An Op-Ed by Executive Director Deb Socia on Next Century Cities’ Emerging Issues Policy Agenda.

Communities across the country are often the drivers of innovation when it comes to bringing fast, affordable and competitive broadband to their residents and businesses. By creating innovative partnerships with broadband providers — or by delivering service themselves — they are proving that people in communities large and small want better Internet access, and by leading the charge, are often running up against emerging challenges to increasing broadband competition and access.