Mid-Missouri Economic Development Stakeholders

The Missouri Office of Administration launched MoBroadbandNow in 2009. This five-year initiative seeks to expand broadband accessibility to 95 percent of the total population, a significant increase from the current projected accessibility of 79.7 percent.

In order to do that, we are engaging in an effort to identify broadband needs at the local level. Today, we simply want to find out the attitudes, opinions, needs and interests of stakeholders involved with economic development. The thoughts of this group will be shared with the Mid-MO Regional Technology Planning Team (RTPT) tasked with considering ways, and crafting a strategic plan, to create broadband opportunities and address the needs of our region.

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* First, how do you use the Internet or other network services at your organization? Thinking about the work that you have done over the last year, were there instances when your internet or broadband service or internet service provider made all the difference in whether those projects were successful or not?

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* Think about the times when you haven’t had enough broadband availability, or there have been other issues surrounding broadband, that have caused problems in completing a project or making a connection that was needed.

Have you attempted and then failed at recent initiatives, or simply weren't able to participate or launch a program or service, because you didn’t have enough broadband service, capacity or other related features to launch the program or service with confidence? Please provide specific examples.

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* What are the key applications or business uses on a day to day basis where your organization needs efficient and reliable broadband services in the Mid-Missouri RPC region?

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* How important is it to your organization that broadband issues or service be addressed in the Mid-Missouri region?

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Somewhat Important

Not that Important

Don't Know

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* What are the key applications or business uses on a day to day basis where your organization needs efficient and reliable broadband services in the Mid-Missouri RPC region?

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* How important is it to your organization that broadband issues or service be addressed in the Mid-Missouri region?

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* Is there anything else that you would like to say about broadband, or high-speed Internet service in the Mid-Missouri region?