Measuring Inclusion
The Worst Connected U.S. Cities of 2019
Using data from the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) One-Year Estimates, today the National Digital Inclusion Alliance releases its annual rankings for America's Worst Connected Cities. Our analysis this year looked at cities with populations of 65,000 or more to...
NDIA says “rural only” broadband investment is structurally racist
NDIA has released a new white paper arguing that current federal policies which limit broadband expenditures to rural infrastructure deployment, while offering no help to millions of unconnected urban residents, are "structurally racist, discriminating against...
NDIA to FCC: Broadband affordability should be addressed in annual assessment
NDIA has once again urged the Federal Communications Commission to consider broadband adoption rates and affordability in the agency's annual assessment of “whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and...
Worst Connected Cities of 2018
America's persistent digital divide isn't limited to either our biggest cities or our most isolated rural areas. Big gaps in home broadband connection can be found in communities of all sizes throughout the country. NDIA's past Worst Connected Cities reports have only...
AT&T’s Digital Redlining of Dallas: New Research by Dr. Brian Whitacre
Dr. Brian Whitacre is a professor in the Agricultural Economics Department of Oklahoma State University who specializes in research on broadband access and use. This work was performed as an independent project and does not reflect the opinions of Oklahoma State...
New NDIA maps show home Internet connection rates by Census tract throughout the U.S.
NDIA today published six interactive maps showing the percentages of households with wireline broadband connections, and the percentage of households with no home Internet connection of any kind, for every Census tract in the United States. The maps provide a uniquely...
Worst Connected Cities 2017
NDIA has released our fourth annual “Worst Connected Cities” ranking, based on U.S. Census American Community Survey (ACS) data for 2017. The new report covers 191 U.S. cities and “Census places” with 50,000 or more households. We’ve ranked these communities by the...
NDIA joins call for better Federal broadband data
Ten organizations including NDIA have called on the U.S. Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to take the lead in creating a new and improved system for gathering national data on broadband access and adoption,...
Worst Connected Cities 2016
Using data from the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS), released in September 2017 by the U.S. Census Bureau, NDIA ranked all 186 U.S. cities with more than 50,000 households by the total percentage of each city’s households lacking fixed broadband internet...
Satellite Service is Not Broadband
Recent FCC "Broadband Deployment Report" states 95% of Americans have access to 25/3 broadband. This number is influenced by the inclusion of satellite service as broadband. THIS IS A PROBLEM. The FCC's broadband data has other flaws but their data is one of the few...