Kent County Needs Your Help!

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Township and city partners, 

Thanks for your support so far to encourage your residents to take Kent County’s broadband survey. The more responses, the better the data to be used to improve access to high speed internet in your community. We can’t rely on the insufficient federal maps that capture service provider reporting or the state mapping that excludes significant portions of Kent County.

We have a long way to go in the next two and a half weeks to meet our goal of a 5% response rate in each township and city. Check out the list of response rates by community as of November 9. Be the first community to hit the 5% mark!

Please continue getting the word out through your community and personal networks. Communication tools are available for your use at: Dropbox – Kent County Data Collection Promotional Materials – Simplify your life.

We can get there with your help! Please let us know if you have any questions or need assistance.

– Jenny James, Deputy County Administrator 

Original source can be found here.



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