FCC White Paper Finds Mobile Digital Divide, Calls for Further Study

The FCC Office of Economics and Analytics found a mobile digital divide and urged further study, in a white paper in Thursday’s Daily Digest. Rural areas tend to be more reliant on non-Wi-Fi mobile technology and get slower connections, the paper said. “Counties with higher minority populations are more likely to use older mobile technologies and experience slower speeds,” it said: “Counties with older populations are more likely to use mobile technologies and are more likely to have slower speeds. Counties with larger households are more likely to use WiFi and also have faster WiFi.”