Valley Vision, in partnership with the California Emerging Technology Fund, reports on the unserved households in the Sacramento metropolitan area and evaluates the estimated costs of reaching the preferred scenario of broadband availability in 98 percent of the region’s households.

This report outlines the preferred scenario in helping to achieve the goal of attaining 98 percent broadband deployment in San Bernadino and Riverside Counties in California. The report includes maps identifying unserved areas; describes the public assets, programs, permits, and existing infrastructure needed for deployment; and recommends a path forward.

This resource in intended to help support the Southern Border Broadband Consortium’s mission of identifying broadband connectivity issues in Imperial and San Diego Counties. It includes strategic, step-by-step plans—along with mapping and analytics—to help the consortium achieve its goal of 98 percent broadband deployment.

This page from the FCC’s website offers an introduction to broadband. The site defines broadband, explains how it works and its advantages, and describes the technology platforms over which broadband is delivered.

An article examining the importance of communities partnering with other entities to deliver broadband. It looks at the positives and negatives, the legal issues involved, and how local governments can start the process.

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A report that estimates that the FCC’s Form 477 data underrepresents by half the number of Americans that lack broadband access. The researchers drew their conclusions from a sample of more than 11,000 addresses and also determined that the FCC’s reporting flaw was greater in rural communities.

This article recaps the education technology portion of the 2019 South by Southwest Conference, where the author noted three trends: the assumption that broadband is everywhere, the increased use of artificial intelligence in teaching, and how esports are being taken more seriously by schools. The author also responded to a professor who questioned if broadband was a distraction for students.

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This resource allows users to choose a state and view a map of broadband availability based on FCC Form 477 data, with a link to another, more detailed and interactive map. Each page also contains graphs for availability, adoption, and speeds.

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This paper studies the impact of broadband on the economic growth of rural America between 2001 and 2010. The results suggest that high levels of broadband adoption in rural counties positively impacted growth, while low levels saw businesses close and greater unemployment numbers.

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This page contains information about the NTIA’s BroadbandUSA program, which serves municipal governments, the telecom industry, and nonprofits looking to expand connectivity and promote digital inclusion. It also contains a description of the NTIA and an overview of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which included several bills related to broadband.

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This report from September 2018 explains how millions of Americans in rural areas served by electric co-ops lack adequate broadband. It notes the market conditions that have prevented private carriers from investing in those communities and offers strategies for how electric co-ops can be part of the solution.

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This white paper from the National Governors Association presents strategies to expand affordable broadband access, including use cases and best practices, and highlights policy solutions to address the coverage gaps and cost inequities.

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This resource discusses examples of how insights gleaned through surveys about residents’ and businesses’ broadband needs are being incorporated into larger studies to help local government leaders come up with new connectivity solutions.

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This report presents crowd-sourced real-world data on connectivity access and speeds across the United States from users of the TestIT app, which can help determine real gaps in connectivity and address disparities. The resource displays maps that analyze data collected from the app along with a discussion of challenges and opportunities for communities.

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Produced in November 2019, Broadband in Nebraska: Current Landscape & Recommendations updates a similar report for the state made five years earlier. The primary goals described in the report are to increase household adoption of broadband, increase availability, and support broadband-related development. Some essential recommendations are to improve broadband data collection and mapping, encourage investment in Nebraska's telecommunications infrastructure, and support the development of libraries as community institutions.