With the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Congress has entrusted the states with the leading role in closing the Digital Divide.
Learn how Connected Nation can help you implement the IIJA to boost your state’s digital access and economy.
Utilize our 20 years of broadband experience to lead the way in closing your state’s Digital Divide
Connected Nation is a mission-driven nonprofit that has been a leader
in helping states close the Digital Divide for the past 20 years. Our team
of telecommunications engineers, researchers, data analysts, geospatial
professionals, digital inclusion specialists, policy analysts, community
relations leaders, digital literacy experts, and professional planners
thoroughly understands the funding landscape, technology, policy, and
business of broadband expansion.
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Connected Nation’s broadband experience includes:
Broadband Mapping
• Pioneer and market leader
in broadband mapping
• Developed maps and analyses across 16 states and one territory
• Mapped 48% of U.S. land mass for connectivity
• Developed maps and analyses across 16 states and one territory
• Mapped 48% of U.S. land mass for connectivity
Stakeholders Engagement
• Facilitated 12 state-level
broadband task force groups
• Conducted outreach to over 1,500 ISPs
• Conducted outreach to over 1,500 ISPs
Digital Equity
• Provided 60,000+ internet
enabled devices
• Provided digital and job skills training for 70,000+
• Partnered with 1,300 community entities on digital equity programs
• Provided digital and job skills training for 70,000+
• Partnered with 1,300 community entities on digital equity programs
Grants Administration
• Supported broadband
grant design and/or
implementation in
three states
• Administered $87 MILLION in federal broadband grant
• Administered $87 MILLION in federal broadband grant
Broadband Planning
• Created statewide internet
connectivity plans in 12 states and one territory
• Engaged 650+ communities with planning and technical assistance
• Engaged 650+ communities with planning and technical assistance
Technical Services
• Verified broadband
coverage over 250,000
road miles
• Developed federally recognized broadband coverage validation methodology
• Developed federally recognized broadband coverage validation methodology
Congress is providing more broadband funding than ever before.
With the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, most broadband funding
will funnel directly to states through the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity,
Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grant program. With oversight from the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), states
will be required to develop plans to close the Digital Divide.
How Connected Nation can help.
Leverage our national nonprofit’s 20-plus years experience in broadband
planning and implementation to navigate this complicated landscape.
How to close your state’s Digital Divide with help from Connected Nation
