FCC broadband data: Poorer Cuyahoga neighborhoods are still likeliest to get old, slow AT&T service

An analysis of data collected for the FCC's newest Broadband Map shows that Cuyahoga County’s (OH) lowest-income neighborhoods are still far more likely than others to be stuck with old, slow, home “broadband” service from AT&T. Using December 2022 information provided by AT&T, together with Census tract household income data from the American Community Survey, Connect Your Community determined that for nearly half (48%) of all its serviceable locations in Cuyahoga County tracts with median annual household incomes below $35,000, AT&T reported maximum speeds below 25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up. This means those locations, most of which are on the East Side of the city of Cleveland, can only receive AT&T wireline Internet service in the form of pre-2007 ADSL connections.