Current FCC estimates predict that 30 million Americans do not have broadband access, which includes more than 6/10 rural residents. Some estimates put that at even more without internet access.
Microsoft recently released numbers estimating the percentage of residents who use the internet at broadband speeds for each zip code. Here is the breakdown for Philadelphia
This data is certainly useful for our survey data, as we can use it to correlate access to high-speed internet by zip code to energy literacy by zip code, among other things.
Patch Staff, 30 May 2021, "The Digital Divide: How Philadelphia Area Compares In Internet Usage", contributed by Andrew Rosenthal, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 30 May 2021, accessed 16 April 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/digital-divide-how-philadelphia-area-compares-internet-usage
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Current FCC estimates predict that 30 million Americans do not have broadband access, which includes more than 6/10 rural residents. Some estimates put that at even more without internet access.
Microsoft recently released numbers estimating the percentage of residents who use the internet at broadband speeds for each zip code. Here is the breakdown for Philadelphia
19050: 100%
19082: 63.4%
19102: 17%
19103: 57%
19104: 41%
19106: 29.4%
19107: 31.8%
19111: 85.9%
19114: 86.9%
19115: 48.3%
This data is certainly useful for our survey data, as we can use it to correlate access to high-speed internet by zip code to energy literacy by zip code, among other things.