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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 7.3%
3.5%
1 24.1%
9.6%
2 53.8%
31.2%
3 14.7%
38.1%
4 0.2%
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 8.4%
1.1%
2 13.3%
3.7%
3 16.6%
7.0%
4 35.0%
25.9%
5 26.7%
27.5%
6 0.0%
19.5%
7 0.0%
7.2%
8+ 0.0%
7.9%
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Technology Percent Population   Nationwide
DSL 86.8%
89.5%
Fiber 4.1%
20.5%
Cable 71.6%
87.6%
Wireless 98.7%
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 95.7%
98.2%
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Broadband
Speed Test (mbps)
Number of Tests  
Home 473
1.5 Median Speed: 4.3 mbps Median Speed: 4.3 mbps 10.9
Schools, Libraries, Community Centers 39
10.3 Median Speed: 25.0 mbps Median Speed: 25.0 mbps 33.8
Medium/Large Business 61
3.1 Median Speed: 11.5 mbps Median Speed: 11.5 mbps 28.6
Small Business 55
2.1 Median Speed: 4.5 mbps Median Speed: 4.5 mbps 6.3
Mobile 1,754
0.4 Median Speed: 1.1 mbps Median Speed: 1.1 mbps 3.6
Other 14
1.7 Median Speed: 7.5 mbps Median Speed: 7.5 mbps 12.8
25* percentile  median speed (mbps) median speed (mbps)    75* percentile
Source 
0 33.8
Community
Anchor Institutions
Total Number of Records Subscribe to Broadband  
Yes No ? *
Schools K through 12 336 199 1 136 199
University, College, other post-secondary 57 35 0 22 35
Libraries 65 38 0 27 37
Medical / Healthcare 64 40 0 24 40
Public Safety 167 90 10 67 90
Community Centers - Government support 253 239 7 7 239
Community Centers - Non-Government support 15 15 0 0 15
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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) 8,078
Population 680,548
Housing Units 305,090
Age Area (%)   Nationwide
under 5 4.9%
5.2%
5 - 19 20.1%
20.5%
20 - 34 21.3%
19.8%
35 - 59 33.1%
33.6%
60+ 20.6%
21.0%
Race Area (%)   Nationwide
White 42.6%
70.5%
Black 55.4%
11.3%
Hispanic 1.5%
13.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.4%
4.0%
Native American 0.1%
0.5%
Income Area (%)   Nationwide
Median income $37,185 $58,283
Poverty rate 21.8%
15.8%
Below $25k 38.3%
24.1%
$25k-$50k 34.9%
30.0%
$50k-$100k 25.2%
30.6%
$100k-$200k 7.9%
16.5%
$200k or more 1.2%
4.2%
Education Area (%)   Nationwide
High School
graduate
71.0%
80.0%
Bachelor's
degree or higher
15.6%
24.8%
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