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  "description": "Brattle Group study says to prioritize fiber builds to maximize returns.",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-09-23T15:17:20.000Z",
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    "_Fiber Broadband Association_",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, September 23, 2024 — A new _Brattle Group economic analysis_quantifies the massive benefits of deploying fiber to America's 56 million unserved households, finding a net present value of $3.24 trillion over thirty years.\n\nThe study, commissioned by the _Fiber Broadband Association_ and Frontier Communications, projects 380,000 new jobs and $1.64 trillion in increased housing values from universal fiber deployment. Key findings challenge current federal broadband policy approaches and funding priorities.\n\nResearchers **Paroma Sanyal, Coleman Bazelon, Yong Paek** , and **Dan Beemon** , economists at Brattle Group, argue that targeting fiber deployment to unserved areas generates far greater economic returns than funding underserved locations that already have some broadband connectivity. Their economic modeling demonstrates significant benefits across multiple sectors, including healthcare, education, and remote work capabilities.\n\nThe analysis suggests federal programs like _Broadband Equity Access and Deployment_ should prioritize fiber infrastructure for completely unserved areas over upgrading underserved locations to maximize return on federal investment.\n\nThe study models economic impacts across rural, suburban, and urban unserved areas, finding consistent positive returns despite varying deployment costs.\n\nThe authors recommended policymakers shift from underserved-area targeting toward unserved-area prioritization to maximize economic development benefits from federal broadband investments.",
  "title": "Research Finds $3.24 Trillion Economic Benefit From Fiber Deployment To Unserved Areas",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T05:45:48.320Z"
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