Fast, Fair, Open Broadband for All
High-speed, affordable broadband is the infrastructure of opportunity
Our goal is to make sure everyone in the U.S. can use and benefit from high-quality, affordable broadband, closing persistent gaps that limit individuals and communities.
This requires:
- Building resilient, high-speed infrastructure that reaches everywhere in the U.S.
- Connecting everyone to affordable service and the devices and skills they need to effectively use it.
- Ensuring broadband uses serve opportunity and equity for all.
Learn more about our impact in the past 45 years.
Benton provides the only free, reliable, and non-partisan daily digest that curates and distributes news related to universal broadband.
Our impact goes far beyond policy
Benton staff and experts strengthen local, state, and national leadership by providing timely information, rigorous evidence, practical guidance, and the advocacy needed to articulate and implement a broadband for all agenda.
Inform
Benton’s newsletters are trusted, timely, go-to resources for curated information. Our analyses translate complex policy into actionable strategies for policymakers, practitioners, researchers, advocates, community leaders, and philanthropy.
Research
Benton conducts future-looking research to guide our field’s work. We also highlight best practices and strategies so national, state, and community leaders can find innovative and creative ways to advance their broadband goals.
Partner
Benton convenes state coalitions and manages community engagement programs that advance a broadband for all agenda.
Advocate
Benton advocates at the federal, state, and community levels for policies that promote broadband access, adoption, and application.