Adoption

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act sets an ambitious overarching goal: internet for all.

As more and more essential services and activities move online, people have less and less of a choice about whether or not to participate in the digital world. Yet expanded internet use can bring with it increased risk.

Findings from a representative sample of 2,535 households whose annual incomes are $50,000 or less.

This exploration finds that every dollar of ACP subsidy returns nearly two dollars in impacts to those using the program.

Affordability, Adoption, Equity, and the United States’s Universal Broadband Goals

All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico are currently working on digital equity plans. One key component of the plans is the development of states’ visions for digital equity. These efforts are the initial state-level planning and envisioning at this scale and scope.

American Community Survey data show substantial increases in household wireline broadband adoption

For community leaders striving for digital equity, this guidebook will help communities evaluate and meet specific connectivity needs.

In November 2021, the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, Black Brilliance Research Project (BBR), and Community Informatics Lab at Simmons University launched the six-city Digital Equity Action Research (DEAR) Fellowship.

The Affordable Connectivity Program represents an inflection point for Lifeline and universal service.