An essay from 2001 that discusses how the growth of the internet and e-commerce will impact the labor market. The author identifies three factors: the method by which employers and potential employees find each other, the move towards delivery of labor via the internet, and how the internet could affect the reliance on local labor.

This guide was created for communities looking to expand broadband service. The study includes models of fully public and fully private networks as well as public-private partnerships. The intention of the guide is to help municipalities understand the capital involved for deployment, how much revenue can be generated, and how to avoid pitfalls.

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A study that estimates the economic benefits of expanding fixed broadband adoption in three Missouri counties—Bollinger, Henry, and Nodaway—over a 10-year period. The report used both minimum and maximum projected adoption rates and described how the expansion could lead to growth in the employment rates, labor income, and gross domestic product of the counties.

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A paper from May 2011 estimating the impact of broadband on economic growth in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries. The authors found a 10-percentage point increase in broadband penetration led to annual per capital growth of between 0.9 and 1.5 percentage points.

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This paper studies the impact of broadband on the economic growth of rural America between 2001 and 2010. The results suggest that high levels of broadband adoption in rural counties positively impacted growth, while low levels saw businesses close and greater unemployment numbers.

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Conducted through a literature study, this paper analyzes the impact of broadband spending and deployment initiatives on economic growth. The authors believe that the impact was positive, but several challenges in their research meant that they could not reach definitive conclusions.

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This paper looks at the impact of broadband loan programs from the U.S. Department of Agriculture have had on their recipient communities. The researchers found that access to high-speed internet could improve sales and drive down costs, with the positive effects being larger for crops than livestock and animal products.

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A study that examines the relationship between broadband speed and county unemployment rates in Tennessee. The researchers used the National Broadband Map and an FCC dataset and discovered that unemployment rates were 0.26 percent lower in counties with high speeds than in counties with low speeds.

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A paper that looks at the potential benefits of deploying broadband in rural areas of Indiana served by electric cooperatives. While the report sees broadband as an attractive investment for the regions, the study raises questions about whether the anticipated revenue would be able to cover the total system costs.

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This study analyzes a plan to bring broadband to a multi-county area of Indiana served by the Tipmont Rural Electric Cooperative. It examines the capital and operating expenses involved with deployment, the costs to the residents and the expected take-rates, and the benefits of broadband to the region.

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A paper from January 2018 that highlights research related to the impact of broadband and its applications on economic development, migration and civic engagement, education, telework, telehealth, smart cities, and agriculture.

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This report includes case studies from four Native Nations that created their own internet service providers. It includes a discussion of challenges to building internet infrastructure that are unique to Tribal communities, and includes best practices for Native Nations, lending institutions, and the federal government when it comes to Tribal connectivity.

This tool is a partnership between US Ignite and the City of Portland to provide small businesses with a free, accessible open-source tool that uses city and federal data combined with real-time data from sensors, demographic data, and traffic data so the businesses can make informed decisions about choosing their locations. The tool can deliver significant value to the development community, allow local policies to incentivize development decisions, and enhance recovery for the community.

This article explains how the Emergency Broadband Benefit program was created to help Americans who cannot afford internet service get connected during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, an issue with the National Verifier database means that many people are still unable to enroll in the program.

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This article explains how telehealth can help rural providers in two ways. It connects rural providers and patients to services at distant sites, thereby avoiding long travel times, and promotes patient-centered health care through the use of telecommunication technologies that can provide clinical and non-clinical services.

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