Charting the digital divide
I started playing with some of the broadband data released today by the Communication Workers of America to get a rough picture of the US digital divide:
In some places, the upstream digital divide is especially striking. In Maine and West Virginia, 3.5 Mb/s and 4.5 Mb/s downstream isn’t that bad for a lot of people’s purposes. But only half a meg up looks meager, especially considering that upstream speeds in parts of New England are on par with downstream speeds in parts of the plains.
By the way, Maine is still in New England, right?
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August 25th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I should point out that the above chart was assembled with a particular focus on the upstream digital divide. A true picture of the opposite ends of the downstream digital divide might include a different mix of states.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:11 am
And yes, I understand that the ‘digital divide’ — whether you’re talking about broadband availability or speeds — is more a county-by-county phenomenon than a state-by-state one.
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