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How Fast Is Your Internet? Residents Urged To Take Florida Broadband Speed Test
May 14, 2023
Escambia County and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) are once again encouraging residents to take the Florida Broadband Speed Test to assist in further developing Florida’s Broadband Availability Map. Your participation will help the state of Florida identify gaps in high-speed internet service in order to advance the state’s overall broadband infrastructure expansion goals.
“By taking the Florida Broadband Speed Test, you are providing real-time data to the state of Florida, which will help them develop a plan to eliminate the digital divide,” said Escambia County Information Technology Interim Director Scott MacDonald.
Using your internet connection, the speed test will measure the speed of internet transmission between your device and an outside server. The speed test can be completed using any device that has an internet or cellular connection and takes less than one minute to complete. After taking the speed test, you will receive immediate results from your test. The DEO recommends completing the test again even if you have already participated.
Results will populate the map once you complete the speed test and will include your download, upload, latency and ping speeds. The data collected from your internet’s speed test will be displayed on the Florida Broadband Availability Map in real time.
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6 Responses to “How Fast Is Your Internet? Residents Urged To Take Florida Broadband Speed Test”
I’m with you Donald! We pay over $100 for Frontier. T Mobile may go 2 miles up 97, but not 5 miles … I’ve tried, not available. Same with Starlink. Not available.
Starlink has been the only thing I’ve gotten consistent service on. I’m look to try T mobile but I’m being told it’s not available in my area. Yes, I have two internet providers as a telemedicine provider.
Why? Why does it even matter? Not like anything is going to change… The far north end and the south end get the cable and fiber etc, the rest of us in the middle are stuck with Frontier, Hughsnet etc… I’m tired of these tests and surveys and promises but nothing has been done in 20 years. We have been behind the curve for bandwidth since the dawn of dial-up, and it’s no different today here, we are still grossly behind the rest of the world including 3rd world countries.. there are 3rd world countries with better internet than in the middle of the county. Prove me wrong.
So no, I’m not taking your tests anymore… Do what you gotta do with the internet.
@Donald…. forgot to mention, I also live off 97, about 2 miles past tom thumb
@Donald Sanders …. I pay $50 a month for unlimited through tmobile. Its about 150 mbps, that’s with me currently streaming on my TV, and about 5 other devices on it, all currently using the internet.
We need a choice on Highway 97. We are being ripped off by hughes net, we pay almost $100 a month for 30 gbs and in less than 2 weeks it’s throttled back to less than 0.1 mbs. This is a rip-off and we have no choice.