Resources:

• Why Local Solutions? Investment from local government and co-ops improves Internet access (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
• Broadband 101: A handy guide to the basics of broadband terminology and technology for policymakers and concerned citizens (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
• 3 Connectivity Explorer: Jumpstart (The Center for Internet as Infrastructure)
• Chapter from Network Sovereignty (scanned version available here)
• US Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
• “Internet as Infrastructure”

Resources: 

• How-To: Submit Comments to the Federal Communications Commission (Next Century Cities)
• Rules of 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Lobbying (National Association for Education of Young Children)
• Community Broadband Bits episode: Organizing for a Community Network, Against Big Cable (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)

Resources:

• Broadband Fund Overview (First Mile Connectivity Consortium)
• Community Engagement for Broadband Planning(Next Century Cities)
• Federal Programs to Support Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure in the United States (Next Century Cities)
• Five Lessons for Tech-Powered Civic Engagement: The Charles Benton Next Generation Engagement Award Playbook (Next Century Cities)

Resources:

• FCC Review
• New resource from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) with four examples of how Indigenous communities can get involved
• Comments from the NNBTF on Lifeline
• State Broadband Policy Explorer (Pew Research Center)
• High-Speed Access for All: Canada’s Connectivity Strategy (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)
• Nunavik receives funding for high speed Internet
• Government of Canada’s Connectivity Strategy

Resources:

• Canada – spectrum licenses now available for smaller providers (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)
•  Innovations in Spectrum Management (Internet Society)
• Wireless spectrum: how you use it and how you might lose it (Public Knowledge video)
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