A special section on rural broadband will help you prepare for the Broadband Communities Summit.

Do you hope to serve a rural area that already has some broadband service?  Work around it. Literally.

Independent providers shouldn’t aim for being a little bit better. They should understand owners’ problems and solve them.

Smart properties satisfy residents, reduce expenses and increase revenues – but they require robust networks.

When you can’t fund a communitywide network, your best strategy may be funding today’s best-served areas.

Fiber, cable and wireless providers, along with electric cooperatives, have big plans for broadband in 2019.

The passage of the Agricultural Improvement Act and the opening of a funding window for the ReConnect program will help narrow the rural digital divide.

Providing broadband locally – with help from electric utilities – can be a good way to anchor rural economies.

The technology challenge for a rural community is closing the gap between the digital infrastructure that is profitable for commercial providers but serves only part of the community and the infrastructure necessary to serve all community members. Local leaders, driven by a clear, aspirational vision of their community’s future, can proactively address this gap.

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

Why every 5G discussion turns to fiber infrastructure: The new head of the Fiber Broadband Association shares her vision of the industry.

Before adopting smart-city technologies, communities should make sure they have processes in place to ensure the success of their projects. American Planning Association research identifies best practices in this emerging field.

As electric utilities consider fiber network plays, well-thought-out designs will be key to their success. Here’s how Huntsville Utilities used value engineering to control fiber network construction costs and hone its plan.

Building next-generation gigabit architecture and outstanding subscriber experience into today’s networks is a sound investment.