How broadband inequality complicates COVID-19 school closures in rural areas
March 18, 2020
To help illustrate some of the stark realities of what rural Americans are experiencing in the wake of this monumental health crisis, Center on Rural Innovation’s Mapping and Data Analytics team has created an interactive broadband map to better visualize and understand broadband availability across America’s school districts. The maps consider broadband to be internet service that:
- Has download speeds of at least 25mbps
- Has upload speeds of at least 3mbps
- Is delivered by a fixed ground based system
Estimates indicate that Texas, California, and Arizona have the highest school age population without broadband.
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