Key recommendations
Goals
Ensure every citizen has access to broadband
States: AZ HI AR CA DC TN VT
Treat broadband as a utility, common public infrastructure
States VT NC DC
Leadership
Develop comprehensive plan
States MS HI MO WA
Describe broadband need/usage
States WA MO VA
Provide/support leadership at the local level with statewide resources
States CO IL CA VA
Adopt/support a national broadband policy
States HI VT VA
Create a permanent coordinating entity
States DC MI AZ MS HI ME NC VT LA NH TN WA VA NC
Form public private partnership (e.g. Connect Kentucky, Connect Tennessee, etc)
States TN KT NC
Tracking progress
Develop broadband maps
States AR NC MO HI CA WA
Encourage accurate/timely data sharing by providers
States NC VT
Complete, and keep up to date, an inventory of telecommunications infrastructure
States NC
Ways and means
Provide incentives and funding for broadband infrastructure
States NC VT ME SC
Promote competition
States TN
TN
Encourage private providers to bring broadband to rural communities
States MS NC
Describe tax and financial incentives for provider-investment
States MO NH
Broadband service fund
States NH WA
Simplify permitting and access to right of way
States NH CA VT IL VA
Support continuous infrastructure upgrades
States VT
Allow local government to provide wholesale services
States MS NC
Leverage public works for fiber deployment
States DC
Describe/emulate best practice programs in other states
States MO NH
Modernize current statute and regulations
Establish telecenters
States NC
Address underserved
Stimulate demand by increasing digital literacy
States ME NY MS HI AR NC CA VA NC
Increase availability in low-income homes
States HI
Increase availability in rural areas
States NC
Close digital divide
States NY HI
Innovation
Encourage broadband innovation and research
States CA OR VA
Create statewide e-health network
States CA OR
Accelerate e-government
States NY OR
Key programs initiated
State grants - infrastructure/ops for unserved and under-served communities/entities
States VT NY OH
State-supported advocacy agency (e.g. "Connect Kentucky")
States VT OH AR NC TN KY
State broadband council
States AR WV OH NC
State broadband fund
States WV
State broadband mapping
States OH VA
Online toolkit for communities
States VA
Recommended appropriations
Broadband mapping
States AR OH WA IL
Citizen education
States OH AR WA
Grants program
States IL NC
Web links
NY - <http://www.oft.state.ny.us/oft/UniversalBroadband/overview.htm>
Connected Nation -- <http://connectednation.org/research/economic_impact_study/>
MS -- <http://www.msgovt.org/policy.html>
NE -- http://www.nitc.state.ne.us/reports/bstf.html
HI -- http://www.hbtf.org/
AR - <http://www.broadbandadvisorycouncil.arkansas.gov/> <http://www.connect-arkansas.org>
VT -- <http://www.telecomvt.org/>
NC -- http://www.e-nc.org
AZ -- <http://www.arizonatele.com/atic/default.htm>
CA -- <http://www.calink.ca.gov/pdf/CBTF_FINAL_Report.pdf>
CO -- <http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Innovation%2FINLayout&cid=1192458212697&pagename=INWrapper&rendermode=preview>
NH -- http://www.nheconomy.com/broadband-action-plan.aspx <http://www.ltgov.mo.gov/ruralhsi/index.htm>
WV -- <http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4637 SUB.htm>
OH -- <http://www.ohiobroadbandcouncil.org/index.shtml>
PA -- <http://www.tccp.org/html/1,1128,About_Us,00.html>
TN -- <http://www.tennessee.gov/tra/bbtaskforce/Tenn. Broadband Task Force Report and Recommendations.pdf> <http://www.connectedtennessee.org/>
WA -- <http://dis.wa.gov/hiswg/default.htm> <http://www.wutc.wa.gov/webimage.nsf/0/0C107F2AECEC013A8825733800684FCF>
IL -- <http://illinoisbroadbanddeployment.pbwiki.com/>
VA -- <http://www.otpba.vi.virginia.gov/broadband_roundtable.shtml>
SC -- <http://www.scstatehouse.gov/citizensinterestpage/BroadbandTechnology&CommunicationStudyComm/broadband.html/>
NC -- <http://e-nc.org>
Statement of values
Goals
Internet is essential infrastructure
States MI NH HI DC OR TN
All businesses/citizens should have access to broadband
States TN IL AZ WV OR VA SC NC
Increase broadband penetration
States NY HI CA CO
Affordability
States NY
NY
Economic
Participate in the global economy
States AZ AR CO HI OH IL
Participate in national economic stimulus/rollout
States HI VT Connected Nation
Important for agriculture, education
States MO CA
Spur economic development
States CO DC MO NY HI NH OH WA
Address the underserved
Needed in rural areas
States MO
Increase demand -- Increase digital literacy and awareness
States MS DC NY NH
Increase demand -- Increase availability of computers -- gateway to Internet adoption & literacy
States NY OH
Ways and means
Develop strong leadership (state and local)
States NY HI
Public/private collaboration
States NY KY MO VA
Market-driven strategies
States MS WV
Community-driven strategies
States VA
Leverage previous investments
States NY OH
Improve information sharing between gov't entities
States NY VA
Shared inventory of infrastructure for planning
States VA
Citizen engagement, e-democracy
States NY
Where we've been
History of initiatives
States MN OR AZ VA
Low penetration - historical figures
States HI MS VT DC Connected Nation
Digital Divide
States DC
Where we are today
Describe state rank -- demographic and economic indicators (e.g. livability, income, economy
States NH
Rankings
Describes state rank -- Internet access speed
States HI AR NY TN
Describe penetration -- percent of households subscribing to high speed Internet
States CO OH NY CA TN VA
Describe availability
States NH NY VT CA CO WV OH TN WA NC Connected Nation
Describe rate of adoption
States TN WA
Describe "uneven" deployment in different parts of the state -- from very good to poor (rural/urban, rich/poor)
States NH WV CA CO OH WA
Describe cost -- price per megabit
States HI
Describe number of communities receiving USDA Rural Community Connect Broadband grants
States MS
Surveys
User survey
Do you use the Internet?
