Broadband Communities

MAY-JUN 2016

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MAY/JUNE 2016 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 73 Training and education to help drive meaningful use of internet applications, when it does occur, is targeted at helping businesses better utilize the internet and revenue- generating online applications. Finally, and surprisingly, only eight states reported measuring the economic and social benefts of broadband. AVAILABILITY SNG measured broadband availability based on 25 Mbps download / 3 Mbps upload service, as reported by carriers in each state and published by the FCC. Tough carrier-reported data has inaccuracies, this potential shortcoming does not difer markedly from state to state. SNG's survey also asked about the states' mapping and availability metrics and awarded a slight bonus to states undertaking mapping initiatives. Te top states (in order) in availability were Hawaii, Nevada, California, Oregon, Delaware and New York. ADOPTION To measure broadband adoption, defned as households that subscribe to broadband as a percentage of households for which service is available, SNG used the FCC's numbers. SNG also collected state-specifc data on support for internet adoption, providing bonus points to states that undertook eforts to measure and foster adoption. States scoring highest in adoption were New Hampshire, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont and Connecticut. PRIMARY SOURCES SECONDARY SOURCES TERTIARY SOURCES Broadband outreach and aggregation fund Advertising/promotion fee Dedicated and federal funds Department of Information Services budget Educational Technology Fund (E-Fund) Government operations (support staf ) E-Rate Department enterprise funds Grants (two states) Multiyear capital budget allocation from the state Department of Services Agency State Industrial Development and Export Authority Loan Program Public purpose program (CASF) E-Rate Special funds FirstNet grants State admin Grants State budget (fve states) Liquor sales tax revenue State general fund (eight states) Program revenue Surcharge on in-state retail telco services (two states) Public/private partnership with local telcos Universal Service Fund (three states) State budget category Utility gross receipts State general funds State staf time Universal Service Fund Table 1: Sources of funding for state broadband budgets Table 2: States that have broadband ofces are more likely to invest in broadband-related activities.

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