10G Carries Big Price Tag, Bigger Economic Benefit, TAS Study Says

Rolling out the 10G broadband platform will cost U.S. cable operators $81.4 billion, but it should have an economic impact of $330 billion and create more than 676,000 jobs over seven years, said a Telecom Advisory Services report Wednesday. The NCTA-funded report said cable industry investment could be incentivized by policy steps such as a sales tax cut on broadband equipment or a reduction in in-kind demands on cable operators.