Poor and diverse areas of Seattle and Portland offered slower internet
Advocates doubt federal funding for broadband will ease disparities in urban places
Source: kitsapsun.com
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Advocates doubt federal funding for broadband will ease disparities in urban places
CenturyLink customers in Seattle and Portland receive wide-ranging levels of service for the same price, with poorer residents and people of color more likely to be burdened by slow speeds,
Formerly redlined neighborhoods have the lowest percentages of broadband internet.
Poor, minority neighborhoods get worst internet deals
The neighborhoods offered the worst deals had lower median incomes in nine out of 10 cities in the analysis.