Maine Stats
- Ranks in the top 5 for technology in schools. (Dr. Rob Atkinson, The 2007 State New Economy Index)
- Ranks in the top 5 for the percentage of farmers with internet access and using computers for business. (Dr. Rob Atkinson, The 2007 State New Economy Index)
- Total economic impact of $544,607,277 if broadband deployment were increased at a reasonable level. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)
- Net job growth of 10,577 jobs from increase in broadband deployment. (Connected Nation, The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally)
- A project currently under way through the ConnectME Authority will bring broadband service to more than 50 underserved communities representing 14,400 households and businesses, and will yield an approximate 2.8 percent increase in broadband adoption when finished. (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, “State Efforts to Expand Broadband Access”)
- The Maine Broadband Access Infrastructure Board was created in 2005 to focus on how to expand the availability of broadband services throughout the state, with the goal of achieving universal statewide access by 2010. (Alliance for Public Technology and Communications Workers of America, State Broadband Initiatives)
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