Mar 12, 2025
Creating Opportunities For All Americans
Connect the Future is here to help deliver on the vast promise of technology to create opportunities for all Americans – now and in the future. We are raising awareness and promoting solutions that will increase internet access and adoption and in households, businesses, and communities across the country.
Our Mission
Every American deserves access to high-speed internet. We are making that vision a reality by bringing together people from across the country to shine a light on the barriers to internet access, especially in rural areas.
The internet is more important than ever.
Education, small businesses, health care, agriculture – access to the internet affects an ever-growing share of the economy and daily life. By bringing high-speed internet access to more people, we’ll empower them to find the opportunities they need to thrive in the 21st century.
The Truth About the Digital Divide
10M
There is $52 billion available through federal programs for broadband deployment projects to connect more than 10 million unserved or underserved homes and businesses.
21%
21 percent of U.S. adults do not subscribe to broadband at home – mostly those living in rural areas.
12%
12 percent of people lived in households without any Internet connection in 2023.
The Problems
Millions of Americans still don’t have access to reliable, high-speed internet. Others don’t yet have the skills or technology to put it to use or may not be able to afford service at home. They’re overwhelmingly in rural areas, where as many as one in four families lack a reliable connection.
The Barriers
The benefits of high-speed internet are undeniable. But a series of complex barriers – namely reliable access to poles – are standing in the way of expanding access. Whether financial, legal, regulatory, technological, or commercial, we’re determined to overcome the obstacles holding us back.
The Solutions
We envision a world in which students get the education they need through distance learning, farmers get to use cutting-edge precision technology, veterans get quality care with telemedicine, entrepreneurs get to build innovative businesses online, and families get the best shot at life, whether in rural, suburban, or urban areas of the country. That’s why we’re striving to get high-speed internet into underserved and unserved homes and businesses across America.
NEWS AND UPDATES
Jan 20, 2025
CTF Statement On Brendan Carr Officially Becoming FCC Chairman
“Connect the Future congratulates Brendan Carr…Nov 19, 2024
Connect the Future Statement on BEAD Proposal Approvals
WASHINGTON, D.C. November 19, 2024 – Today,…Oct 17, 2024
Correcting the Record: Flawed USTelecom Arguments Against Sharing Pole Replacement Costs
In a recent letter submitted to the Federal…Resources
WITHOUT FCC ACTION TO ENSURE POLE OWNERS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE TO REPAIR AND UPGRADE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, BROADBAND FOR ALL IS AT RISK
What They Are Saying: Reply Comments on FCC’s Proposed Pole Access Rules
Waiting for Broadband Access: The Pole Access and Replacement Timeline
New Study: Advancing Pole Attachment Policies to Accelerate National Broadband Buildout
What They Are Saying: Broadband Advocates Submit Comments on FCC’s Proposed Pole Access Rules
Utility Poles: Speeding Broadband Deployment to Close the Digital Divide
Our Coalition Supporters
STAND WITH US TO CONNECT THE FUTURE
Do you want to help connect more Americans to digital opportunities? Do you want to strengthen our economy, expand opportunity, and usher in a better future for our commonwealth and our country? If so, we want you to stand with us. The more leaders who get involved, the more we will accomplish, and the more good we’ll do for the country itself.
