Faster Internet Means Lower Unemployment, Study Says
Counties with high-speed internet enjoy unemployment rates about 0.26 percentage points lower than counties with low speeds, said University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Oklahoma State University researchers. The study announced by and partially funded by the Fiber Broadband Association…
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looked at 95 Tennessee counties 2011-2016. It said broadband presumably "facilitates efficiency, heightens productivity and ... fosters innovation." It said better quality broadband disproportionately benefits rural areas more than urban ones.