Report Finds Strong Link Between Broadband and Population Growth

According to research conducted by Broadband Communities Magazine, US counties lacking high-speed broadband have lower population growth and are more likely to see population decline than counties where high-speed broadband is available.

Counties with the highest broadband availability levels are seeing the greatest population growth, researchers said. Counties in the bottom half of their states for access to 25 Mbps had an average population growth of only 0.27 percent from 2010 through 2013, researchers found. The top half grew at more than ten times that amount -- about 2.8 percent.