Above all else, this agreement helps us deliver on the promise of high-speed DSL Internet access and the networked home, ultimately to create communications solutions that fit the lifestyles of our customers. When homeowners meet with builders to plan the construction of a new home, a Home Director representative assists the homebuyers in determining the location of computers, televisions, telephones and other services including music. Home Director's wiring infrastructure, the technology backbone of a home, distributes services anywhere a family wants them. For example, SBC's high-speed DSL Internet access can be shared by the entire family using multiple computers at the same time. A built-in security firewall protects computers and personal information from intruders over the Internet.
Networked computers can share files, software, printers and scanners.
Security cameras can be viewed on designated TV channels. Cable, satellite, VCR and DVD signals from one receiver can be viewed on every television in the home. Home Director, in conjunction with its business partners, provides the final step by installing the wiring infrastructure required to enable the use of the services ordered by the customer. Emerging services such as downloading music and movies over the Internet, videoconferencing, interactive online games, and new devices including intelligent appliances and wireless Web pads, will accelerate the demand for high-speed Internet connections everywhere in a home. Based in Morrisville, N.C., Home Director, Inc. was launched in January 2000 as an independent, entrepreneurial spin-off of the former IBM Home Networking Solutions unit.