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Poor NYC areas have slow or no access to Internet: report
2014-12-07 14:41:28| Wireless - Topix.net
Controller Scott M. Stringer and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hold a press conference regarding their concerns about inequality on the Mayor's plan for citywide Wi-Fi Dec. 3. Households with slow or no access to speedy Internet tend to live in poorer neighborhoods across the Bronx, Central Brooklyn and East Harlem and the Lower East Side, a report by Controller Scott Stringer found. Citywide a stunning 27% of households endure snails-pace downloading because they have no access to broadband Internet at home, according to the Stringer report set to be released on Sunday.
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