Take The Central Iowa Broadband Internet Survey In Ankeny

Press release from the City of Ankeny:

March 25, 2021

The Broadband Internet Survey results will help regional leaders identify and address current gaps in availability, speed/performance, reliability and affordability, and provide useful information for the development of new internet services. Lend your voice to this critical survey! There are two separate survey links: one for residential households and one for businesses.

This survey will help policymakers and providers better understand where gaps exist, and therefore provide them with opportunities to consider additional funding mechanisms. The speed test included in the broadband survey will collect address-level performance data to bring the availability into better focus. The survey will also seek feedback on consumers’ experience with reliability, affordability and availability. The survey results, along with other data collected and analyzed through this process, will provide internet providers, government officials and communities with next steps for short-term and long-term funding options and solutions.

Funding from the following public and private partners has made the Broadband Internet Survey possible: Adair County, Dallas County, Guthrie County, Jasper County, the Madison County Development Group, Marion County, the Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce, Polk County, Poweshiek Iowa Development, Story County, Warren County, Alliant Energy, the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Pella Rural Electric Cooperative and the Greater Des Moines Partnership.

This press release was produced by the City of Ankeny. The views expressed here are the author’s own.