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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>FYI only. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>See below for information about the FCC’s new in-home
study to measure broadband speeds. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The agency seeks 10,000 volunteers to participate in this nationwide
study. Visit <a href="http://www.TestMyISP.com">www.TestMyISP.com</a> if
you are interested in participatnig.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Kevin Cummins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Office of Senator Tom Udall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoHeader style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>For Immediate
Release
News Media Contact:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoHeader style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>June 1,
2010
<ns0:PersonName>Rosemary Kimball</ns0:PersonName> at (202) 418-0511<o:p></o:p></p>
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e-mail: <span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:rosemary.kimball@fcc.gov"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>rosemary.kimball@fcc.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>FCC SURVEY FINDS 4
OUT OF 5 AMERICANS DON'T KNOW <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>THEIR BROADBAND
SPEEDS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i>Agency Announces
Plans for National Speed Testing, Starts Recruitment for 10,000 volunteers<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <ns0:place><ns0:City>Washington</ns0:City>,
<ns0:State>DC</ns0:State></ns0:place> -- Today the Federal Communications
Commission released the results of a survey on the consumer broadband
experience. The survey found that 80 percent of broadband users in the <ns0:place><ns0:country-region>United
States</ns0:country-region></ns0:place> do not know the speed of their
broadband connection. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> The
survey is part of the agency’s overall broadband speed initiative, which
involves several bureaus and offices and is being coordinated by the
Commission’s Consumer Task Force. Through the initiative, the agency will
also measure the actual speeds that consumers receive and compare them to the
speeds that broadband providers advertise.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> FCC
Chairman <ns0:PersonName>Julius Genachowski</ns0:PersonName> said, “Speed
matters. The more broadband subscribers know about what speeds they need and
what speeds they get, the more they can make the market work and push faster
speeds over broadband networks.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Today,
the Consumer Task Force announced two initiatives that will help the FCC
determine the broadband speeds consumers are getting in their homes and on
their mobile devices, a key recommendation in the National Broadband Plan.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>In the first of these initiatives, <i><span
style='color:#010101'>the FCC is asking today for </span>10,000 volunteers</i>
to participate in a scientific study to measure home broadband speed in the
U.S. Specialized hardware will be installed in the homes of volunteers to
measure the performance of all the country’s major Internet service
providers across geographic regions and service tiers. The FCC is
partnering with SamKnows Limited in this effort, the same firm that
successfully conducted a similar test in the <ns0:country-region><ns0:place>United
Kingdom</ns0:place></ns0:country-region>. A Public Notice asking for
comment on the test plan was released in <span style='color:black'>April 2010</span>
and can be found at <a
href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-10-670A1.pdf"><span
style='color:purple'>http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-10-670A1.pdf</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='color:#010101'>This
study will culminate in a “State of </span><ns0:State><ns0:place><span
style='color:#010101'>Broadband</span></ns0:place></ns0:State><span
style='color:#010101'>” report to be released later this year. The tests
are also a key part of the <a
href="http://www.broadband.gov/plan/broadband-action-agenda.html"><span
style='color:purple'>Broadband Action Agenda</span></a> (described at <a
href="http://http/www.broadband.gov/plan/broadband-action-agenda.html">http://www.broadband.gov/plan/broadband-action-agenda.html</a>).
The Action Agenda details a number of initiatives designed to foster
competition and maximize consumer benefits across the broadband marketplace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='color:#010101'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='color:#010101'>Anyone
can <a href="http://www.testmyisp.com/"><span style='color:purple'>register</span></a>
as a volunteer for this national test at <a href="http://www.testmyisp.com/"><span
style='color:purple'>www.TestMyISP.com</span></a>. Volunteers will be able to
track the performance of their own broadband service, as well as providing
valuable data for the FCC, Internet service providers, and the public at large.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='color:#010101'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><i><span style='color:#010101'>Next,
the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau is issuing a Public
Notice today to look at ways to measure mobile broadband speed. </span></i><span
style='color:#010101'>More and more consumers are using mobile wireless devices
to access the Web, sometimes as a primary Internet connection. The Public
Notice asks for input on the best ways to measure mobile broadband speeds, the
ways that speed measurements can be used to help improve service, and the
information consumers should have about the speed of mobile broadband coverage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='color:#010101'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='color:#010101'>The FCC
welcomes comments from all interested parties and the general public on this
Public Notice. Comments can be filed through the agency’s Electronic
Comment Filing System at </span><a href="http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/">http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/</a>,
or in other ways described in the Public Notice itself. The Public Notice
can be found at <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/"><span style='color:purple'>www.fcc.gov</span></a>..<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='color:#010101;
background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Ultimately,
the FCC hopes to develop tests that help each individual consumer in the <ns0:place><ns0:country-region>U.S.</ns0:country-region></ns0:place>
determine his or her own broadband speed. The agency took a first step in
March by providing two speed tests that consumers can use at home or on their
wireless phones. These consumer tests can be found at <a
href="http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/about/"><span style='color:purple'>http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/about/</span></a>.
The national initiatives announced today are intended to develop more
scientific and consistent broadband speed measures. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>“Better information can help
all consumers choose the broadband services that best meet their needs,”
said Joel Gurin, Chief of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the
FCC. “Today, most people just know that their home broadband speed is
supposed to be ‘blazing fast.’ They need more meaningful
information to know exactly what speed they need for the applications they want
to run, and what provider and plan is their best choice. The difference between
an inexpensive low-speed plan and an expensive, high-speed plan can be hundreds
of dollars a year. Consumers need to be able to choose wisely.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u>Details on Today’s Survey Results<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> The
survey found that no demographic group had good awareness of their home
broadband speed (the survey asked specifically about download speed). But there
were some demographic differences. For example, 71 percent of men do not know
what speed they’re getting, while the figure is 90 percent for women.
With respect to age, 73 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 29 do not
know their home broadband speed, while the number goes up to 88 percent of
people age 65 and over. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>Most Americans are satisfied with
the broadband speed they are getting. Fully 91 percent of broadband users say
they are “very” or “somewhat” satisfied with the speed
they get at home. The comparable number for mobile broadband, which is not yet
technologically capable of the same speeds as home broadband, is 71 percent
satisfaction. As a point of comparison, 92 percent of cell phone users are very
or somewhat satisfied with their cell phone service overall.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <span
style='color:#010101'> </span>The FCC’s survey of consumers,
conducted by Abt/SRBI and Princeton Survey Research Associates, International
from April 19 to May 2, 2010, interviewed 3,005 American adults. The national
random digit dial survey was conducted in English and Spanish and the sample
included both landline and cell phones. For responses based on those with
personal cell phones (2,463 respondents) the margin of error is plus or minus
two percentage points. For responses based on home broadband users (1,742
respondents), the margin of error is plus or minus 2.6 percentage points. <o:p></o:p></p>
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