From Texas Digital Opportunity Plan Draft (November 2023) | See Benton summary
Improve quality of life and promote economic growth by enabling fast, reliable and affordable broadband connectivity for all residents and businesses of Texas, promoting universal broadband adoption and providing access to digital skills development.
To achieve this vision, the plan articulates the BDO’s strategy for improving broadband access and affordability, expanding access to devices and digital skills to reach these goals and, importantly, achieving the vision of improved quality of life and economic growth through widespread broadband adoption. This is the first plan of its kind in the state.
In 2022, the BDO established four quantifiable broadband goals in the Texas Broadband Plan (Broadband Plan):
- Connecting more than 1 million households to high-speed broadband;
- Improving connectivity for more than 5.6 million households;
- Improving affordability of broadband for 3.6 million households; and
- Assisting 3.8 million Texans with digital literacy challenges.
This plan builds upon the Texas Broadband Plan goals.
The BDO built this vision for digital opportunity on statewide engagement, aligned the vision with the NTIA’s Measurable Objectives, with the purpose of driving toward key state priorities and efforts in six outcome areas:
- Accessibility of Essential Services
- Business and Telecommunications
- Civic and Social Engagement
- Economic and Workforce Development
- Education
- Health