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1/ Our Chief Economist Dr. George Ford apparently caused some consternation at yesterday's @EnergyCommerce/ @HouseCommerce hearing when he testified that the primary reason people don't adopt #broadband is lack of relevance--NOT PRICE. #SubCommTech https://energycommerce.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-on-broadband-equity-addressing-disparities-in-access-and
1/ Our Chief Economist Dr. George Ford apparently caused some consternation at yesterday's @EnergyCommerce/ @HouseCommerce hearing when he testified that the primary reason people don't adopt #broadband is lack of relevance--NOT PRICE. #SubCommTech https://energycommerce.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-on-broadband-equity-addressing-disparities-in-access-and
2/ Despite anecdotal protests to the contrary, official #NTIA government data confirms Dr. Ford's testimony that the primary reason people don't adopt #broadband is lack of relevance--NOT PRICE. #SubCommTech https://www.ntia.doc.gov/data/digital-nation-data-explorer#sel=noNeedInterestMainReason&disp=map
3/ Moreover, Dr. Ford's research that the primary reason people don't adopt #broadband is lack of relevance--NOT PRICE--has been published in a peer-reviewed economics journal #SubCommTech https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308596120301749?via%3Dihub
4/ Given the hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars at stake, it is very important for Congress not to act in an #economicsfreezone when formulating #broadband policy. #SubCommTech https://www.phoenix-center.org/pcpp56final.html
