Friday, July 22, 2016

What can be said for high-speed broadband availability in Pennsylvania?

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


Density: Persons/ Square Mile
Population  Without Access
% of Total Population in the County w/o Access
% w/o Access Living in Rural Areas of the County
Adams County
199.4
10,551
10%
79%
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%
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%

 Source:  2016 FCC Broadband Report

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