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After the Stimulus: Broadband and Economic Development
Last year the U.S. broadband stimulus program finished awarding public, private and nonprofit organizations over $7 billion to build new broadband infrastructure, create public computing centers and implement broadband adoption programs. Concurrently, hundreds of millions have come from private and other public sources for broadband. Improving economic development is a driving force behind these investments.
Early FTTH deployments drive economic growth‐but can we prove it?
David Russell, Solutions Marketing Director, Calix. From the 2011 FTTH Conference and Expo.
Comcast study: Broadband boosts real estate metrics
Broadband is the most important selling point in the commercial real estate market behind price, parking and location, according to 90% of building owners and property managers in a survey conducted by Comcast Business Class.
The E-Rate Program: Recent Changes and a Case Study – NATOA Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, September 20, 2011
The Importance of Broadband To Economic Development
By Matt McQuade, director of business development, Columbus 2020
Utility service has always been among the most heavily scrutinized factors in the site selection process.Locations are routinely eliminated due to issues pertaining to inadequate — or lack of — electric, gas, water, wastewater, or telecommunications infrastructure. Advances in technology have elevated the importance of the Internet in economic development and site selection. The availability, quality, and competitiveness of broadband service have become and will continue to be a key issue for many locations. Moreover, the United States has a “broadband problem” that is impacting the country’s competitiveness for new investment.
Stimulating Economic Growth with Broadband
By Howard Baldwin
One of the toughest aspects of promoting new technology deployment and usage is finding meaningful facts to support its potential value to local business community stakeholders. While there are readily available estimates and forecasts, detailed analysis and actual payback examples are somewhat rare. That’s especially true with new technologies such as broadband that require the concerted efforts of multiple parties — which can include government agencies, service providers, equipment manufacturers, and end-users — in order to deliver quantifiable results.
Impact of 4G Technology on Commercial Interactions, Economic Growth, and US Competitiveness
Investment in 4G mobile broadband networks can fuel U.S. performance in the global race to exploit the potential of this advanced infrastructure and benefit the national economy through the expenditures made by wireless firms, their suppliers, and the workers these industries employ.
The Future of TV with Paula Kerger, President, PBS
View the Official Internet TV Webcast of FOSE 2011, live from the Washington Convention Center, July 19-21, 2011 with conference speaker coverage, exhibitor and attendee interviews and news reports from the floor during the event. Live coverage begins 11:00 AM ET on July 19. Don’t miss the 3 Live FOSE TV Pre-event webcasts, the first one on June 3, 2011 at 2:00 PM ET highlighting FOSE 2011 exhibitors, technology and activities in advance of the big event!
Poles and Holes
To spur broadband deployment, adoption, and use, the Federal Communications Commission has recently issued controversial new pole attachment rules, and it is exploring ways to accelerate and lower the cost of access to public rights of way and facilities. Sharon Gillett, Chief of the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau will join co-hosts Jim Baller and Marty Stern to discuss these issues. The program will also include a panel of experts who will face off in lively, spirited debate on the new pole attachment rules and on various right-of-way issues.
Social Networks: An Insurable Risk for Local Governments – NLC-RISC Trustees Conference, Washington, DC, June 12, 2011
Jim Baller and Chris Mitchell defend Community Broadband in ITIF debate
Going Big with a Gig at Case Western Reserve University
Some still question whether we need FTTH networks, suggesting that modest copper upgrades will be fine for most over the next 5-10 years. When it comes to essential infrastructure, the idea that we should “cut costs” by operating right on the margin usually ends poorly — and costs more, particularly in lost opportunities.
What Works in Job Creation and Economic Development
Tim Bartik, Senior Economist, Upjohn Institute. Presented at “Transforming Communities Conference” of the National Employment Law Project
Wave of the future?
By James Lardner, Remapping Debate
It’s the economic-policy equivalent of the tree falling in the forest: Around the country, dozens of small and medium-sized communities have begun to build high-speed Internet systems, with some remarkable early results. Outside the affected communities themselves, however, hardly any national leaders are looking at these experiments, or at the idea that broadband, like highways and electricity, might be one of those forms of crucial economic infrastructure where public investment has the potential to spark a surge of private investment, creating jobs and boosting wages and opportunity.