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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