The goal of the workshops will be to promote an open dialogue between the FCC and key constituents on matters important to the National Broadband Plan. Key constituents will include service providers, equipment providers, applications providers, community groups, and other groups that have a stake in the future of broadband. Workshops will consist of meetings held at the FCC. The public will have the opportunity to suggest meeting topics and questions for the workshops. All meetings will be broadcast over the Internet when possible, and archived for viewing at a later time to ensure that everyone has access to the content.

The goal of this workshop is to develop information and ideas that will assist the Commission to develop proposals that can cost-effectively drive adoption and utilization of broadband service delivered via fixed technologies. The benefits of broadband services are only realized to the extent that the public adopts and utilizes them. In order to create an effective National Broadband Plan, therefore, the Commission must have an accurate and comprehensive understanding of these behaviors. The workshop will explore such topics as the current state of adoption and utilization of fixed technologies, what factors influence and shape such adoption and utilization and what current trends mean for the future.