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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