Gigabit Nation

It's all hands on deck as several Obama Administration agencies and departments spring into action implementing components of the Obama Broadband Doctrine announced recently in Cedar Falls, IA. Today learn how your community can get vital assistance executing network deployment and adoption efforts.  The BroadbandUSA initiative, a program of the Dept. of Commerce's National Telecommunications and information Administration (NTIA) will:  provide expertise, tools and information to benefit communities that are developing or improving broadband services and broadband adoption;offer online and in-person technical assistance to help communities mprove broadband access and bring more Americans online;host a series of regional workshops around the country to instruct decision-makers on best practices and lessons learned from local communities;distribute guides and tools that provide communities with proven solutions to problems in planning, financing, construction and operations; andthrough collaboration with other