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MDUs - Multi Dwelling Units. Apartments, office buildings, incubators and the like. They don\u2019t attract much attention in mainstream media coverage of broadband, but advocates for these networks are taking a greater interest in MDUs.\n In Kansas City, geeks and budding software developers are flocking to apartments with gigabit access. Red Wing, MN has made a commercial MDU the centerpiece of its broadband adoption strategy. In a stroke economic development genius, Santa Monica, CA convinced commercial building owners to extend the city\u2019s fiber network inside their buildings, and eliminated tenant vacancies.\n Bryan Rader, CEO of Bandwidth Consulting, explains to listeners how and why broadband planners need to factor MDUs into their strategy. Issues discussed are:\n MDUs\u2019 role as anchor tenants on the network \xa0\xa0\xa0 the economic development impact of broadband integration with MDUs one-size adoption strategies don\u2019t fit all MDUs partnering commercial building owners with other broadband stakeholders