digital divide

Digital Divide in Mississippi Splits Along Racial Lines, Report Finds

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:31:44 -0500

Full article: Huffington Post
Gerry Smith
African Americans in Mississippi often have fewer options for high-speed Internet and spend a higher proportion of their incomes on the Internet than whites in the state, according to a new report underscoring how the digital divide splits along racial lines.

Activists, Comcast Tangle over Accessiblity of Low-Income Program

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:52:10 -0500

Full article: WHYY-FM
Kevin McCorry
Saying Comcast isn't fully delivering on an FCC mandate to connect low-income schoolchildren with the World Wide Web, an activist group protested in front of the company's headquarters in Philadelphia.

Internet Access for All: Three Ways the FCC is Trying to Close the Digital Divide

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:39:22 -0500

Full article: AlterNet
Jamilah King
The reality is that the digital divide still exists. Only about 60 percent of users in America have access to home-based broadband connections, and many low-income, black and Latino households lack access. Here are a few of the FCC's efforts to deal with the digital divide -- the good and the bad of each.

We Need Better Infrastructure to Bridge Urban Digital Divide

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:25:46 -0500

Full article: GigaOM
Craig Settles
The broadband stimulus program committed nearly $500 million to narrow the digital divide through broadband adoption campaigns and building computing centers in low-income areas. After distributing much of this money in 2011, these investments should start bearing fruit. But will they?

How Big Telecom Used Smartphones to Create a New Digital Divide

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:39:06 -0500

Full article: Colorlines
Jamilah King
In an increasingly digital world, the relative affordability of smartphones have made them the bridge across the the Internet's long-discussed digital divide.

The New Digital Divide

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:29:30 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Susan Crawford
Increasingly, we are a country in which only the urban and suburban well-off have truly high-speed Internet access, while the rest -- the poor and the working class -- either cannot afford access or use restricted wireless access as their only connection to the Internet. As our jobs, entertainment, politics and even health care move online, millions are at risk of being left behind.

Broadband Adoption Rises but Digital Divide Persists

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:05:47 -0500

Full article: MuniWireless
Esme Vos
The U.S. Commerce Department has released a report which shows that broadband adoption in the United States has risen but a digital divide persists that runs along demographic lines. Moreover, socioeconomic status does not explain the entire gap.

AOL Still Has 3.5 Million Dial-up Subscribers

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:04:19 -0400

Full article: MSNBC
Suzanne Choney
Not everyone in the U.S. has high-speed Internet via cable or DSL. America Online, the most venerable of dial-up Internet service providers, still has 3.5 million customers that use the company's dial-up service.

Schools and Libraries Still Living in Dial-Up Age

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:31:23 -0400

Full article: KQED-FM
Audrey Watters
Remember the agony of waiting for a website to load, before broadband was widely available? According to a recent survey, a lot of American schools and libraries are still living in that era.

Connect America Fund: Putting Consumers on the Map

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:49:23 -0400

Full article: FCC
Sharon Gillett and Michael Byrne
To help illustrate the size and scope of the challenge of reforming the Universal Service Fund and Intercarrier Compensation, the FCC has developed this interactive map, which shows with striking clarity that large swaths of our nation are being bypassed by the broadband revolution. Without USF and ICC reform, the map is unlikely to change much.