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Rhode Islanders have until June 28 to submit feedback using the broadband map.

Rhode Island is poised to receive at least $100 million in federal aid to improve broadband speeds across the state, and the town council in Jamestown is asking its constituents for help to secure its fair share of that money. Councilman Erik Brine is urging local internet customers to test their upload and download speeds

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.

Internet prices are not regulated by the federal government because it is not considered a utility. As a result, providers can make their own decisions about where they provide service and how much to charge.

In many cases, the poorest and least white parts of a city only are offered service that's so slow it doesn't 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.