The Federal Communications Commission seeks comment about how governments at all levels promote broadband

Connecticut Broadband Internet Coordinating Council March 11, 2010 Sen. John W. Fonfara, Co-Chair Rep. Vickie Orsini Nardello, Co-Chair Sen. Kevin Witkos, Ranking Member Rep. Sean Williams, Ranking Member The Connecticut Broadband Internet Coordinating Council (CBICC) provides this report for the Energy & Technology Committee’s information and consideration. The Council requests an opportunity to present the findings and recommendations of this report at a meeting of the Committee. The Council submits this report to update the Committee on CBICC activities since our first quarterly meeting in July, 2008 through December, 2009. The report summarizes the Council’s findings through meetings with expert guest speakers, discussions among members, and research by CBICC subcommittees. The Council is in agreement that the deployment and adoption of broadband service is crucial to Connecticut’s economic success. While the State of Connecticut is well situated in terms of broadband infrastructure, there is still work to be done in unserved and underserved areas of the state. Thus, the Council recommends the creation of a statewide, comprehensive, high-speed broadband plan to guide future state action to promote broadband capacity and usage. Such a plan will aim to increase broadband infrastructure, expand digital literacy and adoption rates, improve access to online government services, encourage public private partnerships and foster ...