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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

Jun 10, 2021

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Urban broadband deserts

Digital redlining is a policy, not an accident.

Detroit broadband map.

The Biden broadband plan set aside $100B to build out universal fiber; that number was way too low (it was derived from the fraudulent broadband maps the monopoly telcos produce).

https://www.cnet.com/features/millions-of-americans-cant-get-broadband-because-of-a-faulty-fcc-map-theres-a-fix/

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