Using Interactive Data to Inform Local Broadband Strategies

Digital Planet is an interdisciplinary research initiative of The Fletcher School’s Institute for Business at Tufts University. Using publicly available data from the US Census Bureau, BroadbandNow, and Microsoft, Digital Planet created an interactive broadband mapping toolkit to pinpoint broadband access gaps and affordability deserts by zip code nationwide.

A discussion on how local, state, and federal policymakers and community leaders can use data from the interactive tool to inform broadband strategies.

Welcome remarks will be provided by Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business at Tufts University's Fletcher School.