Table of Contents – Page 8 – Own Your Internet

Broadband Planning Steps

Create and support a community broadband task force When communities begin to seriously discuss improved broadband infrastructure and services, the most common first step is to recruit and appoint a task force of stakeholders to advise policymakers on options. Most task forces have a dozen or so members, though some teams have 20 or more members. The taskContinue reading “Broadband Planning Steps”

Defining Your Community

Public broadband networks can encompass a few blocks, a neighborhood, a city, multiple towns or cities, portions of or a complete county, or an entire rural region. Some entities like an electric cooperative may be legally or politically bound by a defined service area. A city government may decide that the easiest and clearest pathContinue reading “Defining Your Community”