No, Broadband Is Not An Economic Magic Wand – A tale of two rural Western Virginia towns…

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23 Apr 2009


For years we’ve discussed how broadband may help struggling communities, but while broadband may improve the quality of life and draw industry to a region, it isn’t some kind of economic panacea. The Washington Post drives this point home with an article that explores two efforts to run fiber to rural communities in Virginia that resulted in very different outcomes. The Post seems almost surprised that the community with the higher percentage of high school graduates and job placement programs saw better economic fortunes, though both towns had their quality of life improved.
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