Economic Effects Of Tax Incentives For Broadband Infrastructure Deployment
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
Hal J. Singer
Jeffrey D.West
Fiber-To-The-Home Council

• Investments in next generation broadband infrastructure, generate both immediate and long-term benefits for the U.S. economy.
• In the short run, increased capital investment leads directly to increased employment and output.
• In the long run, the rapid deployment of affordable broadband services transmitted over next generation infrastructure is essential to U.S. competitiveness.
• Tax incentives to encourage deployment of these high-speed broadband services therefore represent an efficient mechanism for increasing both short-term economic growth and long-run economic competitiveness.

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The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost Productivity and Revitalize America
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
January 2009
By Robert D. Atkinson, Daniel Castro and Stephen J. Ezell

• ITIF estimates that spurring an additional investment of $30 billion in America’s IT network infrastructure in 2009 will create approximately 949,000 U.S. jobs
• Investments in America’s digital infrastructure will lead to higher productivity, increased competitiveness, and improved quality of life in the moderate to long term.

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Harnessing the Mobile Revolution
New Policy Institute
October 8, 2008

• In developing countries, mobile devices will be the gateway to a global information network.
• In low-income communities, mobile devices might be used to arrange for life-saving medical care, obtain a loan for a small business, or allow a farmer to get a better price for his crops.
• Working with the private sector, non-profit organizations, and developing country governments, the next Administration can help people around the world make the most of these new opportunities.

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Digital Quality of Life: Understanding the Personal and Social Benefits of the Information Technology Revolution

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
By Robert D. Atkinson and Daniel D. Castro
October 1, 2008

• In the new global economy, information technology (IT) is the major driver of both economic growth and improved quality of life.
• IT is the key enabler of many, if not most, of today’s key innovations and improvements in our lives and society €”from better education and health care, to a cleaner and more energy efficient environment, to safer and more secure communities and nations.
• Although the emerging digital economy has produced enormous benefits, the best is yet to come.

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Broadband Policy: Does The US Have It Right After All?
Jeffrey Eisenach
Progress & Freedom Foundation
September 2008

• The deregulatory American approach to broadband policy produces positive results, including high levels of investment and innovation, broadband availability, high and increasing levels of penetration, falling price, and high levels of consumer satisfaction.
• The American model for broadband has been widely criticized.   The criticisms do not hold up.  

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Home Broadband Adoption 2008
Pew Internet & American Life Project
July 2008

• Home broadband adoption increased from 47% from March 2007 to 55% in April 2008.
• Respondents age 50 and over reported a 26% growth in broadband adoption from 2007 to 2008.
• Monthly broadband bills are 4% lower in May 2008 than at the end of 2005, but monthly dial-up bills have risen.

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Critical Mass: The Worldwide State of the Mobile Web
Nielsen
July 2008

• There were 40 million active users of the mobile Internet in the US, with individual sites that attract millions of unique users.
• The number of US subscribers who paid for mobile Internet increased 28 percent between the first quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of 2008 (from 74 million to 95 million).
• Mobile internet use will continue to grow rapidly.

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The Increasingly Important Impact of Wireless Broadband Technology and Services on the U.S. Economy
Ovum
July 2008

• By 2016 the value of the combined mobile wireless voice and broadband productivity gains will reach $427 billion per year.
• Between 2004 and 2005, the productivity enhancements generated by the use of mobile wireless broadband tripled in value.
• In 2005, productivity improvements due to use of mobile broadband solutions across the U.S. health care industry were worth almost $6.9 billion. By 2016, that number will triple to $27.2 billion.

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Connect Ohio Technology Assessment
Executive Summary
June 27, 2008

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FCC Fifth Report
June 12, 2008

• Advanced telecommunications capability is meeting the challenge.   Capacity and availablity are increasing.
• Broadband depolyment is increasing to important contituencies like rural Americans, the disabled, and minorities.
• OECD rankings are not accurate.

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