Poor New York City neighborhoods tend to have slow or no access to Internet: report

[LiberalElite]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/poor-nyc-areas-slow-no-access-internet-report-article-1.2036599

"The digital divide between the haves and the have-nots is taking its toll in New York City.

Households with slow or no access to speedy Internet tend to live in poorer neighborhoods across the Bronx, Central Brooklyn and East Harlem and the Lower East Side, a report by Controller Scott Stringer found.

Neighborhoods with the most high-speed access tend to be in upscale neighborhoods of Manhattan.

Citywide a stunning 27% of households endure snails-pace downloading because they have no access to broadband Internet at home, according to the Stringer report set to be released on Sunday."

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And here I thought internet speeds were all equal for subscribers... silly, silly, SILLY me.

[liberal_at_heart]

1. I love how conservatives think that poor people shouldn't have internet or phones.

You can't look for work these days without internet and a cell phone, and students can't do homework without internet these days either. Not that conservatives care if poor people do well in school or get a job. They would rather see them uneducated and unemployed, but don't give them unemployment insurance. Geez, conservatives are jerks.

[marym625]

2. They're shutting down some

Live streams in ny. All have gone down at once

Yeah, I have Verizon and comcast. Very obvious when bill is due. Everything slows down

[yeoman6987]

3. So what is the Mayor doing about it?

[LiberalElite]

4. It was just released today so

i'm inclined to give him a little time.

[yeoman6987]

5. You think nobody knew of this? Come on!

I doubt he does anything.

[LiberalElite]

6. Where are you? nt

[msongs]

8. "the rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor" - Leonard Cohen nt