The Bandwidth Planner is intended to help school principals and district CFOs plan their bandwidth needs, demystify bandwidth for nontechnical educators, and bridge the knowledge gap between educators and technologists to improve strategic technology planning. More specifically, the planner:

• Defines bandwidth and helps explain the relationship between bandwidth, instructional applications that use technology, and the quality of service for applications that can be supported at certain data speeds.
• Provides common language and understanding about bandwidth and provisioning to foster a conversation about strategic planning, implementation, and long-term maintenance of a critical component of an institution's technology infrastructure.
• Provides access to relevant resources to help support strategic bandwidth planning at the school or district level.