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This 2020 State Broadband Office report from Washington defines the 2024-2028 state broadband goals of high speed access for all by 2024 and 150/150 Mbps symmetrical speeds by 2028 and makes recommendations for how to meet these goals. It also provides an overview of the current state of broadband in Washington and provides examples of successful past initiatives.
The Commonwealth Connect Plan, published in 2020 by the State of Virginia, explains how the State will work with local governments to identify gaps in coverage and develop plans to fill those gaps. It discusses current broadband availability in the State, non-state and local actors, initiatives undertaken by other states to increase broadband availability, what Virginia is currently doing, and recommendations for policies that would improve these efforts.
This 10-year Telecommunications Plan published in 2021 by the State of Vermont provides a roadmap to achieving telecommunications goals such as bringing to all unserved and underserved on-grid homes scalable 100/100 Mbps service, facilitating competition, promoting local input and oversight, and ensuring that systems are resilient, redundant, secure, and future-proof.
This 2020 broadband plan from the State of Utah summarizes the history of State broadband initiatives and outlines strategic goals and initiatives to continue to steer the course of deploying and expanding broadband in the State. These initiatives include maintaining existing infrastructure, connecting and upgrading services to schools and libraries, and continuing efforts to connect healthcare sites through the Utah Education and Telehealth Network (UETN).
This 2020 report on the status of broadband in Texas details many challenges to connectivity in rural and unserved areas of the state, highlighting that Texas is one of only six states that does not have a statewide broadband plan. It argues that COVID-19 has underscored the need for a plan to increase broadband connectivity.
This 2017 legislation makes changes to the state's broadband accessibility grant program, referred to as the "program," to promote the deployment and adoption of broadband access services. It also directs the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to prepare a report updating its January 2017 report on broadband in the state.
This May 2019 report outlines the challenges to increasing high-speed broadband access throughout the State's rural areas. It discusses some of the methods South Dakota will use to work towards its goal of increasing the availability of 25/3 Mbps speeds, including business-friendly regulatory practices, allocation of state resources, and public-private partnerships.
This 2015 report from the Rhode Island General Assembly discusses that while the State's broadband infrastructure is highly ranked, areas with no coverage still exist. The report makes recommendations on how to increase access to these underserved communities.
This report is Oregon's plan to increase broadband accessibility. Important goals include establishing a rural broadband capacity improvement program, a digital literacy and security program, and a broadband outreach program to engage stakeholders.
This report summarizes Oklahoma's objectives and highlights activities to enhance broadband access and adoption, specifically in areas identified as unserved and underserved. The chief initiatives are to enhance mapping of unserved areas, assist with local broadband planning, and develop programs to incentivize broadband coverage.
This report presents recommendations for improving broadband access for unserved and underserved populations in Ohio. The state plans to emphasizes projects related to health services, community infrastructure, and education initiatives that will improve the lives of Ohioans. The state seeks to be a partner in coordinating new or existing high-speed internet expansion efforts rather than a network owner.
The North Dakota Broadband Plan of 2019 provides the goals, opportunities, and challenges of North Dakota. Goals include making North Dakota a business-friendly environment that allows industry to thrive and promoting anchor-tenant models to leverage public resources to help drive innovation.
This report assesses the current status of broadband availability in North Carolina and offers strategies to achieve universal access. The chief recommendations focus on incentivizing investment in next generation, future-proof infrastructure and reducing barriers to deployment, creating community-based adoption and use programs, closing the "homework gap," facilitating integration of broadband into economic development strategies, and leveraging the influence telehealth technologies have on household broadband adoption and use.
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.
The Missouri Broadband Plan, as of May 2019, details guiding principles and activities to deploy a robust broadband network for Missouri. The chief recommendations are to increase broadband data collection and utilization, accelerate broadband infrastructure and access, leverage partnerships to accelerate broadband efforts, and increase broadband adoption.
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