If you’re wondering which rural broadband funding programs to apply for – or which will solve the rural broadband problem – here’s a brief primer.

The Broadband Communities Summit brings together participants in the multifamily, rural, economic development, technology and policy worlds. This issue of the magazine has something for all of them.

Springtime was especially good to rural broadband hopefuls, with new money and potentially more flexible ways of disbursement.

The evolution of technology is enabling cable companies to transition gradually to all-fiber networks.

Technology, economics and political change are driving a very special Broadband Communities Summit this year.

The FCC stacks the deck against broadband in rural and poor urban districts.

The Fiber Broadband Association – formerly the FTTH Council – broadened its technology base but its conference emphasized fiber to the home as the ultimate goal.

Welcome to the world of white boxes (for the haves) and white spaces (for the have-nots).

Carriers already share many network assets, but they aren’t always forthcoming about these relationships. Why not accept the inevitable?

Three award winners illustrate different approaches to connecting the unconnected.

How should a small, agile fiber overbuilder decide where to expand next?

At the 2017 Broadband Communities Summit, held in Dallas in May, fiber deployers shared their experiences and vendors displayed their new technology.

Rural Georgians were falling ever further behind their metropolitan neighbors in terms of broadband access. Now the state legislature is preparing a comprehensive initiative to address the problem.

New ideas are needed to get adequate broadband to rural areas.

In many rural areas, traditional operators have failed to invest in telecommunications infrastructure. Strategic investments by property owners, groups of owners, local associations and local governments can jump-start competition.

How can state legislators help spread the gigabit wealth to more constituents? That’s not a rhetorical question – this legislator is looking for new ideas.