Connecting Communities Resources

The following selection of resources have been assembled to provide additional information to Connecting Communities teams as they persue their projects.

2012 Broadband Adoption in 2012: Little Movement Since ’09 & Stakeholders Can do More to Spur Adoption, John B. Horrigan, TechNet, www.technet.org

2012 The impact of broadband speed on GDP, Arthur D. Little and Chalmers University of Technology, Ericssson, http://www.ericsson.com/news/1550083

2011 All Aboard? Tackling Broadband Adoption – The Broadband Adoption Summit. Rick Schadelbauer, NTCA, http://www.ntca.org/images/stories/Documents/Press_Center/2011_Releases/Broadband_Adoption_040611FINAL.pdf

2010 Advancing Broadband: A Foundation for Strong Communities (A report on USDA BIP program awards), January 2011 http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/supportdocuments/RBB_report_whole-v4ForWeb.pdf

2010 "Breaking the Broadband Monopoly", The New Rules Project, http://www.newrules.org/information/publications/breaking-broadband-monopoly

2010 "Broadband Adoption and Use in America: OBI Working Paper Series No. 1, John B. Horrigan, FCC, http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/FCCSurvey.pdf

2010 "Broadband's Impact on Economic Development: The Real Deal", IEDC, http://images.tmcnet.com/online-communities/dark-fiber/press/Successful-snapshot-09-10.pdf

2011 "Broadband Initiatives Program Awards Report", USDA, http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/supportdocuments/RBB_report_whole-v4ForWeb.pdf

2009 "Broadband Internet's Value for Rural America", USDA, http://www.link.wisconsin.gov/lwi/link.aspx?URL=http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err78/&Title=Report:%20Broadband
%20Internet%27s%20Value%20for%20Rural%20America

2011 Broadband Statistics Report: Broadband Availability in Urban vs. Rural Areas, US Dept. of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, A national broadband mapping project that provides a comparison of rural and urban broadband availability. http://www.broadbandmap.gov/download/reports/national-broadband-map-broadband-availability-in-rural-vs-urban-areas.pdf

2010 Community Broadband Network Map, http://www.muninetworks.org/communitymap

2009 Community Broadband Preemption Map, http://www.muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-preemption-map

2010 "Community Broadband Snapshot Report™: Broadband's Impact on Economic Development: The Real Deal", Craig Settles, Successful.com, http://successful.com/msp/snapshot-09-10.pdf

2011 Digital Nation: Expanding Internet Usage, US Dept. of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, A report previewing data collected through the Internet Usage Survey of 54,000 households, commissioned by NTIA and conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau in October 2010. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/2011/NTIA_Internet_Use_Report_February_2011.pdf

2010 "The Economic Impact of Digital Exclusion", The Digital Impact Group and EconConsult Corporation, http://www.digitalimpactgroup.org/costofexclusion.pdf

2010 "E-Rate Program and Broadband Usage Survey: Report", Federal Communications Commission, http://wire.wiscnet.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fccreport.pdf

2009 "E-Readiness Rankings 2009 – The usage imperative", The Economist, http://graphics.eiu.com/pdf/E-readiness%20rankings.pdf

2010, Exploring the Digital Nation: Home Broadband Internet Adoption in the United States, NTIA, http://www.link.wisconsin.gov/lwi/link.aspx?URL=http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/2010/ESA_NTIA_US_Broadband_Adoption_
Report_11082010.pdf&Title=NTIA%20Report%2011-10

2010 "Home Broadband 2010", Pew Internet and American Life Project, http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Home-Broadband-2010.aspx

2010 "The Impact of Broadband Speed and Price on Small Business" SBA, http://www.sba.gov/content/impact-broadband-speed-and-price-small-business-1

2010 "An International Look at High-Speed Broadband", Brookings, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2010/0223_broadband_west/0223_broadband_west.pdf

2010 Internet Access Services: Status as of June 30, 2010, FCC, http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0321/DOC-305296A1.pdf

2010 "Local Telephone Competition: Status as of June 30, 2010", FCC, http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0321/DOC-305297A1.pdf

2010 "National Broadband Plan Reflects the Experiences of Leading Countries, but Implementation Will Be Challenging", GAO, http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-825

2010 "Opportunity for All How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries, http://impact.ischool.washington.edu/documents/OPP4ALL_FinalReport.pdf

2011 "Publicly Owned Broadband Networks", The New Rules Project, http://www.newrules.org/information/publications/publicly-owned-broadband-networks-averting-looming-broadband-monopoly

2010 "Small Business Technology Survey", National Small Business Association (NSBA), http://www.nsba.biz/docs/nsba_2010_technology_survey.pdf

2010 "State of the Internet" Q3. Each quarter, Akamai publishes a quarterly "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered across Akamai's global server network about attack traffic, average & maximum connection speeds, Internet penetration and broadband adoption, and mobile usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time. The report can be downloaded after a free registration process: http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/

2010 "Telecommunications" National Broadband Plan Reflects the Experiences of Leading Countries, but Implementation will be Challenging", GAO, http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-825

Web resource:

NTIA's State Broadband Data and Development (SBDD) Program - (click on the "recipient" for your state and then scroll down to the bottom for a link to "broadband map" in the section titled, "State Broadband Links"). http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/SBDD