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Black households

Are Black and Latinx neighborhoods more prone to experiencing slower internet services?  According to a recent study by The Markup, the households that suffered from slower internet service were based in prominently lower-income areas with fewer white residents. Despite the service being a lot slower than the other household, both are paying the exact same price for their internet services – meaning the slower internet speed doesn’t come at a cheaper price.  Racial Digital Divide In the study, The Markup gathered and analysed more than 800,000 internet services from AT&T,