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Government aid for broadband infrastructure development
- Policy makers from both sides of the aisle and at all levels of government are backing legislation to increase broadband access
- There is a shared belief that a key part of any plan to revitalize the local, regional and national economy is the installation of a widespread broadband network at the local level.
- In November 2001 President Bush signed a bill setting aside $100 million in low interest loans to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas
- Michigan's Governor Engler commissioned a Gartner Consulting Group study demonstrating that an accelerated build-out of a state-wide broadband infrastructure would result in an increase of Michigan's gross state product of $440 billion and create 497,000 new jobs over 10 years
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