If you are looking to keep the property for 30+ years it will pay to step it up to fiber glass over the long run.

There's a particular type of carpet fiber I avoid. 

The cheaper carpets fibers can be destroyed in a year or two.

I found out that google fiber is going in Kansas City so that seems to be good for the overall area.

I build my PCs and handle my own home networking, but haven't dealt with this.My building already has FIOS fiber coming in.

The worst thing to do after getting fiber glass splinters is to take a hot/ warm shower.  

Business wise KC is part of the Silicon Prairie, tons of tech start ups and Google fiber chose it as their first fiber city. 

As well as where everyone gets amazing deals on bulk materials(lumber, flooring, furniture and other fixtures.)We'll be handling telecommunications(phone systems, fiber optics/cat5 cabling, video and networking infrastructure)in house, but anything else you think might be missing from my list or any other advice you want to throw my way would be appreciated!

And Google Fiber has definitely helped grow the startup community!

--I hope   Also my reference to to "foam filled penalized homes" refers to the wall structure in which fiber glass is replaced by ridged foam.