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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 0.2%
3.5%
1 5.8%
9.6%
2 13.9%
31.2%
3 49.0%
38.1%
4 28.3%
13.2%
5 2.8%
3.0%
6 0.1%
0.9%
7 0.0%
0.3%
8+ 0.0%
0.2%
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Number of Wireless Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 0.0%
0.2%
1 0.0%
1.1%
2 0.1%
3.7%
3 0.9%
7.0%
4 2.0%
25.9%
5 9.7%
27.5%
6 87.2%
19.5%
7 0.0%
7.2%
8+ 0.0%
7.9%
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Technology Percent Population   Nationwide
DSL 90.1%
89.5%
Fiber 0.0%
20.5%
Cable 92.7%
87.6%
Wireless 99.3%
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 99.9%
99.6%
Download > 3 Mbps, Upload > 0.768 Mbps 99.9%
98.2%
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Broadband
Speed Test (mbps)		 Number of Tests  
Home 1,220
2.0 Median Speed: 4.7 mbps Median Speed: 4.7 mbps 13.2
Schools, Libraries, Community Centers 40
4.7 Median Speed: 5.9 mbps Median Speed: 5.9 mbps 58.6
Medium/Large Business 15
1.4 Median Speed: 22.1 mbps Median Speed: 22.1 mbps 27.6
Small Business 35
1.6 Median Speed: 3.8 mbps Median Speed: 3.8 mbps 11.7
Mobile 3,022
0.7 Median Speed: 2.0 mbps Median Speed: 2.0 mbps 5.8
Other 4
3.8 Median Speed: 15.6 mbps Median Speed: 15.6 mbps 16.4
25* percentile  median speed (mbps) median speed (mbps)    75* percentile
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0 58.6
Community
Anchor Institutions		 Total Number of Records Subscribe to Broadband  
Yes No ? *
Schools K through 12 93 79 0 14 79
University, College, other post-secondary 1 0 0 1 0
Libraries 3 1 0 2 0
Medical / Healthcare 10 9 0 1 9
Public Safety 0 0 0 0 0
Community Centers - Government support 0 0 0 0 0
Community Centers - Non-Government support 60 24 0 36 23
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CAI Speed Tiers
BTOP California State Funding
Recipient Project Total Award
State Data and Development
California Public Utiliti… State Data and Development $7,981,304
Infrastructure
Plumas Sierra Rural Elect… Plumas-Sierra Telecommunications Middle Mile Fi… $13,770,240
Central Valley Independen… The Central Valley Next Generation Broadband In… $46,619,757
Los Angeles Regional Inte… Los Angeles Public Safety Broadband Network: LA… $154,640,000
California Broadband Coop… Digital 395 Middle Mile $72,173,732
Motorola, Inc. The San Francisco Bay Area Wireless Enhanced Br… $50,593,551
Level 3 EON, LLC Expanding Broadband Access Across California $3,291,994
University Corporation fo… United States Unified Community Anchor Network … $62,540,162
Public Computer Centers
Housing Authority of the … Transforming Neighborhood Network Centers for J… $1,239,980
City of Los Angeles, Cali… Los Angeles Computer Access Network $7,496,157
Deaf Action Center of Lou… AccessAmerica Video Remote Interpreting $17,043
Mission Economic Developm… Latino Microenterprise Tech Net $657,199
Youth Policy Institute, I… YPI Public Computer Centers Program $5,572,361
Monterey County Office of… Central Coast Broadband Consortium Public Compu… $3,631,495
Sustainable Adoption
California Emerging Techn… Broadband Awareness and Adoption $7,251,295
Computers for Youth Found… CFY/LAUSD Family Broadband Engagement Program $7,615,229
City and County of San Fr… San Francisco Community Broadband Opportunities… $7,931,632
Communication Service for… Project Endeavor $14,988,657
Foundation for California… California Connects $10,944,843
Portland State University Learner Web Partnership: A Multi-State Support … $396,659
One Economy Corporation 21st Century Information and Support Ecosystem:… $28,519,482
University of California,… California Telehealth Network – eHealth Broad… $9,119,828
ZeroDivide Generation ZD Digital Literacy Program $1,141,812
California Emerging Techn… Access to Careers and Technology – ACT $7,108,181
ZeroDivide Tribal Tribal Digital Village Broadband Adoption Progr… $686,157
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BIP California State Funding Summary
Applicant Name Grant Request Loan Request Total Request
Round 1
Ponderosa Cablevision $1,926,431 $1,926,431 $3,852,862
AUDEAMUS $2,741,505 $2,741,505 $5,483,010
Round 2
Wildblue Communications $19,533,444 $0 $19,533,444
Hughes Network Systems $58,777,306 $0 $58,777,306
Arizona Nevada Tower Corporation $0 $0 $0
Calaveras Telephone Company $2,860,883 $1,226,093 $4,086,976
Cal-Ore Communications, Inc. $1,339,800 $446,600 $1,786,400
SmarterBroadband $1,874,043 $624,681 $2,498,724
Sacenet $7,530,000 $0 $7,530,000
Softcom Internet Communications Inc $5,069,125 $1,689,710 $6,758,835
Echostar XI Operating LLC $14,159,250 $0 $14,159,250
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Demographics
Total area (sq miles) 577
Population 265,963
Housing Units 107,512
Age Area (%)   Nationwide
under 5 4.7%
5.2%
5 - 19 17.4%
20.5%
20 - 34 20.9%
19.8%
35 - 59 36.6%
33.6%
60+ 20.5%
21.0%
Race Area (%)   Nationwide
White 70.0%
70.5%
Black 0.4%
11.3%
Hispanic 26.6%
13.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 2.8%
4.0%
Native American 0.3%
0.5%
Income Area (%)   Nationwide
Median income $71,027 $58,283
Poverty rate 14.2%
15.8%
Below $25k 19.1%
24.1%
$25k-$50k 24.3%
30.0%
$50k-$100k 30.3%
30.6%
$100k-$200k 23.0%
16.5%
$200k or more 8.0%
4.2%
Education Area (%)   Nationwide
High School
graduate		 81.1%
80.0%
Bachelor's
degree or higher		 34.7%
24.8%
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