A white paper that provides data and analysis of the broadband availability gap across Iowa. The authors argue that broadband infrastructure is crucial for economic growth and competitiveness amongst Iowa businesses and communities and that communities lacking access to adequate broadband will struggle economically and be left behind socially.

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CLIC lists summaries of laws in many states that have substantial barriers to public communications initiatives and public-private broadband partnerships. These measures include explicit prohibitions on telecommunications, cable, broadband, or combinations of these services. It argues restrictions that might appear benign can be discriminatory and prohibitory in practice.

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This Request for Proposal (RFP) from Garrett County, Maryland, seeks bids to identify one or more private partners interested in construction, deployment, operation and maintenance of Broadband Internet Network in key target areas of the county.

This document from the City of Huntsville, Alabama lays out a pole attachment agreement between the Huntsville Utilities Electric Board and Google Fiber, Inc. to install aerial cables in Huntsville.

CLIC provides a compilation of documents about public-private partnerships (P3s) intended to add to the body of knowledge about broadband public-private partnerships. The documents are not necessarily endorsed by CLIC and may or may not reflect the views of the organization.

This guidebook from CENIC explores strategies for access to broadband, funding and business models to support and sustain access, and models of broadband adoption for tribal communities, particularly those in rural California. It hopes to serve as a foundational guide for tribal leaders and communities to develop tribal-based approaches to infrastructure that will empower and enrich the community.

The California Broadband Council’s action plan, published in late 2020, outlines the situation of broadband in California, the state’s broadband goals, and actions the council recommends to meet those goals. These actions include modernizing broadband standards, increasing access to affordable services and devices, and improving broadband data, mapping transparency, and usability.

This resource from the Brookings Institution addresses the broadband accessibility problem faced in rural America and how it was aggravated by the Trump FCC's mismanagement of efforts to connect unserved Americans. The outdated definition of "broadband" was not updated by the Trump FCC, which led to incorrect mapping and data collection.

This resource explains the four primary pieces of broadband policy in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and how they can help move America toward its long-held goals of universal broadband access and adoption. Firstly, the largest part of the IIJA's $65 billion is a $42.5 billion appropriation to fund network deployment. Second, the IIJA includes a subsidy for low-income Americans to connect to broadband. Third, the Senate orders the FCC to come up with a plan to reform universal service. Finally, the fourth component provides a surge of funding to address digital training and literacy.

This part of a multi-section series from the Brookings Institution on the American Rescue Plan (ARP) argues that the ARP can address immediate broadband needs while laying the foundation for more durable digital equity and that closing the digital divide begins with this kind of investment, as the digital divide won't go away on its own.

An article that outlines the results of a study of terrestrial broadband internet availability in the United States, estimating that at least 42 million Americans do not have access to broadband, 6.5 percent more than the FCC’s estimate. BroadbandNow gives state-by-state figures for over-reporting and unserved Americans and offers suggestions for how the FCC can improve its data collection and mapping practices.

This piece offers three solutions to ensure poor, rural areas receive service: through a public or nonprofit entity, through a cooperative owned by its members, or through a private utility.

This resource explores the challenges service providers face as more households transition to fiber, primarily the shortage of skilled workers like network planners and network ops technicians, and argues the communications industry faces a major shortage of manpower. It offers the solution of cloud-based subscriber insight and management tools to simplify and automate the fiber activation process.

This study measures the impact of broadband in five rural Minnesota communities and illustrates the impact that broadband investment can have on community vibrancy. Their stories help illustrate the need for innovative, technology-based development strategies in rural areas to give them a distinct advantage over unserved municipalities.

This resource examines the impact of the FCC's Connect America Fund (CAF II) in its goal of closing the financial gap and improve broadband services. The report explores whether the program is helping to close the rural-urban digital divide and whether CAF II funding is adequate to encourage providers to deploy networks in less densely populated areas.