Lower-income areas disproportionately received slow internet

Share of addresses receiving slow download speeds (<25 megabits per second) for the same price in different income areas

* Uniform speeds.
Earthlink charged between $50 and $60 in different cities, depending on who they lease lines from. We consider disparities to be disproportionate if the percentage point difference is five or greater.
Chart: Leon Yin and Joel Eastwood Source: The Markup analysis of AT&T, CenturyLink, EarthLink, Verizon; U.S. Census Bureau