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www-brookings-edu-8636		Neighborhood broadband data makes it clear: We need an agenda to fight digital poverty			.html	text/html	1391	112	60	However, our analysis of the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) data tells another story: The majority of digitally disconnected households live in metropolitan areas, and the gaps are especially large when comparing neighborhoods within the same place. But rural issues overshadow an even larger national challenge: a lack of universal broadband adoption in metropolitan areas of all sizes. In general, metropolitan areas with the highest overall broadband adoption rates tend to have the smallest discrepancies between neighborhoods (Figure 2). The Colorado Springs, San Jose, and Provo, Utah metro areas, for example, all have zero tracts in digital poverty. Moreover, in a quarter of the 100 largest metro areas, less than 3% of tracts are experiencing digital poverty. Eight metro areas, all in the Southeast, have more than 20% of their tracts in digital poverty. Metropolitan areas cannot maximize their economic potential if residents live in digital poverty.	./cache/www-brookings-edu-8636.html	./txt/www-brookings-edu-8636.txt