Warren County looking for public input on broadband internet quality

Posted: Jan 21, 2021 / 12:02 PM EST / Up to date: Jan 21, 2021 / 12:02 PM EST

WARREN COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Broadband web speeds and reliability have been put to the take a look at over the past 12 months, and Warren County is searching for enter on how effectively their infrastructure is maintaining.

Warren County Financial Growth Corp. and the county Board of Supervisors launched an internet survey this week, the place county residents can fill in information on the place they dwell, what sort of web service they at present have, and whether or not they want sooner speeds than they’ve.

“This survey will assist us decide entry ranges and speeds all through Warren County and assist us map the place enhancements are wanted,” mentioned Rachel Seeber, chairwoman of the county Board of Supervisors. “We are going to then work with our county’s state and federal representatives to deliver to Warren County the service we desperately want, which is now extra essential than ever.”

Warren County’s survey can be discovered printed out at shops, colleges, libraries and city halls all through the county. The deadline is March 31.

The survey, and an web velocity take a look at additionally on the web site, come after the county has heard residents voice the necessity for sooner web, particularly in additional distant elements of the county. The EDC and county purpose is to determine gaps in service that may be pointed to in functions for grants that may assist get broadband entry the place it must be.

The county has been working with Penfield-based ECC Applied sciences since final September. The corporate is gathering information to transform into an on-the-ground map pf broadband services, a course of which Warren County says is almost full.

“For many individuals, Warren County is a perfect place to relocate due to its spectacular pure setting, out of doors leisure alternatives and manageable value of dwelling,” mentioned Jim Siplon, interim EDC Warren County president. “However enterprise folks and professionals contemplating relocating right here want dependable broadband service earlier than they might take into account a transfer.”

Broadband work can also be nonetheless underway in elements of Washington County. Some have confronted points after a regional supplier unexpectedly closed in December.

The Warren County survey may be discovered at warrencountybroadband.org.