Does Your State Need More Broadband?

This week, President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress to offer an update on his first 100 days in office and to pitch his proposals for unprecedented public investment in America. A key element of President Biden's plan is a $100 billion investment to ensure everyone in the U.S. has access to affordable broadband internet access service, including $80 billion specifically for broadband infrastructure. In the address, the President said his American Jobs Plan "creates jobs connecting every American with high-speed Internet, including 35 percent of rural America that still doesn’t have it." He also announced that Vice President Kamala Harris will lead the effort. Universal broadband is a bipartisan priority. Earlier this month, a group of Senate Republicans offered their own version of an infrastructure plan, calling for a $65 billion investment in broadband infrastructure. $80 billion. $65 billion. What's $15 billion between friends?  To try to capture the scale of the U.S.'s broadband challenge, the White House released state-by-state fact sheets examining the status of each state's infrastructure. For broadband, the fact sheets look at what percentage of residents have access to 100/10 Mbps broadband service, how many providers compete to provide 100/10 service, and how many people remain unconnected.