
CONTACT: Sprint
Brian Craven, 407/889-6807
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Bonita Bay
Rick Cline, 941/495-1000
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