San Francisco’s Digital Deserts: How San Francisco Chinatown and Other Neighborhoods Are Left Behind In the Digital Divide
San Francisco may be the tech capital of the country, but 1 in 10, or 11.3% of San Francisco residents do not have access to high-speed internet at home.
For the press release, you can read the English and Chinese.
Key Findings
Our internet speed and pricing analysis of 105 addresses across San Francisco found that AT&T, one of the largest internet service providers in the city, charged high-poverty addresses the same amount for slower plans compared to faster plans in low-poverty addresses. This means that higher poverty neighborhoods get less for the same price.
Of the nine broadband internet providers available in the Chinatown community, only one offers high-speed cable and fiber internet is virtually non-existent, meaning residents only have few options for high-speed internet. This lack of choice fuels high prices for Chinatown’s residents.
Almost half of Chinatown households (44%) do not have an internet broadband subscription and for those who do, the internet is slow and unreliable.
