Broadband Buildout and Technology Investments

Deployment of universal affordable high-speed Internet: an important key to spurring economic development, creating more accessible and affordable healthcare, promoting energy efficiency policies and increasing educational opportunities must be a cornerstone of any progressive state policy. Unfortunately, where progressive US leaders in the past brought the world the Internet, the broadband penetration ranking of the US has dropped from 4th in the world in 2001 down to 15th in the world today, with  Japan, Sweden, South Korea and most of Europe having broader broadband deployment, higher speeds and lower prices. The gaps in US broadband access and adoption simply reinforce a digital divide, especially in minority and poor communities.

See our Policy Resources on Broadband Buildout and Technology Investments here