Can Cleveland finally close its digital divide? A local nonprofit says it has a plan.
“Cleveland’s twin problems of poverty and access have made it the most disconnected major city in the country. According to the National Digital Inclusion Alliance’s analysis of worst connected cities, some 30% of residents in 2019 had no internet access of any kind and 45% lacked higher-speed cable, fiber optic, or DSL hookups.
‘We had been bouncing around in the top five least-connected cities since the data started to be collected around 2016,’ says Dorothy Baunach, CEO of DigitalC. ‘And not only are we the least connected American city, we are the poorest American city and have the highest rate of child poverty. They’re all connected.'”