Slow internet speeds were more common in least-White areas compared to most-White areas

Share of addresses receiving slow download speeds (<25 megabits per second) for the same price by area demographic

* Uniform speeds.
Earthlink charged between $50 and $60 in different cities, depending on who they lease lines from. In these cities, there was not enough racial/ethnic diversity to compare: Billings, Mont.; Boise, Idaho; Cheyenne, Wyo.; Detroit, Mich.; Fargo, N.D.; Newark, N.J. 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