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District of Columbia’s poor pay triple for sub-par Internet service

Poor residents of Washington, D.C. receive the worst Internet service and pay three times more than wealthier neighborhoods, according to a recent survey. The Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University analyzed customer test speeds in the metropolitan area. The survey analyzed pricing by looking at the price of megabit per second, a way of pricing […]

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