Researchers from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Oklahoma State University found that high speed broadband reduced unemployment rates throughout Tennessee, especially in rural communities. Studying 95 counties in Tennessee from 2011 to 2016, they found that access to high speed broadband can significantly reduce unemployment rates by 0.26 percentage points, especially in rural communities.

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