Re: Arizona Internet Speed Test

>     PLUG - take the test

>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: AZ Telecom and Info Council <info@arizonatele.com
>     <mailto:info@arizonatele.com>>
>     Date: Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:23 AM
>     Subject: Arizona Internet Speed Test

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>     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 <tel:602-254-5887>

>     info@arizonatele.com <mailto:info@arizonatele.com>
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