Benton Senior Fellow John Horrigan examined Emergency Broadband Benefit Program enrollment data. His findings:

• So far, only about one in twelve eligible households have enrolled
• Places with low wireline broadband adoption rates have shown above-average rates of households signing up. Puerto Rico and New Orleans stand out as places with high rates of Emergency Broadband Benefit enrollment, along with cities such as Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Cleveland, and Philadelphia.

Horrigan's breakdown shows urban areas are leaders in Emergency Broadband Benefit sign-ups and that large metro areas have high volumes of sign-ups, but lower rates of enrollment. 

Read his analysis here: https://www.benton.org/blog/emergency-broadband-benefit-has-thus-far-enrolled-just-1-12-eligible-households-places-low

 

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