This report makes a case for Ohio to invest in expanding coverage into the state’s unserved areas. The authors recommend that Ohio create a state broadband office, adopt a dig-once policy, strengthen its public-private partnerships, establish an investment fund to finance infrastructure builds, and promote last-mile policies in local governments.

This guide was created for communities looking to expand broadband service. The study includes models of fully public and fully private networks as well as public-private partnerships. The intention of the guide is to help municipalities understand the capital involved for deployment, how much revenue can be generated, and how to avoid pitfalls.

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This article explains the partnership between the Yakutat community and the Cordova Telecom Cooperative to extend fiber-to-the-home service to the village. It touches on the project's impetus, sources of funding, and applications in the community.

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A report describing key takeaways from the 2019 Indigenous Connectivity Summit. The themes include community empowerment, the internet and culture, storytelling as a mechanism for advocacy, strong partnerships, sharing stories of success, and community networks.

The Community Broadband Planning Playbook is a tool from North Carolina’s Department of Information Technology that provides guidance on expanding broadband access in communities. This playbook helps create incentives and favorable policies so that communities may build partnerships with providers and increase access.

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This report summarizes the 2018 Indigenous Connectivity Summit and its key takeaways.

This report provides a summary of the policy recommendations that resulted from the 2020 Indigenous Connectivity Summit. The policy recommendations address barriers and opportunities related to Tribal broadband.

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This report provides a summary of the policy recommendations that resulted from the 2019 Indigenous Connectivity Summit. The policy recommendations address barriers and opportunities related to Tribal broadband.

This paper discusses best practices and risks when developing public-private partnerships, and includes three case studies. It also highlights the importance of communities retaining some level of agency for future decision-making when developing agreements with partners.

This compilation of video resources includes discussions from cities and utility companies about their partnership business models, how to build shared goals, and best practices for project implementation. The resource covers both broadband partnerships and other smart city applications.

This report discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a number of trends in broadband, leading to a significant wave of public-private collaboration.

An exploration of the shared risks and rewards of the emerging public infrastructure/private service partnership model. The piece defines and describes the model (and its variations) from both a business and technical standpoint and summarizes case study examples from across the United States.

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The 2021 Wisconsin State Broadband Plan succinctly lists the goals and strategies the Public Service Commission has for broadband in the State. It aims to make high-performance broadband in Wisconsin more accessible, resilient, competitive, and affordable through strategies like data gathering, infrastructure investments, partnership and capacity building, and a digital equity and inclusion framework.