Washington, D.C.

• Population: 670,949
• Households without a computer: 4.6%
• Households without Internet: 11%
• Persons in Poverty: 13.3%

Broadband Programs

• Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Plans
• Tech Together DC
• Working Towards Digital Equity in DC (Grace Tepper, the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, Dec. 19, 2023)

Community Perspectives

• These infrastructure proposals could transform D.C. (Chelsea Cirruzzo, Axios D.C., Dec. 6, 2022)
• D.C.’s low-income households are routinely offered slower internet plans (Chelsea Cirruzzo & Cuneyt Dil, Axios D.C., Nov. 24, 2022)
• What’s New in Digital Equity: D.C. Works to Connect All Residents (Zack Quaintance & Julia Edinger, GovTech, May 19, 2022)
• DC just launched a new Community Internet Program for affordable broadband (Michaela Althouse, Technical.ly, May 16, 2022)
• DC faces challenges in trying to overcome digital divide, expand internet access (Will Schick, The DC Line, Nov. 4, 2021)

More Next Century Cities Resources:

• State Broadband & Digital Equity Plans
• Next Century Cities Sheds Light on the Significance of the Internet and Public School Students in New Report “The High Cost of Connectivity Has a Disparate Impact on Public School Students”
• NCC Celebrates Digital Inclusion Week With Local Leaders and Organizational Allies in the DMV

Related Washington DC News from the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society

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