Resources
What's New
- Slides: June 24, 2021--Federal Mapping and Funding Updates and Digital Inclusion Planning
- Slides: June 10, 2021--NTIA Broadband Infrastructure Program
- Digital Inclusion Planning Guide and Workbook July 21, 2021
- Digital Inclusion Plan Template (Word) (PDF)
- Digital Inclusion Plan Spreadsheet
- Broadband Community Case Studies--Growing Communities: Connecting to Broadband and Partnering with Local Providers
- Updated County Broadband Fact Sheets
- Nebraska Broadband Map-updated with June 2020 Form 477 data
Digital Inclusion Planning and Resources
- Digital Inclusion Planning Guide and Workbook July 21, 2021
- Digital Inclusion Plan Template (Word) (PDF)
- Digital Inclusion Plan Spreadsheet
Maps and Data
- Nebraska Broadband Map
Hint: Click on the layers icon in the top left corner to select layers - FCC Broadband Map
- FCC Maps
- Nebraska County Broadband Fact Sheets
- Nebraska Broadband Facts Infographic (pdf)
- U.S. Census Bureau’s American Fact Finder
Use the Guided Search, Select Housing/Physical Characteristic/Internet Access (or Computer Availability); Select Geographic Area; Select Table. Use the 2017 ACS 5-year estimate if you want all counties in Nebraska. - Nebraska Rural Poll 2018 (PDF)
- Nebraska Digital Readiness 2018 (PDF)
Better Broadband in Nebraska Communities
- Broadband Community Case Studies--Growing Communities: Connecting to Broadband and Partnering with Local Providers
- Nebraska County Broadband Fact Sheets
- Nebraska Broadband Facts Infographic (pdf)
- Six Steps to Better Broadband
- Case study: Lancaster County explores leveraging FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
- Intelligent Community Extension Program – Asset-mapping approach to help rural communities or neighborhoods in urban areas to identify their assets to transition to a digital mindset
- Intelligent Community Checklist for Rural Communities
- Other resources from the Intelligent Community Forum*
- Members of the University of Nebraska Extension Community Vitality Initiative field or statewide staff may be able to facilitate broadband planning effort in your community.
- Leveraging Broadband in Your Community: A Workbook to Help Communities Stimulate Broadband Development (Nebraska Broadband Initiative, 2014)
- Becoming Broadband Ready Toolkit by Next Century Cities (2019)*
- Community Broadband Success Stories
Public-Private Partnerships and Cooperatives
- Rural Broadband Task Force Public Private Partnership Resources (Appendix 8)
- Nebraska Cooperative Development Center
- The Emerging World of Broadband Public-Private Partnerships: A Business Strategy and Legal Guide (PDF)
Homework Gap and Library Broadband
- Nebraska Homework Gap Survey Results
- Nebraska Library Commission Library Innovation Studios Grant
- Nebraska Library Commission Sparks Grant
Broadband 101 and 102 Videos from 2017 Nebraska Broadband Today! Conference
- Broadband 101: Broadband Technologies and Telecom Policy in Nebraska Videos
- Broadband 102: Better Together: How Communities and Telecommunications Providers Can Work Together
State of Nebraska
Nebraska Universal Service Fund