A roundup of recent studies about the growing chasm between broadband haves and have-nots, how to overcome this divide, and the costs and benefits of reducing it

Economic development professionals who completed the Revving the Community Broadband Economic Engine survey weighed in on the current availability, affordability and speed of broadband – and how communities are working to increase all three.

Internet adoption rates among low-income urban populations have climbed in recent years. Joining the online world has changed their lives for the better, say members of this group in a new survey by RVA LLC.

Rural providers are taking aim at rural businesses with fiber and DOCSIS 3.1–based broadband services. But providers must educate this segment about using these new services to become more viable in the online world.

Researchers at an Australian university propose a new way to measure the social benefits of broadband.

To ensure their economic survival, communities must be active participants in broadband planning.

Only fiber to the premises can support the new knowledge economy.

A new type of statistical model helps cities estimate broadband’s effects on their economic well-being.

Highlights of the 2018 Broadband Communities Summit held in May in Austin, Texas

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.

An innovative program in Pennsylvania leveraged stimulus funds to drive broadband deployment, adoption and use. Small and mid-sized businesses flourished.

New research by Broadband Communities finds a clear relationship between broadband access and median family income but no clear causality.

Broadband continues to be an important economic driver, researchers say – but the story is getting more complicated.

Speakers at the Broadband Communities fall economic development conference discussed how technology disrupts lives – and how it offers lifelines to help individuals and communities cope with that disruption.

Economic development in rural areas depends on broadband access – but the FCC’s current initiatives won’t help.

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

All new multifamily buildings should include fiber. It adds value and ensures residents the fast, reliable broadband they demand.

A dedicated, high-speed broadband network to connect the unconnected is a game changer for Cleveland.

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

Broadband is the underpinning for some of today’s most important transformations in business activity and government services.