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03-02-2008, 12:23 PM
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Back in 2006, the state of Indiana set some precedent when it established a video franchise law (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/76026) called the Telecom Reform Act. The law, which increases competition in the state s broadband market, ultimately became the model for changing the nationwide standard on this issue. Two years later, a review (http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080302/BUSINESS/803020303/1046) of the service shows that Indiana s efforts were successful in increasing the availability of broadband services, decreasing consumer costs and boosting the economy. "In the months following the act, broadband access in Indiana literally exploded. The state saw broadband access grow by almost 75 percent in a year, so that by the end of 2006, the state had 1.5 million broadband connections. In the 18 months since the legislation was enacted, over $500 million in new information technology was invested in the state -- just by telephone companies now able to compete with cable TV broadband providers. This led directly to 2,200 new jobs in telecommunications in Indiana, and this is just Hoosier workers installing and servicing new connections."
It is believed that Indiana s pricing has dropped somewhere between fifteen and twenty percent as a result of the competition that the law created. Of equal importance is the fact that the competition stimulated the businesses in the area to begin providing newer and better services on an ongoing basis.
Back in 2006, the state of Indiana set some precedent when it established a video franchise law (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/76026) called the Telecom Reform Act. The law, which increases competition in the state s broadband market, ultimately became the model for changing the nationwide standard on this issue. Two years later, a review (http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080302/BUSINESS/803020303/1046) of the service shows that Indiana s efforts were successful in increasing the availability of broadband services, decreasing consumer costs and boosting the economy. "In the months following the act, broadband access in Indiana literally exploded. The state saw broadband access grow by almost 75 percent in a year, so that by the end of 2006, the state had 1.5 million broadband connections. In the 18 months since the legislation was enacted, over $500 million in new information technology was invested in the state -- just by telephone companies now able to compete with cable TV broadband providers. This led directly to 2,200 new jobs in telecommunications in Indiana, and this is just Hoosier workers installing and servicing new connections."
It is believed that Indiana s pricing has dropped somewhere between fifteen and twenty percent as a result of the competition that the law created. Of equal importance is the fact that the competition stimulated the businesses in the area to begin providing newer and better services on an ongoing basis.