Mini Poll: Google St. Louis, Please
Current Totals:
Do you consider St. Louis to be a high-tech city?
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Yes, absolutely:
18%
Yes, compared to many other cities:
33%
No, not so much:
40%
No, not at all:
8%
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Do you think that there is value in being considered a high-tech city?
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How do you rate the broadband climate in St. Louis?
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We're great:
8%
We're OK, but not great:
61%
We sorta suck:
26%
We really suck:
6%
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Do you think the availability of super high-speed internet access would help to bring more businesses to St. Louis?
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Yes, absolutely:
69%
Yes, probably:
23%
Probably not:
8%
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How do you rate the appetite in St. Louis for more and faster broadband internet access in St. Louis?
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Ravenous:
40%
Hungry:
39%
Would take it if it were offered:
18%
Not really interested:
3%
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How interested would you be in having a connection to the Internet that is 20-100 times faster than current Internet connections?
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Very:
71%
A lot:
16%
Some:
8%
Not that much:
3%
Not at all:
2%
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Do you currently have convenient access to a connection to the Internet?
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Yes, at home:
32%
Yes, at work:
6%
Yes, at school:
1%
Yes, at the public library:
0%
Yes, at more than one of those places:
59%
No, not really:
1%
I don't know:
1%
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How is your primary portal connected to the Internet?
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Dial-up account:
1%
DSL account:
50%
Satellite account:
1%
Cell phone network:
2%
Wi-Fi:
14%
Pirated from a neighbor:
2%
Cable:
29%
I am never connected to the Internet:
0%
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How reliable is your current connection to the Internet?
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Very reliable:
44%
More or less reliable:
46%
To call it reliable really stretches the meaning of the word:
8%
Not reliable at all:
1%
I am off-line:
1%
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For which of the following reasons do you most often use the Internet?
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News gathering:
30%
Research/homework:
15%
Pop culture monitoring:
1%
Movies, TV, videos viewing:
6%
Game playing:
4%
Health diagnoses:
0%
Social networking:
13%
Emailing for work:
14%
Gambling:
0%
Porn watching:
11%
Something else:
7%
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If it were available in St. Louis, would you pay for a subscription to a fiber network with super high speed (20 to 100 times faster than anything currently available) access to the Internet?
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Yes:
19%
Yes, but price would matter:
51%
Yes, but only if the price were comparable to what I currently pay:
23%
Probably not:
7%
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How much have you heard about a plan by Google to build one or more super high-speed fiber networks ("Google Fiber") somewhere in the United States to demonstrate its capability?
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A lot:
19%
Some:
41%
Hardly anything:
25%
Nothing at all:
16%
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Do you think that St. Louis should tell Google that we would be interested in having a super high-speed fiber network here?
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Which of the following things would you be willing to do to support St. Louis's application to Google to be its test market? (choose as many as apply)
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Finish this poll:
86%
Blog, tweet, or FB about this poll to my readers, followers, or friends:
36%
Send an email to STLwantsfiber@gmail.com offering to help:
30%
Upload a video of support to the You Tube account STLWantsFiber:
11%
Attend a meeting or rally:
27%
Design or ride in a Google parade float:
18%
Name a future child of mine Google:
13%
Name a current child of mine Google:
10%
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Do you think St. Louis should rename itself to attract Google?
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Yes, but only if it is temporary:
42%
Yes, but only if it is permanent:
11%
No, I don't want to be a Googlian:
47%
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To which of the following names would you most like (or least dislike) St. Louis to temporarily change its name in order to woo Google?
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St. Googlouis, Missouri:
39%
Google, Missouri:
10%
St. Fibrous, Missouri:
3%
St. Louis at Gmail-Dot-Com, Missouri:
18%
Charter, Missouri, fast and proud of it:
5%
Something else:
25%
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Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.
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