
Stark digital divide in US internet speed amid Covid-19 crisis
A study by global edge cloud platform Fastly looking at internet performance within median income brackets in the US has found a clear stratification of download speeds, indicating households with lower incomes are experiencing lower download speeds compared with households on higher incomes.
The study, carried out from February to April 2020, is the first in a series of data analyses on what the company sees as a digital divide – the unequal distribution of internet access across socio-economic and geographic lines.
To understand the impact of the digital divide on low-income families during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, Fastly