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An investgation covering 19 US cities -- including Seattle and Portland -- found that CenturyLink, Verizon, AT&T, and EarthLink routinely offer slow internet speeds to poorer neighborhoods for the same price as they offer higher speeds in other areas.

In two-thirds of the cities where there was sufficient data to compare, the worst deals were offered to the least-white neighborhoods, aligning with former redlining boundaries.

#InternetSpeed #racism #redlining

https://www.invw.org/2022/12/21/poor-and-diverse-areas-of-seattle-and-portland-offered-slower-and-more-expensive-internet/