Do you use a computer?
What's your income?
Is broadband critical infrastructure?
State take a more active role?
Will broadband increase if left to market forces?
Do you need broadband?
Use Internet at work?
Would you work from home?
States NH OH
Business survey
Does your business use the Internet?
Does your business use a computer?
What's your annual revenue?
States OH TN
Provider survey
Should state subsidize BB build-out?
Barriers imposed by local siting/right-of-way?
Barriers imposed by make-ready costs?
Tax issues?
Drivers of increased demand?
Desire for statewide coordination?
Role of fixed wireless?
States NH
Barriers and constraints
States HI WA
Where we want to be
Goals
Increase adoption -- set a goal -- ___% of businesses/citizens will have access to broadband speeds by a given date, 100% by a given date
States DC NH AR VT CA CO WV OR VA NC
Expand availability in rural and underserved areas
States OR TN
Increase speeds
States TN
Ensure affordability
States OR TN
Adopt/implement effective policy
States OR
Provide benefits
Applications
Health care
Public safety
First responder
Education
Telework
States CA OR HI IL
Economic impact/jobs
Attract investments -- at the community level
Reports
Connected Nation (Federal-level view)
States NC DC NY VT OR
Better government -- more efficient, e-government, more effective
States NH NY OR
Approach
Provide shared open-access/utility infrastructure
States HI
Reports ITU
Regulation
Reports
OECD - OECD POLICY GUIDANCE ON CONVERGENCE AND NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS
Encourage providers to expand in unserved/under-served communities
States NY Connected Nation
Use incentives to spur deployment
States NH CO OR
Provide leadership, "broadband champions"
States CO WA
Leverage public and private assets
States NC NY VT
Foster competition
States NY
Encourage community participation
States DC NY WA
How are we going to get there
Leadership
Establish definitions for broadband activities, facilities and services
States OR
Define unserved and underserved
States OR
Define affordable
States OR
Develop strategies
States CO OH NY HI
Set a goals
States NH VT OR
Recommend legislation/regulations to support additional deployments
States CO NH
Enshrine vision in legislation
States HI VT
Consolidated coordinating entity
States AR HI NH
Organizing
Provide information and tools to leaders
States OR IL DC VA
Make broadband deployments in unserved areas a public policy priority
States VA
Improve coordination of BB initiatives and outreach
States NH
Mobilize stakeholder collaboration (providers, experts, leaders)
States NY NH Connected Nation
Explore local government roles -- e.g. share excess capacity on public service wireless networks.
States CO
Provide training to citizens
States AR IL NY VA
Partner with existing and new service providers
States VT
Public private partnerships
States OR
Involve local and state governments in planning & implementation
States OR
Financial resources
State acts as "anchor tenant" to spur deployment
States CO
Leverage existing organizations and State buying power
States VA
Statewide deployment fund
States WV VT
Provide grants
States VT WA NC NC
Provide loans
States WA
Access to Universal Service Fund
States OR
Remove barriers
Simplify permitting and access to right of way
States CO VT NH
Remove disincentives for deployment/investment
States OR VA
Track progress
Obtain regular consumer feedback (polls, forums, etc.)
States NH OR
Develop maps, tracking data
States NH AR CO OR WA NC Connected Nation
Metrics
Increase in availability
Expand speed in each tier of service
Increase in adoption and use
Increase in technology literacy
Increase in service-provider participation in deployment and adoption initiatives
Increase in end-user satisfaction
Review inventory and demand date to propose underserved areas to invest in
States OR
Broadband functionality (tiers of service)
States WV OH NY CA NH WA IL
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