Existing Conditions
Respondents were asked for what reasons high speed internet service is important for their organizations.
Responses were distributed as follows:
Table 16. Reasons High-speed Internet is Important - Question 14
Reasons
Percent of Businesses
Banking
75.7%
Marketing
65.0%
Computer system
54.2%
Supply chain management
49.2%
Government forms and registrations
49.2%
Telephone system
48.6%
Getting to websites
39.5%
Teleconferencing
33.3%
Accessing continuing education
22.3%
Networking
21.8%
Access to data sources
18.1%
Accessing global markets
16.1%
Selling our products and services
11.3%
Other important uses included telecommuting, uploading large files, time management, software support,
security, research, records management, direct customer service, file storage and retrieval, data management,
and connection to remote servers. Respondents rated the degree to which they agreed or disagreed with the
following statements.
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