NTIA Releases Broadband Buy-In Toolkit

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The National Telecommunications & Information Administration has released new guidelines for getting communities and other stakeholders to buy into the importance of broadband access and deployment.

The guides include "Planning a Community Broadband Roadmap, "Guide to Federal Funding of Broadband Projects,""Introduction to Effective Public-Private Partnerships" and a "Broadband Adoption Toolkit."

Stakeholders include incumbent service providers, community residents, funders, community organizations, community activists, and program beneficiaries.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.