The Broadband Technology Opportunities Program's Public Computer Center (BTOP PCC) grants were awarded to public libraries to increase broadband access for the public. Libraries funded by the BTOP PCC grants improved computers and broadband facilities and offered training programs to help library patrons acquire computer and Internet skills. This study uses data on the BTOP PCC grants and public library surveys to examine the question of whether residential broadband adoption rates increase in counties whose libraries have received the grants and aggressively increased the number of Internet-connected computers available for public use between June 2009 and December 2014. However, there were no significant increases in the adoption rates in those counties. This result suggests that spillover effects outside libraries funded by the grants are not present.

宽带技术机会计划的公共计算机中心（BTOP PCC）赠款已授予公共图书馆，以增加公众的宽带访问量。BTOP PCC资助的图书馆提供了改进的计算机和宽带设施，并提供了培训计划，以帮助图书馆顾客获得计算机和互联网技能。本研究使用BTOP PCC上的数据补助金和公共图书馆调查，以研究在2009年6月至2014年12月之间，图书馆获得补助金的县，住宅宽带采用率是否会提高，并积极增加可供公众使用的联网计算机的数量。这些县的收养率显着提高。这一结果表明，在由赠款资助的图书馆之外，没有溢出效应。