Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Fibre access networks: a range of studies of the economic benefits of investments in broadband

[nbf] So FTTP (fiber to the premises) can boost the US economy by at least $440 Billion. Full Broadband (higher percentage adoption) rollout can boost $110 billion/30 million people. More from Peer to peer applications from 100 mbps symmetrical capability can provide a further increase. There is about a 15% productivity boost from broadband. Various studies calculate over 10 times GDP return from each dollar invested in broadband. Scaling to Gigabit access could increase GDP by about an extra 3% per year

Studies that Connect Really Fast Broadband with Economic Boost

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