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.
Category: Economic Development
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 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.
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.
Economic Impact of Wireless Rural Broadband
This study, utilizing federal and state level statistics and relying on econometric analysis, estimates the economic impact that full deployment of rural wireless broadband would have on rural America. It is based on the premise that requiring interoperability among all carriers operating in the 700 MHz band and data roaming, the fundamental building blocks for rural and regional broadband deployment, will enable investment and, consequently, rapid deployment of wireless broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved geographies.
Impact of Broadband Speed and Price on Small Business
by Columbia Telecommunications Corporation
The purpose of this study is to explore the ways in which small businesses access and use high-speed Internet services, and to evaluate the importance of broadband speed and price for small businesses. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy is required to conduct this study under Public Law 110-385,Sec.105. Advocacy selected a small businesses that specializes in this field — Columbia Telecommunications Corporation — to conduct this research.
Superfast: Is It Really Worth a Subsidy?
By Robert Kenny and Charles Kenny
Governments around the world are investing multiple billions to support the roll-out of fiber to enable high speed broadband. These subsidies are based on the premise that fiber to the home (FTTH) brings substantial externalities. It is argued that FTTH will support economic growth and is key to national competitiveness; that it will benefit education, healthcare, transportation and the electricity industry; and that it will be the TV platform of the future.
FTTH Generates $40 Billion in New Economic Activity
Michael Render’s latest FTTH survey shows nearly 20 million North American homes passed and more than 6.4 million customers – a thousandfold increase in a decade and a nice jump in the past six months. Perhaps more amazing is hard evidence that FTTH stimulates economic activity.
Broadband Among Keys For Economic Expansion
by CHRISTOPHER J. McGOWAN, Executive Vice President, The Siouxland Initiative
In this November’s mid-term elections, the single most important issue, by leaps and bounds, will be the economy, and more specifically job creation. National polls consistently reveal that no other issue is even close. One tool that has proved critical to job creation initiatives in all parts of this country is access to broadband.
European Commission: A Digital Agenda For Europe
The Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) aims to reboot Europe’s economy and help Europe’s citizens and businesses to get the most out of digital technologies. It is the first of seven flagships initiatives under Europe 2020, the EU’s strategy to deliver smart sustainable and inclusive growth.
Connecting America: Broadband & Economic Opportunity
By the FCC
While broadband enabled technologies have clearly brought tremendous economic benefits, the benefits have not reached enough businesses, communities and American workers. Ensuring innovation flourishes across all aspects of the broadband system—broadband networks, devices, and applications—is crucial to the future of the country. The FCC will partner with businesses, including women-owned and minority-owned enterprises, as well as investors and entrepreneurs from all backgrounds to support a flourishing digital economy, and ensure that all Americans can enjoy the benefits of broadband opportunity.