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In many cases, the poorest and least white parts of a city only are offered service thats so slow it doesnt meet federal regulators definition of broadband — and providers regularly charge the same amount for that service as they do for their fastest speeds in other neighborhoods.

A slew of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporters have reportedly resigned from their union after it voted to strike today by a 38-36 margin.

A couple of years into the pandemic, Shirley Neville had finally had enough of her shoddy internet service.

An investigation has found that internet service providers often offer drastically different speeds to different customers, even in different parts of the same city.

An analysis of data gathered on 800,000 internet service offers in 38 U.S. cities shows that poor and less white neighborhoods get the worst deals. A closer look.

Analysis of internet services by four firms across 38 cities found some paid for poor speeds same as for higher speeds.

A couple of years into the pandemic, Shirley Neville had finally had enough of her shoddy internet service. “It was just a headache,” said Neville, who lives in a middle-class neighborhood in New Orleans whose residents are almost all Black or Latino. “When I was getting ready to use my

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists began an unfair labor practice strike on Tuesday after the paper’s management refused to meet union demands.

A couple of years into the pandemic, Shirley Neville had finally had enough of her shoddy internet service.

An analysis of data gathered on 800,000 internet service offers in 38 U.S. cities shows that poor and less white neighborhoods get the worst deals. A closer look.