Resetting your router or call Mediacom Cable customer service for additional assistance. If your Mediacom Cable speed test result is lower than expected, try Note: This speed test can be used to test any internet provider, not And, as part of that, we have these areas within the county that need broadband, and so to help facilitate that - that's still part of my job and I'm going to do the best that I can," Lowndes said.Whether Mediacom Cable is your internet provider or you use a different provider, the speedĬan show key statistics about your internet connection. "Part of our mission statement with the county is to serve our community and to serve it with excellence. Lowndes said the idea of working with private service providers is still a very new concept to him, but said it is his goal to help ensure the community gets the access it needs. "I think that we're not really going to get an accurate picture unless we push that (test) and we get our community members engaged in really trying to help us through that process," Hicks said. He added that he was enthusiastic about the early numbers in the county, but sressed the importance of getting the community engagement up to have better data. "As far as what I would bring to the table, when we first got the COVID funds, and we're kind of playing out, 'what did we need to do?' we looked pretty heavily at setting up our own LTE (cellular) network in some rural areas," Hicks said.Īs of now, fewer than 1% of Santa Rosa residents have taken the speed test, but Holley said the goal is to get that number up near 10%. Holley talked about the importance of using schools as one of the anchors in this project, and David Hicks, who oversees the IT services in the school district, said he and the district have much to offer after they began exploring ways to ensure capable internet access for students once the coronavirus pandemic began affecting school proceedings. "We can't promote an internet test over the internet," Holley said.īlue Angels announce 2022 Homecoming Air Show will close season at NAS Pensacola Walk-On's, Basil & Sprout, more: New Pensacola Restaurants that opened in August McGuire's Irish Pub makes Trips to Discover's list of most iconic Florida restaurants Escambia County Commissioners question huge discrepancy in homeless population counts Demolish it? Make it a food truck plaza? Commissioners to decide Whittle Building's fate. Holley stressed that anyone can take the test whenever they like, but the days for the organized county effort will most likely take place next week.
So, I would say as long as the Office of Broadband is active and may have funding, I would think our local technology team would be stay intact and be in place," Holley told the News Journal, adding that he hopes to see more involvement from the northern parts of the county on the speed test map. "I don't think the internet's going anywhere. The state's strategic plan for broadband is slated to be completed by June 30, and Holley said he expects to promote a campaign across the county to encourage residents to take the state's broadband speed test so that all residents are accounted for as the Office of Broadband takes in the data. The office has been rolling out broadband speed testing across Florida to better identify and reach unserved and underserved areas of the state. The resulting map will be an asset to local communities and internet service providers to assist with broadband planning efforts. "As long as the state is going to continue to fund broadband solutions throughout the different counties within the state, I would imagine that teams such as ours would continue to stay together and be able to leverage those resources." "I'm assuming that this team will stay together as long as the money's there," Adrian Lowndes, Santa Rosa County IT and GIS director, told the News Journal. Holley told the News Journal in an email that there has also been outreach to bring on representatives in areas like tourism, health care, retail and residential development. So far, the team includes representatives of the county, the school district, the library system, Mediacom and AT&T.
Simultaneously, Kyle Holley, the county's outreach and community liaison for grants and special projects, is working to help curate a local technology team with members from the public and private sectors as a means to create cohesion in improving internet service. Santa Rosa County staff are looking at next week to prompt all Santa Rosa County residents to take a broadband speed test, which could help underserved areas receive better internet service.
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