Better connections: Phone co-op brings tech to homes - San Antonio Business Journal:

At any given time, Mike and Kathy Carr may have three computers logged on to the Internet, one or two of their four phone lines in use and one of the many high-definition stations airing a favorite movie. They soon will buy an Apple television, so they also can download and store movies from the Internet.

When the couple moved into their lavish home with a tile roof three years ago, high-end appliances, granite kitchen countertops and a separate media room, they knew their luxury package would be complete with one other amenity — fiber-to-the-home (FTTH).

“I need a fast Internet connection,” says Mike Carr, who works from home as a Johnson & Johnson sales manager of five states and often e-mails large reports and backs up files to an off-site server. “This is the fastest we’ve ever had. It’s hard to tell, probably twice as fast...”