This video is a recording of a conversation between Jonathan West of Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperative and Edward Hinson of SkyLine in which they discuss  Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) operations and the benefits and challenges of investing in these endeavors.

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.

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.

The Minnesota Broadband Infrastructure Plan details the elements of the state’s efforts to engage communities and providers with broadband issues. The plan consists of four interacting elements: statutory goals, data and mapping, broadband office, and program tools. The goals of achieving universal access to speeds of 25/3 Mbps by 2022 and 100/20 Mbps by 2026 function as the compass points that direct the other elements of the plan.

Maryland’s Task Force on Rural Internet, Broadband, Wireless and Cellular Service provides this report of recommendations to address broadband access in unserved and underserved areas of the state. Chief recommendations focus on implementing legislation that allows electric utility easements and rights-of-way to be used for broadband, providing support for additional resources, and working with the state's congressional delegation to increase federal grant funding or matching funds.

This resource from the Kansas Office of Rural Prosperity (ORP) outlines efforts the ORP has undertaken to address rural infrastructure in unserved and underserved parts of the state, and makes a case for increasing efforts to provide broadband infrastructure.

This resource describes the development of a new co-op entity, Coastal Fiber Inc., which intends to deliver fiber-to-the-home broadband services in three counties in Southeast Georgia. The piece discusses the role of state legislation in empowering cooperatives to deliver broadband services.

This blog from EducationSuperHighway describes how North Dakota built off the previous work of a state fiber-optic network co-op initiative from the 1990s to provide connectivity to students during the Covid-19 pandemic. The blog details how multiple state agencies collaborated to identify which homes and areas needed service and connectivity. This case demonstrates how crucial the state can be in bridging the home access gap.

This testimony by Joanne Hovis, presented to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, argues that areas with high infrastructure costs per user fail to attract the private capital necessary to build networks. Further, it presents steps that state, local, and federal government can take to improve the economics of broadband deployment and incentivize investment.

This piece of legislation from the State of Connecticut, signed into law on July 12, 2021, puts forth rules for updating state broadband maps, introduces a grant program to support the deployment of broadband service, establishes that a public list of federal broadband funding opportunities will be maintained, and establishes rights and regulations for broadband providers.

A white paper that provides data and analysis of the broadband availability gap across Iowa. The authors argue that broadband infrastructure is crucial for economic growth and competitiveness amongst Iowa businesses and communities and that communities lacking access to adequate broadband will struggle economically and be left behind socially.

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This resource from May 2021 discusses President Joe Biden's appointment of Vice President Harris to lead the broadband component of his infrastructure plan. The article acknowledges the two core issues that must be resolved for the broadband bill to pass: prioritizing expenditures for unserved areas and moving beyond temporary solutions to address the adoption problem for low-income families.

This piece offers three solutions to ensure poor, rural areas receive service: through a public or nonprofit entity, through a cooperative owned by its members, or through a private utility.

This resource argues for the inclusion of broadband in Congress' stimulus bill, the CARES Act. Broadband deployment, competition, affordability, adoption, and connectivity to community anchor institutions combine to form essential parts of an agenda for change.

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This resource argues for universally available, affordable broadband for everyone in Illinois. A study conducted by the Illinois Broadband Advisory Council reveals that race, ethnicity, and age are important factors in internet access and adoption. The blog uses the multiple findings from the study to initiate a conversation about broadband access, adoption, and affordability.