Leon Yin
Slow Internet? Find Out What Side of the Digital Divide You’re On
Does your neighborhood pay more money for slower internet compared to neighborhoods across town? This step-by-step guide helps you answer that question and more. All you need is a computer, a Google account, and (yes) internet access. The steps are as follows:
Dollars to Megabits, You May Be Paying 400 Times As Much As Your Neighbor for Internet Service
AT&T, Verizon, EarthLink, and CenturyLink disproportionately offered the worst internet deals to neighborhoods that were formerly redlined, whose residents are lower income and have a higher concentration of people of color than other parts of the city.