With the exception of the highlighted high density
counties which have no or very little rural parts to them, households in rural
areas of Pennsylvania are disproportionately underserved by high-speed
broadband access. Could this be holding us back?
“Pennsylvania prohibits municipalities from providing
broadband services to the public for a fee unless such services are not
provided by the local telephone company and the local telephone company refuses
to provide such services within 14 months of a request by the political
subdivision. In determining whether the local telephone company is providing,
or will provide, broadband service in the community, the only relevant
consideration is data speed. That is, if the company is willing to provide the
data speed that the community seeks, no other factor can be considered,
including price, quality of service, coverage, mobility, etc. (66 Pa. Cons.
Stat. Ann. § 3014(h)) http://www.ftthcouncil.org/p/cm/ld/fid=151
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Density: Persons/ Square Mile
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Population Without Access
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% of Total Population in the County w/o Access
|
% w/o Access Living in Rural Areas of the County
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Adams County
|
199.4
|
10,551
|
10%
|
79%
|
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Allegheny County
|
1647.6
|
11,280
|
1%
|
4%
|
|
Armstrong County
|
101.2
|
4,122
|
6%
|
76%
|
|
Beaver County
|
382.4
|
4,342
|
3%
|
57%
|
|
Bedford County
|
46.5
|
12,132
|
26%
|
95%
|
|
Berks County
|
496.6
|
15,376
|
4%
|
29%
|
|
Blair County
|
238.7
|
8,848
|
7%
|
41%
|
|
Bradford County
|
53.0
|
23,982
|
39%
|
99%
|
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Bucks County
|
1062.7
|
12,115
|
2%
|
3%
|
|
Butler County
|
239.1
|
7,730
|
4%
|
65%
|
|
Cambria County
|
199.6
|
13,860
|
10%
|
60%
|
|
Cameron County
|
11.3
|
313
|
7%
|
92%
|
|
Carbon County
|
177.8
|
2,098
|
3%
|
36%
|
|
Centre County
|
144.0
|
24,551
|
15%
|
80%
|
|
Chester County
|
711.6
|
7,071
|
1%
|
35%
|
|
Clarion County
|
63.0
|
8,909
|
24%
|
79%
|
|
Clearfield County
|
67.2
|
18,679
|
24%
|
68%
|
|
Clinton County
|
43.4
|
3,676
|
10%
|
84%
|
|
Columbia County
|
138.1
|
19,509
|
29%
|
60%
|
|
Crawford County
|
85.2
|
20,772
|
24%
|
83%
|
|
Cumberland County
|
449.1
|
21,116
|
9%
|
58%
|
|
Dauphin County
|
516.3
|
5,011
|
2%
|
48%
|
|
Delaware County
|
3096.6
|
8,189
|
1%
|
0%
|
|
Elk County
|
36.8
|
1,010
|
3%
|
99%
|
|
Erie County
|
354.0
|
28,296
|
10%
|
74%
|
|
Fayette County
|
165.2
|
15,787
|
12%
|
52%
|
|
Forest County
|
18.8
|
2,480
|
31%
|
100%
|
|
Franklin County
|
209.1
|
18,600
|
12%
|
82%
|
|
Fulton County
|
34.3
|
8,948
|
60%
|
100%
|
|
Greene County
|
63.4
|
4,316
|
12%
|
54%
|
|
Huntingdon County
|
50.8
|
11,389
|
26%
|
81%
|
|
Indiana County
|
104.8
|
19,861
|
23%
|
93%
|
|
Jefferson County
|
67.0
|
4,304
|
10%
|
98%
|
|
Juniata County
|
62.7
|
12,862
|
52%
|
86%
|
|
Lackawanna County
|
469.7
|
30,119
|
14%
|
34%
|
|
Lancaster County
|
583.4
|
20,206
|
4%
|
65%
|
|
Lawrence County
|
246.4
|
4,119
|
5%
|
61%
|
|
Lebanon County
|
382.2
|
6,122
|
4%
|
45%
|
|
Lehigh County
|
1040.8
|
278
|
0%
|
100%
|
|
Luzerne County
|
360.1
|
17,578
|
5%
|
62%
|
|
Lycoming County
|
90.9
|
12,575
|
11%
|
91%
|
|
McKean County
|
43.2
|
4,939
|
12%
|
94%
|
|
Mercer County
|
168.2
|
15,798
|
14%
|
75%
|
|
Mifflin County
|
113.9
|
14,441
|
31%
|
92%
|
|
Monroe County
|
281.9
|
1,487
|
1%
|
79%
|
|
Montgomery County
|
1694.3
|
12,139
|
1%
|
2%
|
|
Montour County
|
134.0
|
5,585
|
32%
|
83%
|
|
Northampton County
|
834.2
|
37
|
0%
|
11%
|
|
Northumberland County
|
200.2
|
18,122
|
20%
|
57%
|
|
Perry County
|
84.3
|
12,648
|
27%
|
100%
|
|
Philadelphia County
|
11713.2
|
13,309
|
1%
|
0%
|
|
Pike County
|
110.6
|
625
|
1%
|
100%
|
|
Potter County
|
13.8
|
4,409
|
30%
|
100%
|
|
Schuylkill County
|
190.4
|
26,060
|
18%
|
46%
|
|
Snyder County
|
116.5
|
17,142
|
45%
|
85%
|
|
Somerset County
|
69.2
|
13,474
|
18%
|
96%
|
|
Sullivan County
|
12.5
|
3,855
|
69%
|
100%
|
|
Susquehanna County
|
49.9
|
27,228
|
66%
|
88%
|
|
Tioga County
|
35.7
|
11,692
|
29%
|
100%
|
|
Union County
|
143.4
|
9,503
|
21%
|
12%
|
|
Venango County
|
79.0
|
7,566
|
14%
|
95%
|
|
Warren County
|
45.4
|
15,182
|
38%
|
78%
|
|
Washington County
|
244.4
|
19,554
|
9%
|
64%
|
|
Wayne County
|
74.6
|
24,504
|
45%
|
98%
|
|
Westmoreland County
|
352.6
|
12,673
|
3%
|
43%
|
|
Wyoming County
|
70.4
|
3,400
|
12%
|
96%
|
|
York County
|
512.5
|
25,191
|
5%
|
41%
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