Dear Library Director/Information Technologist:

The New Jersey Office of Information Technology (OIT) has been awarded a Broadband Mapping Grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The New Jersey State Library has been asked to help reach out to libraries with the survey data request below. We feel that it is important that libraries are included in the Broadband map. Please note that this is not part of the New Jersey State Library\x92s NITA Broadband Technology Opportunity Program. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact the consultant as listed in the survey. Please do not contact the New Jersey State Library, the New Jersey Library Association or the Statewide Library Cooperative about how to fill out survey, as we are only forwarding the request. Thank you.

Urgent Response Requested By 9/8: Broadband Capability

Dear NJ Library,

We are writing to you on behalf of the New Jersey Office of Information Technology (OIT), which is responsible for collecting broadband data for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program.

We are contacting you as a critical anchor institution in the state of NJ, and asking for your cooperation in obtaining data for the NTIA deliverable that is due in September 2010.

To meet the NTIA's timeline, we will need your responses to the eight simple items below no later than Wednesday, September 8, 2010. Please respond with the information for EACH of your branches when possible.

1. Name of Institution/branch:

2. Full address of Institution at location/branch (not PO Box):

3. Contact Person who is providing this information: a. Name : b. Title : c. Email : d. Phone :

4. Does your Institution subscribe to broadband service at this location?: Yes or no (If \x93no\x94, please ignore the remaining items)

For EACH broadband service (e.g., optical, DSL, wireless) at this location, please answer the following 4 questions.

1. Name of service provider

2. Type of broadband service (requires only a letter response): a. Asymmetric xDSL b. Symmetric xDSL c. Other Copper Wireline (other than xDSL, e.g., Ethernet over copper, T1, ATM over copper) d. Cable Modem - DOCSIS 3.0 e. Cable Modem - other f. Optical Carrier/fiber to the end user (does not include fiber to curb) g. Satellite h. Terrestrial Fixed Wireless \x96 unlicensed i. Terrestrial Fixed Wireless \x96 licensed j. Terrestrial Mobile Wireless k. Electric Power Line l. All Other

3. Downstream data transfer speed to which you subscribe (requires only a letter response): a. Greater than or equal to 768 kbps and less than 1.5 mbps b. Greater than or equal to 1.5 mbps and less than 3 mbps c. Greater than or equal to 3 mbps and less than 6 mbps d. Greater than or equal to 6 mbps and less than 10 mbps e. Greater than or equal to 10 mbps and less than 25 mbps f. Greater than or equal to 25 mbps and less than 50 mbps g. Greater than or equal to 50 mbps and less than 100 mbps h. Greater than or equal to 100 mbps and less than 1 gbps i. Greater than or equal to 1 gbps

4. Upstream data transfer speed to which you subscribe (requires only a letter response): a. Less than or equal to 200 kbps b. Greater than 200 kbps and less than 768 kbps c. Greater than or equal to 768 kbps and less than 1.5 mbps d. Greater than or equal to 1.5 mbps and less than 3 mbps e. Greater than or equal to 3 mbps and less than 6 mbps f. Greater than or equal to 6 mbps and less than 10 mbps g. Greater than or equal to 10 mbps and less than 25 mbps h. Greater than or equal to 25 mbps and less than 50 mbps i. Greater than or equal to 50 mbps and less than 100 mbps j. Greater than or equal to 100 mbps and less than 1 gbps k. Greater than or equal to 1 gbps

NOTE: If you are not sure what speeds you subscribe to, we would ask that you please check with your service provider or look at one of your recent bills to determine this.

In addition, we would strongly encourage you to perform a broadband speed test at this FCC sponsored link: http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/about/

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via email to ConnectingNJ@PROTECTED or by phoning Judith Jerkins at 732-758-2506.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Sincerely,

The Telcordia Technologies New Jersey Broadband Team on Behalf of NJ OIT

p.s. For information on the overall program, please see: http://connectingnj.state.nj.us/. This web site was organized primarily for broadband service providers in NJ, but it does contain an overview of the program.

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