by Bill Callahan | Sep 6, 2017 | Digital Inclusion News, Measuring Inclusion
Mapping analyses of AT&T’s 2016 broadband deployment data reported to the FCC for Wayne County, MI (Detroit) and Lucas County, OH (Toledo) show the same pattern of “digital redlining” of low income neighborhoods as NDIA research has previously...
by Bill Callahan | Mar 10, 2017 | Digital Inclusion News, Measuring Inclusion
Report PDF | Hi-Res Report PDF (Large) UPDATE 3/16: Read AT&T’s response to this report and our reply at the Connect Your Community blog. A mapping analysis of Federal Communications Commission broadband availability data, conducted by Connect Your Community...
by Angela Siefer | Nov 4, 2016 | Digital Inclusion News, Measuring Inclusion
The National Digital Inclusion Alliance today releases its new list of “The Top 25 Worst Connected U.S. Cities, 2015”. Our rankings for 2015 are based on recently released Census data on home access to fixed broadband Internet services. This includes...
by Angela Siefer | Sep 10, 2016 | Digital Inclusion News, Measuring Inclusion
I have good news. On September 5, I revealed in a blog article on the NDIA website that AT&T officials had told us they would continue to deny “Access from AT&T” discount service to many thousands of eligible low-income households living at...
by Angela Siefer | Sep 5, 2016 | Digital Inclusion News, Measuring Inclusion
AT&T has declined to make its new low-cost Internet program available to many thousands of eligible households who have the bad luck to live at an address where the company’s maximum download speed for new residential accounts is below 3 mbps. Here’s the...
by Bill Callahan | Jan 17, 2016 | Digital Inclusion News, Measuring Inclusion
Every six months, each “Facilities-based Provider of Broadband Connections to End Users” in the U.S. is required to report to the FCC on the number and speed of its fixed broadband connections (cable, DSL, fiber or satellite) in each U.S. Census block....