Group Touts Broadband's Benefits
Broadband for America announced Thursday the creation of a new Economic Growth Advisory Board to tout the economic benefits of high-speed Internet access. The group, a coalition of businesses and groups that favor improving Americans' access to broadband, claims that broadband providers have helped boost the economy in the last few years by adding jobs through the investment of $100 billion into their networks. "We want to communicate the vitally important role broadband plays in our economy - in everything from healthcare to education; and from the environment to improving the economic outlook for low income and disadvantaged communities," board member Rob Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), said in a statement. The board is made up of officials from such groups as the National Black Chamber of Commerce, American Consumer Institute and the Latino Coalition.
As pressure grows on the Obama administration to do more to spur job growth, the Agriculture and Commerce departments announced earlier this week steps to streamline the $7.2 billion broadband stimulus program. One of the changes included combining the remaining second and third rounds of funding into one in an effort to get the funding into the economy faster and spur job growth.
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