On July 14, 2009, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University would conduct an independent expert review of existing literature and studies about broadband deployment and usage throughout the world and that this project would help inform the FCC's efforts in developing the National Broadband Plan. The Berkman Center's Final Report was submitted to the FCC on February 16, 2010.
Visit the Next Generation Connectivity final report download site for access to the full report and a selection of primary data sets.
This work was supported in part by the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.