<p>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />| The Cost Of Broadband In Every Rural Home<br />| from the I-miss-real-internt dept.<br />| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 13, @16:48 (The Internet)<br />| with 294 comments<br />| <a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/13/2014244/The-Cost-Of-Broadband-In-Every-Rural-Home?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email">https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/13/2014244/The-Cost-Of-Broadband-In-Every-Rural-Home?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br />+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />dave562 writes "In an analysis of the effectiveness of the the 2009<br />stimulus program (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or<br />ARRA), one of the programs that was investigated was the project to<br />[0]bring broadband access to rural America. Some real interesting numbers<br />popped out. Quoting the article: 'Eisenach and Caves looked at three<br />areas that received stimulus funds, in the form of loans and direct<br />grants, to expand broadband access in Southwestern Montana, Northwestern<br />Kansas, and Northeastern Minnesota. The median household income in these<br />areas is between $40,100 and $50,900. The median home prices are between<br />$94,400 and $189,000.' So how much did it cost per unserved household to<br />get them broadband access? A whopping $349,234, or many multiples of<br />household income, and significantly more than the cost of a home<br />itself.'"<br /><br />Discuss this story at:<br /><a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/13/2014244/The-Cost-Of-Broadband-In-Every-Rural-Home?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting">https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/13/2014244/The-Cost-Of-Broadband-In-Every-Rural-Home?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a><br /><br />Links:<br />0. <a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/nickschulz/2011/07/05/how-effective-was-the-2009-stimulus-program/">http://blogs.forbes.com/nickschulz/2011/07/05/how-effective-was-the-2009-stimulus-program/</a></p>