A Different Aspect of the Digital Divide
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Sorry, baby. Your internet is slow!
Everything is nicer in the suburbs, including broadband! Via the Investigative Reporting Workshop at AU:
People who live in low-income areas of the District of Columbia on average get less for their broadband dollar than those who live in the wealthy suburbs — and subscribers in rural areas get the worst deals of all, according to a new study.
The Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University analyzed customer speed tests and surveys around the nation’s eighth-largest metropolitan statistical area, which has a population of about 5.4 million…
The numbers indicate that while people in poor neighborhoods may pay a little less each month for service, they are likely to experience much slower speeds.
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