Broadband portion of stimulus program will lead recovery | greatfallstribune.com | Great Falls Tribune

Our nation's broadband economic stimulus plan — part of the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act — is placing a bet our economy will improve with the expansion of high-speed Internet.

Of course, there are the jobs created just through basic construction, such as the building of broadband networks including fiber and towers. This is no different from jobs created through construction of a building. But if a region builds an office building with no use — with hardly any potential tenants — the economic impact will be short-lived and limited to the building project itself...