Internet speed disparities in lower income areas persist even after adjustments

Percentage point difference in slow download speeds in lower income areas compared to upper income areas, both observed and adjusted for other factors

Prices for all speeds fixed at $55 for AT&T, $50 for CenturyLink, $40 for Verizon, and between $50 and $60 for Earthlink, depending on who they leased lines from. We omitted five cities where companies offered uniform speeds
Chart: Leon Yin and Joel Eastwood Source: The Markup analysis of AT&T, CenturyLink, EarthLink, Verizon; U.S. Census Bureau