PLUG - take the test ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: AZ Telecom and Info Council Date: Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:23 AM Subject: Arizona Internet Speed Test View this email on the web here. You can also forward to a friend. Arizona Telecommunications and Information Coucil Digital Arizona Program Internet Speed Test Take The Test http://www.digitalarizona.gov/speedtest/ On behalf of the Digital Arizona Program (DAP) ATIC is encouraging you to take the Internet Speed test today. DAP created an Internet Speed Test and Survey on the Digital Arizona web portal to measure the upload and download (connection) speeds at tens of thousands of locations (i.e. homes, offices, etc.) around the State. The Speed Test is a simple “click here” web-link (commonly used nationwide) with a display indicating connection speeds (Mbps) at a particular location and moment in time. The combination of data from large quantities of speed tests along with answers from the related survey questions will be analyzed by the Digital Arizona team to determine potential areas and/or communities that may be poorly served. Together with initial device and location type questions, after the Speed Test there are some optional questions to help us learn about what kind of Internet services folks are using and how those services are being used. This will assist us with our goal of facilitating access to better high-speed Internet service for ALL Arizonans, especially those residing in the rural areas of the State. Digital Arizona Program The Digital Arizona Project is a federally funded grant program in the Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology (ASET) Office of the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA). The program is focused on facilitating “better Internet” across Arizona, with better availability and increased adoption and use. Better Internet is an amplifier for job creation, better K-12 education, advances in Tele-health, and improving economic development in Arizona. Increased supply will also help lower Internet costs for everyone. We are asking for your assistance in helping us determine the current quality of Internet access actually experienced by citizens across the state. Need For Speed High speed Internet is the new essential infrastructure for this century’s job creation, educational and healthcare transformation, and economic development like highways, railroads, canals, and electricity were for previous generations. Take The Test Here [FYI - the survey is over] http://php.a-d-w.com/limesurvey/index.php?sid=81357&lang=en We invite you to participate in this effort at home, work and anywhere you connect to the Internet. For the results to be statistically significant we need as many people doing the test in as many locations and on as many devices as possible. We hope it goes viral and we very much appreciate your participation and distribution of the information and request to utilize it among your stakeholder community. Contact ATIC 602-254-5887 info@arizonatele.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss