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DETERMINING YOUR BANDWIDTH NEEDS
1. HOW MUCH DO YOU USE NOW? Ask your service provider for past 12 months usage data.
2. ASSESS FUTURE DEMAND. Online curriculum, online testing, one to one programs
3. SETDA STANDARDS
https://www.setda.org/wp‐content/uploads/2016/09/SETDA‐Broadband‐ImperativeII‐Full‐
Document‐Sept‐8‐2016.pdf
FCC Recommendations for Libraries:
"With respect to libraries, the Order adopts as a bandwidth target the American Library Association's
recommendation that all libraries that serve fewer than 50,000 people have broadband speeds of at
least 100 Mbps and all libraries that serve 50,000 people or more have broadband speeds of at least 1
Gbps." FCC E‐rate Modernization Order, July 11, 2014