Groundbreaking Research

"ConnectKentucky's mapping effort was preceded by years of research and discussions with state agencies, local officials, economic development organizations, business leaders, consumers and broadband providers. Their statistical surveys and this constructive dialogue culminated in a collaborative approach to broadband expansion - which has been broadly supported by Kentucky government at all levels."  

Mark David Goss, Chairman
Kentucky Public Service Commission (2004-2008)
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“Connected Nation’s economic impact study spotlights not only the positive benefits that will result from the build out of true high-speed broadband networks, but reinforces the critical need for a national broadband policy and the broadband mapping bills that Congress now is considering.”

Larry Cohen, President
Communications Workers of America
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"It is true that individual states also collect data, some of it more granular than the FCC’s…. the ConnectKentucky initiative has gained widespread currency as a model for state mapping and data collection."  

Measuring Broadband:  Improving Communications Policymaking through Better Data Collection
University of Texas at Austin
June 2006 Report

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"Based on our analysis, we believe that the use of subscriber indicators at the zip-code level ... may overstate terrestrially based deployment. We were able to check these findings for one state—Kentucky—where ConnectKentucky, a state alliance on broadband, had done an extensive analysis of its broadband deployment."  

US Government Accountability Office
May 2006 Report