A press release announcing the seventh wave of federal dollars for the Emergency Connectivity Fund. The money will support approximately 850 schools, libraries, and consortia in the purchase of 654,000 connected devices and 313,000 broadband connections, affecting more than 700,000 schoolchildren.

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This report from January 2021 analyzes data provided by ISPs to measure the performance of a sample of residential broadband services offered in the United States. The study finds that most of the major providers’ download speeds were at or better than advertised during peak hours.

An article that reviews the NTIA’s Broadband Equity, Access & Deployment Program, which allocates $42.45 billion for last-mile broadband development. Among the topics discussed are the role of the states, the matching requirement, the challenge process, and the changes made to the FCC’s broadband mapping initiative.

A report from November 2019 describing statutory, regulatory, economic, and infrastructure barriers to Tribal broadband access and adoption. It also provides success stories and recommendations for increasing equitable access.

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Published in September 2019, this report discusses historical barriers that Tribes face when attempting to access spectrum resources and efforts by the FCC to support Tribal access to spectrum.

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This resource is a collection of notable issues identified by NATOA members. The homepage aggregates synopses of news articles, including those dealing with recent legislation, FCC rulings on programs such as Lifeline, and other topics of importance to the telecommunications industry.

This resource explores several natural disasters across the nation in which communities worked to ensure that their citizens stay connected in the event of an emergency. It also includes five recommendations for Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that reflect insights from local resiliency planning.

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.

A presentation that provides an overview of the constraints and opportunities posed to communities by the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) small cell order. It frames small cell technologies and their implications for communities, describes technical and aesthetic standards, and describes the elements of a small cell cost analysis.

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