The Daily Yonder continues its broadband series this week – looking at the economic impact of broadband in rural areas. Spoiler alert – they found that broadband had an impact on median household income, employment and number of local businesses. They used FCC datasets to slice and dice the numbers to come up with the following graphs:

There’s more info on the Daily Yonder site. It’s interesting to look into the detail. I’m so glad these folks were able to do it. It still doesn’t necessarily build a market case for businesses building broadband in rural areas – but it certainly makes the case that for society it’s a good investment.