[PDF] Does Speed Matter The Employment Impact Of Increasing Access To Fiber Internet eBook

Author : Paul S Lapointe
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 25,73 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Political planning
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As internet technology continues to improve at a rapid pace, there is constant debate over the relative value of various internet connection technologies. In recent years, policymakers have debated over several important questions regarding broadband. What speed qualifies as high-speed broadband? How much public funding should be spent increasing access to broadband? And, what regulations to impose on internet providers? While the potential, and proven, benefits of high-speed internet are diverse, the economic impacts are often at the forefront of policy discussions. To date, most research into the economic impact of internet has focused on increasing access to and adoption of broadband internet in general, without emphasizing the speed of the broadband connections. This paper utilizes new data available as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to examine the relationship between employment growth and access to fiber internet, currently seen as the gold standard of internet connections in terms of speed and reliability. Using data from the National Broadband Map, this study finds a positive association, within the United States, between increasing access to fiber and increases in employment and number of firms at the county level. This positive relationship provides evidence to policymakers that promoting access to fiber internet is a viable economic development approach.

Author : Yang Bai
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Page : 20 pages
File Size : 45,5 MB
Release : 2016
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Does faster broadband generate more economic benefits than normal-speed broadband? This study examines the differential economic impacts of broadband of different speeds. Utilizing the broadband availability and speed data from the National Broadband Map, a first-differenced regression analysis was conducted to investigate if faster broadband more effectively boosts the employment. The analysis shows a positive relationship between broadband availability and county-level employment. However, compared to normal-speed broadband, faster broadband did not generate greater positive effects on employment.

Author : Lisa J. Dettling
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Page : 69 pages
File Size : 26,63 MB
Release : 2015
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This paper investigates how high-speed home Internet has impacted married women's labor force participation. I estimate the net effect of individual Internet usage on labor supply using an instrumental variables strategy which exploits cross-state variation in supply-side constraints to residential broadband Internet access. Results indicate that married women who use the Internet are more likely to participate in the labor force. The average effects mask substantial heterogeneity and increases in participation are concentrated on women with higher levels of education and children. The results suggest home Internet facilitates work-family balance for highly educated women.

Author : Bruce Kushnick
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,34 MB
Release : 2015-02-20
Category : Broadband communication systems
ISBN : 9781505211962

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Broken Promises is the third book in a trilogy spanning 18 years. Bruce Kushnick, author, senior telecom analyst and industry insider, lays out, in all of the gory details, how America paid over $400 billion to be the first fully fiber optic-based nation yet ended up 27th in the world for high-speed Internet (40th in upload speeds). But this is only a part of this story. With over four million people filing with the FCC to 'Free the Net', one thing is abundantly clear -- customers know something is terribly wrong. Every time you pay your bills you notice that the price of your services keeps going up, you don't have a serious choice for Internet (ISP), broadband or cable service, much less competitors fighting for your business, or maybe you can't even get very fast broadband service. Worse, over the last few years, America's ISPs and cable companies have been rated "the most hated companies in America". While Net Neutrality concerns (detailed in Broken Promises) are important, the actions are only a first step and will most likely be tied up in court for the next few years. More importantly, it does not resolve most of the customer issues and there is nothing else on the horizon that will fix what's broken. Broken Promises documents the massive overcharging and failure to properly upgrade the networks, the deceptive billing practices, the harms caused from a lack of competition, the gaming and manipulating of the regulatory system, from the states to the FCC, and exposes the companies' primary strategy: How much can we get away with? There has been little, if any, regard for the customers they serve.--From http://newnetworks.com/bookbrokenpromises/ --(viewed on June 12, 2015).

Author : Karen Mossberger
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,2 MB
Release : 2003-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781589014817

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That there is a "digital divide"—which falls between those who have and can afford the latest in technological tools and those who have neither in our society—is indisputable. Virtual Inequality redefines the issue as it explores the cascades of that divide, which involve access, skill, political participation, as well as the obvious economics. Computer and Internet access are insufficient without the skill to use the technology, and economic opportunity and political participation provide primary justification for realizing that this inequality is a public problem and not simply a matter of private misfortune. Defying those who say the divide is growing smaller, this volume, based on a unique national survey that includes data from over 1800 respondents in low-income communities, shows otherwise. In addition to demonstrating why disparities persist in such areas as technological abilities, the survey also shows that the digitally disadvantaged often share many of the same beliefs as their more privileged counterparts. African-Americans, for instance, are even more positive in their attitudes toward technology than whites are in many respects, contrary to conventional wisdom. The rigorous research on which the conclusions are based is presented accessibly and in an easy-to-follow manner. Not content with analysis alone, nor the untangling of the complexities of policymaking, Virtual Inequality views the digital divide compassionately in its human dimensions and recommends a set of practical and common-sense policy strategies. Inequality, even in a virtual form this book reminds us, is unacceptable and a situation that society is compelled to address.

Author : Tom Wheeler
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 33,52 MB
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0815740654

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The two great Western technological revolutions of the past, the invention of movable type in the fifteenth century and the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century, changed the course of economies and societies and radically altered how humans interacted with each other and their world. In this updated edition of From Gutenberg to Google, former FCC chairman Tom Wheeler takes up a still unfolding transformational revolution in twenty-first century technology: artificial intelligence. Building on insights on connectivity developed in the previous edition, Wheeler describes the enormous potential of this fast-expanding and powerful technology and highlights the urgent need for governments across the globe to regulate its use, both to limit opportunities for harm and to engage its capabilities for good.