The digital divide may diminish but the discrepancy in digital skills will remain substantial, so focus should fall on the digital readiness of communities and certain demographics to help them fully engage with online resources. Analysis shows the levels of digital skills have the largest impact on predicting peoples' online activities. With higher expectations for universal connectivity and utilization of broadband services, public and private sector stakeholders should consider digital readiness.

Hawaii's 2020 state broadband strategic plan sets goals for the future of broadband in Hawaii, such as ensuring robust broadband infrastructure to all residents,  expanding digital inclusion and adoption, and strengthening community resilience through broadband. It also provides an overview of the current broadband landscape in Hawaii, and state characteristics relevant to broadband deployment and adoption.

Produced in March 2011, this strategic plan assesses Florida’s governmental broadband infrastructure service offerings; describes and analyzes internal and external models for providing broadband; reviews and evaluates future public sector broadband needs, with strategies for their implementation; identifies broadband availability and adoption barriers; and recommends methods to cost-efficiently optimize broadband use.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation argues that fiber is the best option for last-mile infrastructure, contrasting it with coaxial cable and wireless last-mile infrastructure. It explains concepts like bandwidth, latency, channel capacity, and noise.

In this blog, EducationSuperHighway explores how the rural Garrison School identified the issue of inadequate broadband, gathered community support, and upgraded their broadband service to meet the SETDA/FCC goal of 1Mbps per student.

A report by EducationSuperHighway highlights the progress towards getting schools in the U.S. connected to fiber infrastructure and the importance of connectivity in the classroom. It provides recommendations to states to maintain a strong E-rate program, catalyze direct action, and upgrade state networks.

In this interview, EducationSuperHighway speaks with Jennifer Bergland, an educator with a passion for policy about how she was able to increase funding for technology in local schools and became the Director of Governmental Relations at Texas Computer Education Association. Jennifer Bergland offers advocacy advice for CIOS, technology leaders, and educators who want to increase funding for technology in schools.

This blog from EducationSuperHighway details how the Clark County School District addressed digital challenges faced by students at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic by partnering with local ISPs, coordinating outreach, and providing extensive support to families.

This blog from EducationSuperHighway details how the City of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools formed public-private partnerships with local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to offer "sponsored service," paying directly for internet service for in-need families, to ensure students were able to access the digital classroom for remote learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The resource provides data displays to show the increase in student connectivity from 2015 and which school districts across America are meeting the 1 Mbps per student standard.

The Delaware Department of Technology & Information (DTI) hired CTC Technology & Energy (CTC) in fall 2020 to develop a pragmatic, actionable broadband strategic plan for the State. It focuses on broadband service gaps and “digital equity” through affordable, accessible broadband, ownership or access to well-functioning devices, and possession of the skills needed to effectively use broadband and computers.

This resource documents an analysis of fixed wireless broadband solutions using spectrum and other technologies in the state of Georgia. The report describes associated capital and operational costs and provides a short technical introduction to fixed wireless connectivity.

This report describes a strategy for delivery of services over ubiquitous fiber‐to‐the‐premises (FTTP, or fiber connectivity to every home and business in San Francisco) that would be open, offering equal potential access to the network by multiple entities so as to enable and stimulate competition. The effort is guided by principles of equity; jobs, innovation, and growth; and local authority.

This report examines the problem of access to high-speed internet and explores models of emerging public-private partnerships that can help solve the gaps in access. It makes a strong case that North Carolina must change its policy approaches to better encourage these partnerships, which are needed if major parts of the state are not going to be left behind economically.

A submitted testimony to the FCC demonstrating how the T-Mobile and Sprint merger would result in substantial harm to public interest and offers no merger-related benefits to the public.

This piece of legislation from the State of Connecticut, signed into law on July 12, 2021, puts forth rules for updating state broadband maps, introduces a grant program to support the deployment of broadband service, establishes that a public list of federal broadband funding opportunities will be maintained, and establishes rights and regulations for broadband providers.