Unlike in banking, digital redlining — or not investing in low-income and minority communities — is not illegal. That's why advocates say that 5G won't close the digital divide, but will likely make it worse.
To say there is a lot of hype around 5G is probably an understatement. Verizon and T-Mobile spent an estimated $22 million on Super Bowl ads to tell us all about it.
"We know that AT&T digitally redlined. We know they skipped low-income neighborhoods when they were rolling out their faster DSL because of the data they gave to the FCC," Siefer said. Many would argue that companies putting infrastructure where people can afford to upgrade are doing what makes the most money.As a result, 5G won't close the digital divide, Siefer said. In fact, because it will speed the obsolescence of technology low-income people can afford, it will likely make it worse.Thomas Guerra was working to document the city's digital divide at a West Side payment center for the local utility.
San Antonio city employees survey low-income residents about their access to the Internet. One in four San Antonio homes lack an Internet connection.San Antonio city employees survey low-income residents about their access to the Internet. One in four San Antonio homes lack an Internet connection.City staff members hope they can persuade providers to build access into some of these areas when they can show how bad it is.
"The way the regulatory structure exists today at the federal, state and local level, we're largely reliant, almost entirely reliant, on carrots instead of sticks," said Ron Nirenberg, mayor of San Antonio.
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