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Economic, Environmental Benefits of Broadband

Topic:
Green Strategy

Source:
California Emerging Technology Fund

Published:
09/14/2009

The most rapidly adopted consumer product or service in U.S. history is household broadband Internet access. More than 200 million individuals gained access to home broadband service in less than one decade, far exceeding the previous record held by mobile telephones. Governments, non-profit organizations, private companies, and educational institutions have invested considerable resources into researching the economic and environmental impacts from broadband mass adoption, resulting in a tremendous amount of publicly available material.

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