The Missouri Broadband Plan, as of May 2019, details guiding principles and activities to deploy a robust broadband network for Missouri. The chief recommendations are to increase broadband data collection and utilization, accelerate broadband infrastructure and access, leverage partnerships to accelerate broadband efforts, and increase broadband adoption.

This 2019 update on the KentuckyWired Network describes the next steps in the network's project to build an approximately 3,300-mile-long middle mile broadband network to provide affordable broadband statewide.

In this resource, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies encourage state and local leaders to focus on equitable development that improves the quality of life in communities of color, specifically when it comes to 5G and smart city technology.

This resource reports that Black communities in the Rural South lack affordable, high-speed, quality broadband, and argues that expanding broadband could help reduce the deep racial and economic inequalities in education, jobs, and healthcare in the region, with policy recommendations.

An article from December 2020 that makes a case for more subsidies to expand broadband into rural areas of the United States. The author also recommends engaging electrical cooperatives, using alternative technologies, and entering into public-private partnerships.

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This paper highlights key aspects needed for a national infrastructure plan: improvement to the digital infrastructure for the economic benefits and an increase in private-sector investment in nationwide deployment of future-proof, fixed broadband networks. The author recommends policy measures achieve those goals, such as direct funding support, changes to the tax code, and actions to enhance the productivity of capital expenditures.

In this 2017 blog, EducationSuperHighway examines some implications of distance learning, providing the context of budget cuts and already overburdened classrooms, and considers what kind of support classrooms need to successfully integrate distance learning technology.

This resource from Boston Consulting Group and CTIA discusses the potential benefits of 5G in regard to economic growth and the job market. The report argues 5G will unlock benefits across the US, from densely populated cities to less dense communities. Chief recommendations for state, local, and federal government officials include working toward additional licensed spectrum, developing more efficient deployment policies, and encouraging the upskilling of the workforce to keep 5G's rollout on track.

This resource describes a high-level approach to adapting a governance process to support identified broadband needs and produce the greatest community value. The paper presents a governance framework in which stakeholder drivers and needs and the process of organizing for service contribute to value creation.

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 resource from October 2021 outlines Philadelphia’s digital divide, connectivity in the city, programs to promote broadband that have made an impact, the role played by schools, economic disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the reasons for adoption gaps among Philadelphians.

This resource from the Brookings Institution discusses the benefits and costs of broadband expansion, and the potential for significant economic impact that result from investment into broadband. It argues that while barriers and challenges to expansion exist, increased access and usage of broadband infrastructure in rural areas has the potential to increase property values, job and population growth, and business formation.

This resource considers the expansion of telehealth and digital health to improve health outcomes and equity in America. A key question for the adoption of any of the many modalities comprising digital health is whether they will help patients achieve better health. Digital health may serve as a solution to add efficacy and efficiency of care delivery.

This paper from the Brookings Institution examines how mobile devices with cellular connectivity improve learning and engage students and teachers. As wireless technology can provide new content and facilitate information access, it will enable and empower learning in new ways.

This resource reveals how modernizing the visitor experience at Jamestowne with improved connectivity can coincide with preserving the historical richness. Cox Business provides the historical site with cable broadband and Wi-Fi, which allows students to remotely explore the site.