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Below is a summary of the broadband characteristics for the area listed above. The broadband data below is as of June 30, 2012 and represents data collected by SBDD grantees. Click on the section headings to see more information.

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Number of Wireline Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 4.8%
3.5%
1 47.2%
9.6%
2 40.0%
31.2%
3 8.1%
38.1%
4 0.0%
13.2%
5 0.0%
3.0%
6 0.0%
0.9%
7 0.0%
0.3%
8+ 0.0%
0.2%
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Number of Wireless Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 0.1%
0.2%
1 1.8%
1.1%
2 5.9%
3.7%
3 20.2%
7.0%
4 27.0%
25.9%
5 17.0%
27.5%
6 28.1%
19.5%
7 0.0%
7.2%
8+ 0.0%
7.9%
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Technology Percent Population   Nationwide
DSL 89.5%
89.5%
Fiber 11.3%
20.5%
Cable 79.4%
87.6%
Wireless 98.0%
99.0%
Other 0.0%
0.0%
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Speed Percent Population   Nationwide
Unreported 0.0%
0.0%
Download > 0.768 Mbps, Upload > 0.2 Mbps 99.6%
99.6%
Download > 3 Mbps, Upload > 0.768 Mbps 96.1%
98.2%
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Broadband
Speed Test (mbps)
Number of Tests  
Home 719
1.5 Median Speed: 5.6 mbps Median Speed: 5.6 mbps 7.7
Schools, Libraries, Community Centers 15
1.2 Median Speed: 2.3 mbps Median Speed: 2.3 mbps 13.4
Medium/Large Business 17
1.7 Median Speed: 17.4 mbps Median Speed: 17.4 mbps 37.9
Small Business 54
1.5 Median Speed: 5.3 mbps Median Speed: 5.3 mbps 6.1
Mobile 3,131
0.5 Median Speed: 1.3 mbps Median Speed: 1.3 mbps 4.0
Other 4
0.4 Median Speed: 1.6 mbps Median Speed: 1.6 mbps 1.6
25* percentile  median speed (mbps) median speed (mbps)    75* percentile
Source 
0 37.9
Community
Anchor Institutions
Total Number of Records Subscribe to Broadband  
Yes No ? *
Schools K through 12 323 228 1 94 228
University, College, other post-secondary 37 23 0 14 23
Libraries 51 37 0 14 37
Medical / Healthcare 38 24 0 14 24
Public Safety 193 60 21 112 60
Community Centers - Government support 125 104 9 12 104
Community Centers - Non-Government support 16 13 3 0 13
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Speeds provided *
CAI Speed Tiers
BTOP South Carolina State Funding
Recipient Project Total Award
State Data and Development
Connected Nation (South C… State Data and Development $3,979,832
Infrastructure
County of Oconee Oconee FOCUS (Fiber Optics Creating Unified Sol… $9,604,840
University Corporation fo… United States Unified Community Anchor Network … $62,540,162
Public Computer Centers
South Carolina State Boar… SC Reach for Success $5,903,040
Sustainable Adoption
Communication Service for… Project Endeavor $14,988,657
One Economy Corporation 21st Century Information and Support Ecosystem:… $28,519,482
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BIP South Carolina State Funding Summary
Applicant Name Grant Request Loan Request Total Request
Round 1
Round 2
Sacenet $7,530,000 $0 $7,530,000
Echostar XI Operating LLC $14,159,250 $0 $14,159,250
Wildblue Communications $19,533,444 $0 $19,533,444
Hughes Network Systems $58,777,306 $0 $58,777,306
Home Telephone Company, Inc. $2,979,868 $1,000,000 $3,979,868
Orangeburg, County Of $13,987,499 $4,662,501 $18,650,000
Windstream Corporation $3,050,160 $0 $3,050,160
TA-Grants
County of Orangeburg $199,920 $0 $199,920
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Demographics
Total area (sq miles) 6,732
Population 786,204
Housing Units 345,017
Age Area (%)   Nationwide
under 5 5.0%
5.2%
5 - 19 21.2%
20.5%
20 - 34 19.8%
19.8%
35 - 59 33.6%
33.6%
60+ 20.5%
21.0%
Race Area (%)   Nationwide
White 66.7%
70.5%
Black 30.0%
11.3%
Hispanic 2.6%
13.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.4%
4.0%
Native American 0.3%
0.5%
Income Area (%)   Nationwide
Median income $45,336 $58,283
Poverty rate 19.4%
15.8%
Below $25k 30.7%
24.1%
$25k-$50k 34.4%
30.0%
$50k-$100k 28.7%
30.6%
$100k-$200k 11.4%
16.5%
$200k or more 1.7%
4.2%
Education Area (%)   Nationwide
High School
graduate
72.4%
80.0%
Bachelor's
degree or higher
16.0%
24.8%
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