Broadband Maps

• Nebraska Broadband Map
• FCC Broadband Map

Broadband Availability and Adoption Blogs

• Small Nebraska Counties with Greater Broadband Availability Have Higher Average Per Capita Income
• Rural Nebraska Counties with Widespread Broadband Availability Have Greater Population Density
• How Does Nebraska Compare to Our Neighboring States in Population Density and Broadband Availability?
• Nebraska Is in the Top Five for Business Broadband, But Lags in Residential Broadband Speeds
• Broadband Availability at Higher Speed Tiers Increases, Widens Speed Gap
• Broadband Availability—How Does Nebraska Compare to Neighboring States?
• What Counties Have the Greatest Broadband Availability, Least Broadband Availability, and Most Improved Broadband? (May 2018)
• Broadband Availability—A Look at the Nebraska Broadband Map (May 2018)
• How Has Broadband Availability in Nebraska and the U.S. Improved between 2014 and 2016? (May 2018)
(May 2018)

Broadband Availability and Adoption Articles

• Broadband Available to 88.9% of Nebraskans, 65.5% of Rural Nebraskans (March 2018) (pdf)
• FCC report finds 78% of Nebraska households subscribe to fixed Internet service (March 2018)
• Nebraska Broadband Special Report: Nebraska and the Digital Divide Index (March 2018) (pdf)

Surveys

• Pew Research Center--Internet and Technology
• 2018 Nebraska Rural Poll Results:Economic Development in Nonmetropolitan Nebraska: Internet Use, Nature-Based Tourism, Federal Tax Policy and Workforce Development
• Gauging the Digital Readiness of Nebraska Households (2018)

Other Sources

• Federal Communications Commission. 2018 Broadband Deployment Report.
• Federal Communications Commission. 2016 Broadband Progress Report.
• Nebraska Public Service Commission. Nebraska Broadband Map
• Nebraska Public Service Commission. Broadband Comparison Map
• FCC Form 477 County Data on Internet Access Services as of June 30, 2016
• FCC Internet Access Services: Status as of Dec. 31, 2016 (February 2018)
• FCC.Internet Access Services: Status as of June 30, 2016 (April 2017)
• FCC. Internet Access Services: Status as of Dec. 31, 2015 (November 2016)
• FCC Open Data—Average Upload and Download Speeds. Available at https://opendata.fcc.gov/Wireline/Average-download-upload-speeds-by-State/5wh3-ti7w
• United States Census Bureau. County Quick Facts. Available at http://census.gov
• United States Census Bureau. American Fact Finder: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017.
• Wikipedia. State population density rankings
• Manlove, Jacob and Whitacre, Brian. March 30, 2018. Telecommunications Policy. Understanding the trend to mobile-only internet connections: A decomposition analysis. Telecommunications Policy.
• Gallardo, R., Bell, R., Jacknis, N. (April 11, 2018). When it Comes to Broadband, Millennials Vote with their Feet. Daily Yonder.
• Gallardo, R., Whitacre, B., Grant, A. (January 2018). Research and Policy Insights: Broadband’s Impact. Purdue University Center for Regional Development.
• Smith, A and Olmstead, K. (April 30, 2018). Declining Majority of Online Adults Say the Internet Has Been Good for Society. Pew Research Center.
• Ookla. Speedtest United States Fixed Broadband Report. (Sept, 7, 2017)