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| The Modesto Bee, Tuesday, July 23, 2002 |
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| MOUNTAIN HOUSE PLUGS INTO AN IDEA WORTH EMBRACING |
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Developers of Mountain House, a San Joaquin County town to be built from scratch, have the right idea. They plan to wire each of the 15,000 houses in the 5,000-acre project with cutting edge communication lines.
The blueprint calls for threading high-tech wires through every wall and under every street. Conduits would accommodate new wiring and upgrades as technology evolves.
The high-tech approach — and technological aforethought — will serve residents well. Modern communication lines are like electronic plumbing, and they are tough to add once a house is built. Meanwhile, the world is growing more — not less — reliant on technology and high-speed communications. And the northern San Joaquin Valley, a commuter haven, certainly could use houses equipped with state-of-the-art technology. More people working from home and doing business online would mean less gridlock and air pollution in the Valley.
Mountain House, three miles west of Tracy, will include schools, parks, commercial and industrial development, and open space.
But the high-tech component is what sets the project apart. It is refreshing to see builders focus on creating houses for the future instead of containing current costs. In that vein, we hope Mountain House will be a model for other subdivisions in the Valley. It is time to raise standards across the board by making high-speed telecommunication lines standard in new houses.
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