If you’re planning to move soon, make sure high-speed fiber internet is on your checklist when home shopping.

Access to fiber internet is the single most important feature to look for in a home today, and not only because of what it means for your family tomorrow. Fiber internet is key to having a modern lifestyle today.

By the time you’ve found your freshman dorm or apartment, dragged your mini-fridge up three flights of stairs, and met the roommate whose sleep schedule opposes yours in every way, you’ll already be playing catch-up — syllabi are flying, Canvas is blinking with due dates, and your group chat for Intro to Psych is asking where the quiz link went.

Now imagine doing all that on a sketchy connection that buckles when the WiFi gets crowded.

In the not-so-distant past, ultra-high-speed internet was seen as a luxury. But those days are long gone. The emergence of streaming media, smart gadgets and videoconferencing changed our home internet needs in a big way, and there’s no turning back.

Technology is as essential to moving as boxes and tape. In fact, planning a successful move can take place entirely online. Even the smallest moving companies now have their own apps for estimating, scheduling and communicating with you.

It’s more important than ever for college students to have blazing fast internet on day one—and since 80 percent of them live off campus, MDUs have a golden opportunity to get them up to speed from the get-go.

Home buyers and sellers are seeing firsthand how having a fiber internet connection can make their homes more desirable. On average, fiber adds 3.1 percent to a home’s value. That’s just for having a fiber-optic line wired to the house.

The reason? Because with a fiber connection, you have virtually limitless access to the internet, with lightning speed and freeway-wide bandwidth for streaming entertainment, real-time gaming, video conferencing and more.