This resource from Broadband USA, published in 2016, presents planning steps necessary to create a community broadband roadmap. The goal of the resource is to help communities expand broadband access locally to create jobs, improve educational opportunities, promote economic development, spur private investment, and facilitate the delivery of essential social services.

This case study describes the state of the digital divide in Mesa, Arizona. It highlights partnerships, resources, and opportunities in the community to improve access to and adoption of broadband.

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 report details the current status and future needs of broadband in New Hampshire, along with recommendations for regional planning. The chief recommendations focus on establishing a broadband authority and broadband council, eliminating barriers to broadband availability, encouraging competition to improve broadband affordability, coordinating and promoting training to increase adoption, and monitoring broadband availability and adoption.

This video is a discussion between regional leaders in the public and private sector as they highlight the need for resilient infrastructure solutions across geographies and infrastructure modes, touching on topics from broadband to smart buildings.

This page collocates all broadband-related videos produced by Community Broadband Networks, a project of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Videos range from recordings of live discussions among experts, to informational explainer videos, to videos highlighting communities' work.

This resource describes the state of Superior, Wisconsin's plans to develop an open access fiber network that would reach every resident. The project's main objectives are to reduce the cost of broadband for residents and businesses and to improve network speed and reliability.

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.

CLIC lists summaries of laws in many states that have substantial barriers to public communications initiatives and public-private broadband partnerships. These measures include explicit prohibitions on telecommunications, cable, broadband, or combinations of these services. It argues restrictions that might appear benign can be discriminatory and prohibitory in practice.

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This document from the City of Westminster, Maryland, details a dark fiber lease and network operation agreement between itself and Ting Fiber Inc.

This document from the City of Huntsville, Alabama lays out a pole attachment agreement between the Huntsville Utilities Electric Board and Google Fiber, Inc. to install aerial cables in Huntsville.

This resource is a video of a call between U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and community broadband advocates from Benton, Chicago, and Isanti Counties to discuss how the bipartisan infrastructure bill can help expand broadband to rural Minnesota communities.

This statement expresses how the lack of broadband competition disproportionately impacts low-income subscribers. The author suggests policy solutions, including gathering pricing data to promote and assess competition, or expanding competition for residents in multi-tenant locations.

This resource ardently argues for the support of community anchor institutions in comprehensive national strategies to promote broadband availability due to their provision of essential services such as education, information access, and telehealth. As anchor institutions can serve as points of stability and strength, they can be critical in helping America navigate its broadband future.

This resource discusses the importance of electric cooperatives and publicly owned municipal electric utilities in the delivery of broadband services. The piece states that they provide access to essential infrastructure while having lower risks and fewer entry costs. Rural electric co-ops are critical to the deployment of broadband in places without any service and they can also provide competitive choices in areas with service.