FCC: Broadband Rollout Benefits Urban Elite

28 August 2000 - 11:15am

High-speed internet links are penetrating wealthy, urban neighborhoods at a faster rate than poor and rural areas.

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According to a new report issued last week by the Federal Communications Commission, new high-speed Internet technologies like cable modems and Digital Subscriber Lines are being rapidly deployed in wealthy urban and suburban neighborhoods at the expense of poor inner-city and rural areas.

Source: The Financial Times, August 25, 2000