Gig.U, in association with the Benton Foundation, has released  The Next Generation Connectivity Handbook – a Guide for Community Leaders Seeking Affordable, Abundant Bandwidth.

“This is a handbook for city officials seeking the affordable, abundant bandwidth their communities will need to thrive in the decades ahead. Designed for local decision makers, it reviews the current landscape of broadband networks, including next generation, gigabit capable networks, outlines best practices, summarizes existing models, and presents a framework through which community leaders might begin preliminary project steps given their city’s specific strengths and circumstances. Our purpose is to lower the initial, daunting information barrier that exists between cities already immersed in these Internet infrastructure issues and those just beginning to navigate them.”

At the invitation of its lead author, Blair Levin (Brookings Institute), TBG contributed to the contents of this report.

To read the full report, click here.