Resources:

• Example Community Networks (Next Century Cities)
• Muni Fiber Models (ILSR) 
• Community Networks fact sheet: More than just Facebook: Internet access is essential infrastructure
• Toolkits and guidelines for planning, partnering, and implementation of networks (NTIA’s BroadbandUSA)
• Webinar Archives (BroadbandUSA)

Deployment:

• Becoming Broadband Ready toolkit (Next Century Cities)
• Understanding Community Broadband: The Alberta Broadband Toolkit (University of Alberta)
• A Guide to Federal Funding for Indigenous Broadband in Canada (2016 / First Mile Connectivity Consortium)
• Creative Funding Sources For Fiber Infrastructure (ILSR)
• Muni Fiber Models (ILSR)
• Financing Municipal Networks Fact Sheet (ILSR)
• Complete Guide of All Funding Programs (US) (NTIA’s BroadbandUSA)
• Inventory of Federal Programs and Points of Contact (US) (Federal Communications Commission)

Business Management:

• How Municipal Networks are Financed fact sheet (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
• Towards financial sustainability in community-based networks

Deployment: 

• VETRO FiberMap
• COS Systems’ Service Zones demand aggregator
• Proof of Sustainability – Factors to Include 
• Sample Stage 2 Application Form
• Broadband & Beers one-pager
• Do Not Pass Go screening guide
• How to Organize an Event packet
• Discussion Questions packet

Deployment: 

• The Anatomy of a Community Broadband Manager (Next Century Cities)
• Five Lessons for Tech-Powered Civic Engagement (Next Century Cities)
• Digital Literacy Training (National Digital Inclusion Alliance)
• Resources for Community Engagement (FirstMile)

Digital Literacy:

• Eetsii tthak t’agwahii getr’ootanahchàh: Digital Content and Connectivity with Dinjii Zhuh Contexts (Digital Literacy in Gwich’in Contexts) (University of Alberta/Gwich’in Tribal Council)
  • Student Workbook
  • Facilitator Handbook

Deployment:

• CTC Technology & Energy Gigabit Communities
• Internet Society’s Community Networks Special Interest Group listserv
• Stories from the First Mile: Digital technologies in remote and rural Indigenous communities (First Mile Connectivity Consortium)
  • “Introduction” and “First Mile: Regional Networks and Community Hubs”
• A “whole-community” approach for sustainable digital infrastructure in remote and Northern First Nations
• Supporting Indigenous Language and Cultural Resurgence with Digital Technologies (Mi’kmaq Wolastoqey Centre/University of New Brunswick)
  • Key messages andrecommendations

Business Management:

• Benton business strategy and legal guide
• Institute for Local Self-Reliance Successful Strategies for Public-Private Partnerships

Deployment: 

• MANRS Implementation Guide

Community Networks:

• Get Started Guidelines (Commotion Wireless)

IXPs:

• Policy Brief: IXPs (Internet Society)

Resources:

• Community Broadband Bits episode (Organizing for a Community Network, Against Big Cable)
• Community Broadband Bits episode (Episode 329, on political will and community networks)
• Three reasons brand storytelling is the future of marketing 
• UTOPIA fiber resources
  • UTOPIA Fiber Guideline
  • UTOPIA Final Results PowerPoint
  • 4-Page Brochure
  • How to Market Broadband PowerPoint
  • Example