c riterion e conomics llc the effect of ubiquitous broadband adoption on investment jobs and us economy robert w crandall charles l jackson hal j singer unleashing full potential communications could generate hundreds billions dollars per year in consumer value addition lifting all remaining regulations services thereby this would have an immediate impact by stimulating greater accelerated job income growth for these investments to be justified however regulators must assure investors that returns from investing technologies will not appropriated through regulatory process report we estimate universal residential consumers employment economic begin estimating surplus then likely temporal path using analysts reports recent consulting studies develop forecasts subscriptions capital spending ilecs cable operators resulting increase gdp over