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ABOUT THE STUDY:

This study, which was conducted by Robert W. Crandall and Hal J. Singer – both experts in the economics of the telecommunications industry – shows that the massive investments made in mobile and wired Internet capacity by the major network providers has created hundreds of thousands of jobs over the past six years and the expected capital investment over the next few years “would create approximately 509,000 jobs relative to a world without such investments.”

Because of the open competition, which has been the hallmark of broadband expansion, the authors write that the data “implies that most U.S. households have a choice of at least three broadband technologies and even more suppliers” in any given service area.

During the worst recession in modern economic history, while “nonresidential private investment declined by 18.1 percent” from 2008 to 2009, “broadband investment declined by only 3.3 percent” but was still $30 billion over that same period.

Crandall and Singer also make the point that there is a difference of opinion regarding from where future innovation will come. They say that the supposition that the most important source of innovation will be “at the edge of the network” is often assumed, but not supported empirically.

You can read the entire study HERE.