Reinvestment vs. Expansion

The first key decision made by each group concerned the portion of their total budget of Dots & Dashes Dollars ($5 Billion) that they wished to spend on improvements to the existing system, with the remaining amount being available for system/network expansion. Results from this simple choice provide a measure of participants’ prioritization of reinvestment versus new investment. Of the 25 Dots & Dashes groups, the mean and median amounts spent on improvements to the existing system were $2 Billion Dots & Dashes Dollars, or 40% of the total available budget. Amounts ranged from a low of $0.00 Billion to a high of $3.18 Billion. These results are further detailed in the charts below.