A blog about AARP’s efforts in closing the digital divide by backing policies that help older adults connect to the internet. The piece shows how broadband improves the lives of older adults, including easing social isolation, supporting innovative mobility solutions, and enhancing access to telemedicine.

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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 paper looks at the impact of broadband loan programs from the U.S. Department of Agriculture have had on their recipient communities. The researchers found that access to high-speed internet could improve sales and drive down costs, with the positive effects being larger for crops than livestock and animal products.

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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 webpage is a collection of resources designed to serve as starting point into federal outreach efforts for municipal officials, local leaders, and community advocates. It contains information about the federal agencies responsible for broadband policy and how to contact the officials who can provide assistance.

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An issue brief that examines how states are structuring their grant program funding, eligibility, and objectives. The piece looks at how the programs affect infrastructure deployment, with examples of strategies employed by states to increase broadband proliferation.

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The National Tribal Broadband Strategy proposes a roadmap for federal action and investment in broadband access and adoption for Tribal communities. It proposes specific activities that the federal government can undertake within the categories of coordination, data, network infrastructure, funding, permitting, broadband adoption, and economic development.

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This resource provides an overview of broadband access for Native communities, including disparities in fixed and wireless, barriers to access, and strategies for addressing these disparities.

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.

This resource reports on the state of broadband access, device use, and uses of the internet by Tribal communities on Tribal lands.

This resource describes the aspects of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that are related to broadband adoption.