Reply A study of internet access in southern Chester County will show where there are gaps in access to the internet and identify the challenges to getting residents online. (Shutterstock) WEST CHESTER, PA — A study of internet access in southern Chester County will show where there are gaps in access to the internet and identify the challenges to getting residents online. An interactive map produced in 2018 by Ben St. Germain of Purdue Center for Regional Development showed that about 15 percent of Chester County lacks internet access, with areas of high and moderate vulnerability in the southwestern part of Chester County.