Documents & Links

Broadband Documents

• Broadband Adoption and Use in America (PDF) - FCC document that reviews national adoption rates , as well as obstacles to broadband adoption
  • Broadband Adoption and Use in America PowerPoint (PDF) - PowerPoint version of BAUA document
• Home Broadband 2010 (PDF) - Pew Internet document that reviews American's attitudes towards broadband

Broadband Links

• Information and Communications Technology - Training and digital literacy website, run by the LINK AMERICAS Foundation and KEMPSTER GROUP
• Lumity - Non-profit website whose organization's mission is to help "charitable organizations to more effectively fulfill their missions through technology, financial support services, and training"
• Microsoft Digital Literacy Basic Cirriculum - Catalog of beginner courses for new computer users
• TechSoup - Non-profit that provides nonprofits and libraries with technology that helps them "to fulfill their missions and serve their communities"
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) - Part of the United States Department of Commerce and the agency responsible for awarding and providing guidance on BTOP grants
• NIUNet/IBOP Partnership - Includes a regional map of northwest/northcentral Illinois and information about NIU's involvement in Illinois' BTOP projects

Regional Networks Links

• Illinois Fiber Resources Group (iFiber) - Nine county IBOP project covering northwest/northcentral Illinois
• DeKalb Advancement of Technology Authority (DATA) - DeKalb county IBOP project
• Northern Illinois Technology Triangle (NITT)
• Northern Illinois University Network (NIUNet)
• Illinois Rural Health Network (IRHN)
• Illinois Municipal Broadband Communications Association (IMBCA)