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The Cost of Connectivity 2020

dc.contributor.authorChao, Beckyen
dc.contributor.authorPark, Claireen
dc.date.accessed2020-07-22en
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-19T22:13:47Zen
dc.date.available2020-08-19T22:13:47Zen
dc.date.issued2020-07-15en
dc.description.abstractThis report points out that consumers in the United States pay more on average for monthly internet service than consumers abroad—especially for higher speed tiers. This year’s report examines 760 plans in 28 cities across Asia, Europe, and North America, with an emphasis on the United States. The latest research on internet affordability is especially timely as millions of people have moved to online classrooms, telework, and telehealth during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Access to the internet is far from equal, and the digital divide disproportionately affects Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities and low-income households. The authors claim that the cost is one of the biggest barriers to internet adoption, and it is likely to become an even bigger barrier as jobs and incomes are lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNew Americaen
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen Technology Instituteen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttps://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/documents/The_Cost_of_Connectivity_2020__XatkXnf.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/99748en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherNew Americaen
dc.publisherOpen Technology Instituteen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivs 3.0 Unporteden
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectCOVID-19en
dc.subjectonline instructionen
dc.subjectlow-income studentsen
dc.subjectminority studentsen
dc.titleThe Cost of Connectivity 2020en
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.dcmitypeStillImageen

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