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The
new system encompasses over 140 miles of new fiber optic lines and
runs throughout the 38-story City Center Tower II and 33-story Chase
Texas Tower. The state-of-the-art system was installed by
Southwestern Bell.
“This
new central fiber distribution system is yet another first-class
amenity for City Center tenants, giving them access -- at no cost --
to a fiber-optic distribution system as well as the most advanced
broadband capabilities available today,” said Bud Smith, project
manager for City Center Development Co. “We believe it will carry us
many years into the future with the ability to accommodate the most
sophisticated telecom services technology can provide.”
Previously, telecom service providers were required to install their
own custom fiber, increasing the telecom company's costs
significantly before they could provide the tenants with telecom
services. With City Center’s new property-wide infrastructure in
place, the emphasis for providers will be only on service delivery,
not infrastructure. As a result, the new fiber-optic system is
anticipated to increase competition among service providers, which
will mean faster, less expensive service for tenants. Other tenant
benefits include the following:
- Faster Internet
speeds
- Fiber
teleconferencing
- Virtual private
networks
- Voice-over IP
- Advanced
encryption capabilities
- Wireless
capabilities
City
Center’s system also provides a “carrier-neutral” environment in
which tenants are free to choose their own telecom service providers
and does not change any of the services tenants are currently using,
but gives them the option to choose their own telecom service
providers without having to install their own fiber.
However, the fiber-optic network is just one of the advanced
amenities provided to City Center tenants. The City Center website
allows tenants to do administrative tasks such as place work orders
via the internet and access the tenant handbook on-line. To keep up
with the downtown area’s busy pace tenants can read up-to-date news
about Fort Worth activities, the complex and its residents in the
Center Stage section and access press releases in the News section.
City
Center is an award winning, 1.5 million square foot office complex
in downtown Fort Worth whose major tenants include Bass Enterprises,
Pier 1 Imports international headquarters, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
and all Big Five accounting firms.
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