This web page contains the FCC’s Federal-State Joint Board Monitoring Reports from 2011 to the present day. The reports observe the impacts of universal service support mechanisms and give updates on industry revenues; programs such as Connect America Fund, Lifeline, E-rate, and Rural Health Care; and internet subscription data.

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This resource provides a brief overview of telehealth and the limitations the country faces to expand telehealth services. Policy recommendations include reimbursing clinicians and telehealth providers to incentivize telehealth use and to raise value for patients, and having federal and state governments encourage coverage and payment of telehealth services.

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This podcast episode focuses on how lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic can affect future telehealth policy. The panelists discuss questions related to future telehealth legislation, modernization of the healthcare system, and the need to close the digital divide to ensure the success of telehealth.

Published in March 2016, this report looks at data from the National Broadband Map to examine the broadband speeds in health care facilities in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties across the United States. The study found that 55 percent of facilities in metro areas had download speeds of more than 50 Mbps, compared with 12 percent of nonmetro facilities.

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This report summarizes the 2017 Indigenous Connectivity Summit and its key takeaways.

This resource shares results of a Pew Research Center survey exploring how broadband adoption and computer ownership vary by race and ethnicity in the U.S. It finds that Black and Hispanic adults in the United States remain less likely than White adults to say they own a traditional computer or have high-speed internet at home, but there are no racial and ethnic differences when it comes to other devices, such as smartphones and tablets.