Municipal Survey
High Speed Internet
Results April 2, 2009
High speed Internet service and cell phone service are important to economic development in Huntingdon County. The Planning and Development Department is working with the Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce and Huntingdon County Business and Industry to determine areas which need these services. This survey may be completed by anyone from your municipality. The answers will help us identify gaps in service. Final 4-2-09 N = 126
Circle your answers.
1. Is the information below for your home or office?
HOME 100 (73%) OFFICE 37 (27%)
2. Do you have Internet service? YES 111 (90.2%) NO 12 (9.8%)
3. If you answered yes, what type of service do you have:
Verizon Dial up 24 (22.0%) Verizon DSL 18 (16.5%)
Embarq Dial up 0 (0.0%) Embarq DSL 15 (13.8%)
COMCAST 10 (9.2%) Other: Pennswoods 14 (12.8%), Localnet 4 (3.7%),
Hughesnet 4 (3.7%), PeoplePC 3 (2.8%), Earthlink 3 (2.8%), Innernet.net 3 (2.8%),
AOL 2 (1.8%), Wild Blue 2 (1.8%), Digital Razor 2 (1.8%), panet 2 (1.8%),
WM connect 1 (0.9%), Chili tech 1 (0.9%), Great Cove dial up 1 (0.9%).
4. Have you tried to purchase high speed Internet service?
YES 85 (74.6%) NO 29 (25.4%)
5. Are you interested in purchasing high speed Internet service?
YES 89 (81.7%) NO 20 (18.3%)
6. Do you have cellular telephone service? YES 95 (76.6%) NO 29 (23.4%)
7. If yes, is cell service in your area adequate? YES 20 (17.9%) NO 92 (82.1%)
8. If no, would you like to purchase cellular telephone service if the signal in your area was
stronger? YES 66 (85.7%) NO 11 (14.3%)
9. What is your street address? _______________________________________
10. In what municipality do you live? ___________________________________
11. What is your telephone number? ____________________________________
Huntingdon County Planning and Development Department, 205 Penn Street, Suite 3, Huntingdon, PA 16652