Number of Virginia Localities with Less than 80% Households with Broadband Access
Measure Last Modified
08-27-2019 11:51 a.m.
Measure Last Published
03-26-2019 12:51 p.m.
Status
Active
Data Source and Calculation
Data extracted from "Percentage of Covered Households in Virginia by County" map provided by the team of Virginia Information Technologies Agency, Center for Innovative Technology, and Virginia Tech Center for Geospatial Information Technology using FCC Form 477 source data. It is the count of regions colored in red, orange and yellow on the following map https://www.wired.virginia.gov/broadband/virginia-statistics
Enterprise Priorities and Strategies
Initiative
Priority
Strategy
Economy
Poverty
Develop a clear and consistent anti-poverty policy.
Associated Service Areas
Service Area Code
Service Area Name
53419
Technology Industry Development Services
Targets and Baselines
Name
Date
Result
Note
Baseline
None
Short Target 2025
None
None
Long Target 2027
None
None
Results
Year
Result
Note
2014
62
Although the measure reflects regions, number of localities reported. Based upon FCC's January 2015 definition of 25 Mbps download speed and 3 Mbps upload speed.
2015
58
Although the measure reflects regions, number of localities reported.
2016
50
Although the measure reflects regions, number of localities reported. Reflects 2 changes - change in FCC definition of underserved from 10/1 to 25/3 and data is now collected from FCC form 477 source data.
2017
50
Although the measure reflects regions, number of localities reported.
2018
47
Measure updated to reflect number of localities rather than regions to provide more granular data.
2019
37
Number of localities reported.
2020
Data expected September 30, 2020 to conincide with legislative reporting.