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5G Network for MDUs

After years of hype, all four wireless carriers have begun the 5G roll out. The availability of a nationwide 5G network is still a long way out and currently only a handful of metropolitan areas are being tested by the service providers before 5G is fully rolled out. The 5G network will be potentially faster but there are still several unknowns as far as MDUs (multi dwelling units) are concerned.

Some have suggested that once 5G is fully deployed, apartment residents will no longer need a “wired solution” for television, Internet or voice services.  In fact, most of the cellular “experts” agree that a 5G network will be more vulnerable, all things considered, to the same signal penetration issues that affect the 4G LTE service.  This is due to the frequencies allocated for 5G service.  The fastest of these, millimeter-wave, enables the faster speeds promised by 5G.  However, because 5G uses a higher-frequency than 4G LTE, it will be more impacted by construction materials such as concrete and low-emissivity glass. So, for the time being, wired networks into the building (Fiber/Coax and CAT6 to each unit and common area) will continue to be the best solution for video, data and voice […]

By |2019-09-25T09:43:37-06:00September 25th, 2019|

RCP Celebrates 13 Years

Each year the RealtyCom team eagerly awaits our annual Anniversary to celebrate our business and hard-working team. Each September we’re able to have everyone across 6 states come together and kick up their heels and have some “play time” together.  Our 2019 event was no exception!

It’s not often our entire RCP team is together in one place, so a big thank you to our remote employees who traveled to our Marin headquarters to join in on the fun.

After a round of mingling with our fabulous folk, and photo booth hilarity, we were entertained with a roaring 20’s Murder Mystery interactive performance. Who knew we had so many great actors at RealtyCom!

We certainly have a lot to celebrate in 2019:

  • Our 70+ loyal clients (management of over 585,000 units)
  • Adding two new RCP team members, reaching 29 employees
  • First company wide training day on the San Francisco Bay
  • Expanding upon our services and creating new partnerships to enhance our Client services
  • Hitting $1M+ collected for Clients in our revenue share recovery program
  • Exceeding 300,000 units under our Revenue Management, collectively producing over $796K each month for our clients
  • Managing 150+ active construction projects
  • New […]
By |2019-09-18T11:12:33-06:00September 18th, 2019|

FCC Update: Competitive Access to Multiple Tenant Environments, Partial Preemption of San Francisco Mandatory Access Ordinance and OTARD

Rush Blakely, President RealtyCom Partners

A Conversation with Rush Blakely

The FCC has been busy formulating and opening comments to new broadband regulations. We sat down with Rush Blakely, President of RealtyCom Partners to discuss some of the recent happenings.

Q:  Let’s talk about the recent FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”).  What is the NPRM?

A:  The NPRM seeks comment from industry and other stakeholders on what rules the FCC should consider to promote competition in Multiple Tenant Environments (“MTE’s”) – including multifamily and commercial buildings.  The FCC is looking into certain types of agreements between providers and owners, specifically whether agreements that contain revenue sharing or provide for exclusive use of a provider’s home-run, are barriers to broadband competition in MTE’s.  Further, the FCC seeks comment on certain types of rooftop and distributed antenna system agreements.  Several of these items and more were brought up by the FCC in their Notice of Inquiry in 2017 on which, RealtyCom, NMHC and many multifamily owners filed comments.

Q:  What is RealtyCom’s view on the NPRM?

A:  Like the NMHC and other multifamily owners and associations, we feel the marketplace is working and providing residents with the choice of […]

By |2019-09-10T16:14:56-06:00September 10th, 2019|
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