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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 explores Albuquerque, New Mexico's initiatives to close the digital divide. The report highlights projects led by the public school system, the University of New Mexico, and the City, and describes broadband issues pertinent to the indigenous community.
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 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.
Published in August 2018, the Michigan Broadband Roadmap is a report from the Michigan Consortium of Advanced Networks (MCAN) to outline long-term goals for the state, with the purpose of identifying gaps in service coverage and capacity, along with providing recommendations for the public and private sector. Chief recommendations focus on connecting unserved communities, improving affordability, increasing digital literacy, closing the homework gap, and investing in broadband to improve access and adoption.
In this testimony, Joanne Hovis, president of CTC Technology & Energy, makes the case before the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology that broadband infrastructure should be included in any infrastructure investment program.
This report explains the City and County of San Francisco's (City) plans to address the need for essential high‐speed, affordable broadband services in the City through a ubiquitous fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network.
This resource showcases the diverse range of approaches communities and local internet service providers (ISP) have taken to expand affordable, high-quality internet access in Minnesota. It includes a series of case studies that detail how communities are meeting the connectivity challenges of a broken marketplace shaped by large monopoly service providers.
This report offers recommendations from the task force aimed at improving broadband access across Idaho. Recommendations include identifying funding and partnership models, connecting health care and first responders, and giving students and families the tools to succeed.
The digital divide may diminish but the discrepancy in digital skills will remain substantial, so focus should fall on the digital readiness of communities and certain demographics to help them fully engage with online resources. Analysis shows the levels of digital skills have the largest impact on predicting peoples' online activities. With higher expectations for universal connectivity and utilization of broadband services, public and private sector stakeholders should consider digital readiness.
In this blog, EducactionSuperHighway describes how Polar Communications worked with local school districts for deliver broadband to North Dakota students in need during the Covid-19 pandemic. This blog also provides recommendations on how to work with local telecommunications companies to build solutions for students and schools.
In this blog, EducationSuperHighway describes how Premier Communications reached out to local schools to identify and connect families who were without broadband during the Covid-19 pandemic.
This blog from EducationSuperHighway details how the Clark County School District addressed digital challenges faced by students at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic by partnering with local ISPs, coordinating outreach, and providing extensive support to families.
This blog from EducationSuperHighway details how the City of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools formed public-private partnerships with local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to offer "sponsored service," paying directly for internet service for in-need families, to ensure students were able to access the digital classroom for remote learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The resource provides data displays to show the increase in student connectivity from 2015 and which school districts across America are meeting the 1 Mbps per student standard.
This Request for Proposal (RFP) Checklist developed by CTIA provides a starting point to make sure all technical requirements are met for RFPs.
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