Published deadline 2nd September - will leave the survey open for late responses.

We (Southern Uplands Partnership) have been commissioned by Community Broadband Scotland to undertake a survey of rural areas in the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway who may not be served by the current Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme being delivered through BT - additional information on this can be found at http://www.digitalscotland.org/superfast-broadband/
Our aim is to collate as much data as possible on your current service, location and desire for a better service so this can be used to explore the potential of a community lead initiative to deliver superfast broadband to rural areas. We are aware that many of you have already completed a broadband survey in your community council area and we will endeavour to include these results where possible. Please take a moment to fill out the following questionnaire and return by one of the following methods:
online via Survey Monkey by selecting "done" at the end of this questionnaire or if this has been emailed to you, return to julienock@sup.org.uk

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* 1. Please give your name and postcode

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* 2. Are you able to access the internet at the above address?

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* 3. Please run a speed test and insert your results below. Go to www.speedtest.net
or  http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/(you will need to have a flash player installed to use this one)

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* 4. How do you connect to the Internet in your premises?

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* 5. Which internet service provider do you use?

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* 6. How would you describe your current internet service?

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* 7. Which best describes your main use of the internet at the above address?

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* 8. Please tick any of the following that you would like to be able to do over the internet.

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* 9. What internet speed would you like to receive at the above address?

  Download speed (to watch catch up TV, play online games, use Skype etc., ) Upload speed (to send photo or video, transfer files, etc.,)
Up to 2MB Low quality - can take up to 3 minutes to download the average length music file
Up to 6MB Medium quality - can take up to 3.5 seconds to download the average length music file
Up to 12MB TV quality - music file download 1 second
Up to 23MB High Quality - instant  music file download
Up to 50M Superfast - allows multiple users to stream TV, etc.,
Above 50MB Superfast - allows multiple users to stream TV, etc.,

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* 10. How much do you pay for your current internet service per month? (please check your latest bill for internet charge)

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* 11. How much would you be willing to pay per month for a *superfast broadband service? * Superfast broadband = more than 24MB

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* 12. Would you be prepared to subscribe to a faster, community owned superfast broadband network?

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* 13. Do you have any comments about your current internet service that you would like to share with us?

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* 14. Would you be willing to become a volunteer or support a local community organisation seeking to deliver a superfast broadband solution? If so, which areas of work are you interested in?

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* 15. *Please provide your contact details so that we can keep you informed of developments. (This information will only be used in relation to the provision of broadband services in your area and will not be disclosed to third parties without your consent) *This answer is optional.

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* 16. Thank you for completing this survey.You can add any further comments in the text box below.  Please press "done" at the bottom of the page or copy and paste this form and return to julienock@sup.org.uk.

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