Your neighborhood may be paying more than others for slower internet - News Channel 5 Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A caller study shows that net companies whitethorn beryllium discriminating against low-income and non-white neighborhoods.

"The Markup" -- a non-profit quality outlet -- looked astatine respective net companies and their offers successful cities crossed the state and recovered respective were offering slower net successful number communities for the aforesaid terms oregon astatine higher prices than mostly achromatic and affluent neighborhoods.

In immoderate cities, the quality is recovered conscionable betwixt 2 homes little than fractional a mile distant from each other.

The Markup looked astatine 800,000 net offers from AT&T, Verizon, Earthlink and CenturyLink successful 38 cities, including Nashville.

All 4 companies consistently offered faster net speeds successful immoderate neighborhoods for the aforesaid terms arsenic slower speeds successful others.

90 percent of those neighborhoods with the worse deals had a little median income.

In Nashville, AT&T was looked at, and the Markup besides recovered that disparity to clasp true.

AT&T said successful a connection to the Markup the investigation is "fundamentally flawed" due to the fact that it ignored the company's information successful a authorities programme that helps low-income families wage for net access.