A video of Greensboro (North Carolina) CIO Jane Nickles discussing connecting unconnected households and how the pandemic exposed gaps in broadband coverage for local students. She also discusses the city’s partnerships with US Ignite and the fiber provider Segra, along with building connected cities in the Triad region of North Carolina.

This interview with Tim Lucas of SaverLife focuses on how digital inclusion can help low-to-moderate-income Americans reach financial stability. Lucas discusses how the influx of finance-based technology, including online banking and smartphone apps that answer questions about personal finances, can help people save money.

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Pew Research Center explores survey data about whether access to high-speed internet is a problem, breaking the data down by geography, income, age, race, and ethnicity of survey participants.

Pew Research Center explores survey data about how smartphone ownership and home broadband subscriptions have increased among American adults since 2019. The survey also shows that some have problems connecting to the internet at home, some are smartphone-dependent, and some without home broadband have no interest in having home broadband in the future.

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This resource explores survey results showing the digital divide between high- and low-income Americans remains despite higher ownership rates of smartphones and that people with lower incomes often rely solely on smartphones to access the internet. The author also notes that this disparity is manifest among school-age children as the homework gap, which has been exacerbated by schoolwork moving online during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This video is a recording of a conversation between Lane Earl of Strata Networks and Belinda Nelson of Gila River Telecommunications in which they discuss the benefits of making broadband accessible and affordable in Tribal communities.

This resource discusses challenges and opportunities regarding broadband adoption in Huntsville, Alabama. It highlights state policy developments and recent partnerships that have sought to address broadband adoption and also offers a set of recommendations to improve adoption.

This resource includes a snapshot of federal broadband data in each state or territory, background on state data-collection initiatives, and local insights that help illustrate why persistent data inaccuracies put unserved and underserved populations at a disadvantage and keep them locked out of funding opportunities.

This case study describes the state of the digital divide in Ohio and highlights innovative community broadband solutions. It also discusses the role of the state's Broadband Office in supporting community efforts.

This resource describes the state of broadband connectivity in Memphis, Tennessee, and highlights local initiatives to bridge the digital divide. It also includes an interview with the City's Chief Information Officer.

This resource reviews research on internet access in the Navajo Nation, revealing that many Navajo chapters lack affordable, accessible internet, and arguing that the federal government’s failure to connect people on tribal lands deprives entire tribes of opportunities for employment, healthcare, education, and economic growth in both the short and long term.

This resource from the Kansas Office of Rural Prosperity (ORP) outlines efforts the ORP has undertaken to address rural infrastructure in unserved and underserved parts of the state, and makes a case for increasing efforts to provide broadband infrastructure.

This resource describes the first Tribal Wireless Bootcamp, which sought to share strategies on building physical networks while building a social support network for this work. The piece describes the conception of the event and the event itself and discusses opportunities for future iterations of the Tribal Wireless Bootcamp.

This research brief derives data from the Common Sense Census, which reveal that children of color have been far more likely to experience disruptions in learning due to a lack of digital access than white students. The results of the study also illustrate the economic inequality in education that was exacerbated by the pandemic.

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.