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This research project was inspired by, and only possible because of, the women who participated in the interviews and surveys. I extend my deepest gratitude to the 126 participants, extending from the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles to Milw...

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) raises new questions about the economic impact of broadband. Does the internet access that ACP subsidy makes possible create financial benefits for subscribers that might not otherwise happen? And do those...

For decades, public broadband networks have been successfully serving hundreds of communities with fast, robust, and affordable internet access. Unlike private-sector networks, municipal, tribal, and other community- and member-owned broadband net...

How should broadband adoption, affordability, and equity impact the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s assessment of the availability of broadband for all Americans? A review of recent research indicates that it is not enough for networks t...

Imagine you live in a rural community where your kids cannot access a remote classroom or do homework online while you try to log into work because your home does not have the broadband connectivity it needs. Your cell phone does not work a quarte...

Conversations about rural broadband access tend to focus on connections to homes and businesses, but precision agriculture increasingly requires reliable connectivity to the farm office and the field. In the field, farmers rely on wireless connect...

Our persistent digital divide is a barrier to our economic competitiveness and equitabledistribution of essential public services, including health care and education. And thedigital divide exacerbates existing, wealth and income gaps, especially ...

Many of the suggestions in this guidebook are based on digital equity programming that the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society conducted in its home state of Illinois—Illinois Connected Communities and the Accelerate Illinois Broadband In...

Recently released data from the American Community Survey shows substantial increases in household wireline broadband adoption from 2019 to 2021—an increase of more than twice the rate of growth compared to the 2017-to-2019 interval. This suggests...

The Accelerate community broadband planning program, outlined in this guidebook, offers states and communities an opportunity to go both fast and together—on their own timeline, within their own community, and in an organized cohort of communities...

Prior to the pandemic, the Federal Communications Commission’s Lifeline program supported mainly wireless communication services for low-income households; its $9.25/month subsidy resulting in service plans that restricted voice and data usage. To...

It is the era of the broadband public-private partnership. As of the fall of 2021, a remarkable wave of public-private collaboration in broadband is underway—a wave that began in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic and will likely reach a cr...

US Ignite is overseeing deployment efforts, promoting outreach, and working with social scientists to measure the societal impacts of Project OVERCOME on access to health care, education, employment, and skills development. US Ignite is also docum...

Today, broadband is a necessary tool to innovate farming practices, allowing for more targeted and efficient resource use. Farmers need connectivity in the farmhouse and farm office, in the field, and in the community to enable sustainable, data-d...

Hundreds of local communities have invested in broadband solutions to improve internet access for local businesses and residents. The vast majority of these communities are in overlooked and underinvested areas, where the business case for broadba...

After a year of pandemic and crisis, the scale of our national digital divide1 is at last recognized by policymakers at all levels, with federal, state, and local governments making unprecedented commitments to narrow the divide. While most of the...

在电商运营从“以货为主”的流量运营，向“以人为本”的消费者运营转型的大背景下，贝恩与阿里巴巴再度携手，在贝恩长期深耕中国消费品和零售行业积累的丰富经验基础上，于全球范围内首次利用天猫和淘宝平台数亿全量大快消消费者的人、货...

2016 年 5 月，国务院印发《中国制造 2025》发展纲要，汽车被列入“十大 重点领域”，“智能网联汽车”首次在国家政策层面正式提出。2020 年 2 月，发 改委、工信部、科技部等 11 个部委联合发布《智能汽车创新发展战略》。该战 略提出，到 2025 年，中国标准智能汽车的技术创新、产业生态、基础设施、法 规标准、产品监管和网络安全体系基本形成；同时，实现有条件自动驾驶的智 能汽车达到规模化生产，实现高度自动驾驶的智能汽车在特定环境下市场化应 用，“人-车-路-云”实现高度协同；...