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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 3.2%
3.5%
1 20.9%
9.6%
2 61.1%
31.2%
3 14.5%
38.1%
4 0.4%
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 2.4%
1.1%
2 4.6%
3.7%
3 12.3%
7.0%
4 49.5%
25.9%
5 26.5%
27.5%
6 4.7%
19.5%
7 0.0%
7.2%
8+ 0.0%
7.9%
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Technology Percent Population   Nationwide
DSL 88.6%
89.5%
Fiber 10.5%
20.5%
Cable 86.9%
87.6%
Wireless 98.8%
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 99.7%
99.6%
Download > 3 Mbps, Upload > 0.768 Mbps 97.3%
98.2%
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Broadband
Speed Test (mbps)
Number of Tests  
Home 7,276
2.5 Median Speed: 5.7 mbps Median Speed: 5.7 mbps 12.5
Schools, Libraries, Community Centers 115
2.3 Median Speed: 9.7 mbps Median Speed: 9.7 mbps 27.1
Medium/Large Business 233
1.9 Median Speed: 7.0 mbps Median Speed: 7.0 mbps 22.0
Small Business 382
1.3 Median Speed: 3.8 mbps Median Speed: 3.8 mbps 5.7
Mobile 25,986
0.6 Median Speed: 1.7 mbps Median Speed: 1.7 mbps 5.0
Other 75
1.5 Median Speed: 3.3 mbps Median Speed: 3.3 mbps 9.3
25* percentile  median speed (mbps) median speed (mbps)    75* percentile
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0 27.1
Community
Anchor Institutions
Total Number of Records Subscribe to Broadband  
Yes No ? *
Schools K through 12 1,764 1,099 3 662 1,098
University, College, other post-secondary 226 138 0 88 136
Libraries 284 184 0 100 183
Medical / Healthcare 295 199 1 95 199
Public Safety 821 319 77 425 317
Community Centers - Government support 903 825 39 39 825
Community Centers - Non-Government support 94 83 6 5 83
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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) 30,258
Population 4,751,095
Housing Units 2,215,776
Age Area (%)   Nationwide
under 5 5.0%
5.2%
5 - 19 20.0%
20.5%
20 - 34 19.6%
19.8%
35 - 59 33.5%
33.6%
60+ 22.0%
21.0%
Race Area (%)   Nationwide
White 68.0%
70.5%
Black 27.1%
11.3%
Hispanic 4.0%
13.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.8%
4.0%
Native American 0.1%
0.5%
Income Area (%)   Nationwide
Median income $49,077 $58,283
Poverty rate 18.1%
15.8%
Below $25k 28.0%
24.1%
$25k-$50k 33.2%
30.0%
$50k-$100k 29.9%
30.6%
$100k-$200k 12.5%
16.5%
$200k or more 2.6%
4.2%
Education Area (%)   Nationwide
High School
graduate
77.6%
80.0%
Bachelor's
degree or higher
21.4%
24.8%
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