A brief overview of the National Urban League’s plan to close the digital divide. The plan identifies five digital gaps—availability, adoption, affordability, access to economic opportunity, and utilization—that disproportionately affect communities of color and cites four goals to close those gaps.

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This report outlines a plan for California’s San Joaquin Valley to achieve the goal of broadband availability in 98 percent of its households. The plan includes using State and federal funds to build infrastructure, deploying a hybrid fiber-wireless model, and using water districts for easements and rights-of-way.

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 analysis from Heartland Forward examines the 2021 IIJA and comes up with four key principles—stressing public investments, community involvement, regulations and standards, and economic growth—designed to ensure the money is being spent efficiently and in service of the communities the law is intended to help.

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 report from July 2019 summarizes an effort by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City to better understand the digital divide and to find ways to close it. The authors’ findings are divided into seven categories reflecting the themes related to the lessons learned by those whom they interviewed.

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A guide on the FCC’s website with information about the E-rate program, which provides discounts on expenses to help schools and libraries connect to the internet. The page answers questions about how E-rate works, what can be purchased using E-rate funds, how much money has been allocated for E-rate, and more.

A paper that analyzes the differences in subscription rates of fixed terrestrial broadband in multi-tenant environments (MTE) against those of non-MTEs. The authors also looked at the effect of mandatory access laws on subscription rates in MTEs.

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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 guide for municipal leaders seeking to bring broadband to unserved areas of Virginia. The paper outlines the benefits of broadband, the challenges of deploying broadband in rural regions, available federal support, and a step-by-step process for leaders to follow.

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A blog about the transition from the Emergency Broadband Program to the Affordable Connectivity Program. The article describes how changes will impact providers and subscribers, the new program’s benefits, and the protections to the consumers.

This report from May 2021 identifies two goals for Oregon: delivering robust broadband statewide and ensuring that speeds and prices in underserved areas are on par with what is available in Oregon’s cities. It recommends 12 actions, including creating of a state broadband office, accelerating a mapping program, and developing public investment strategies.

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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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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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