Digital Redlining: In DC?

Do you live in a digitally redlined part of DC? If you don’t know, you’re not alone. President Obama pledged the extension of low-cost broadband would be a high priority of his administration. The telecommunication and cable industry leaders (i.e. Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Sprint, Qwest, etc.) run the risk of losing their privatization advantage if the broadband mapping process is included in the transparency pledge outlined at http://www.recovery.gov/.

President Obama promised to end the digital redlining of poor and minority communities by ensuring the availability of cheap, fast, broadband internet to rural, small town, and big city neighborhoods inhabited by minorities and the poor


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