Broadband Executives Address Digital Divide

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2024 – Broadband executives met online for a panel discussion Tuesday on the topic of closing the digital divide with the help of user data.

Omidia’s Principal Analyst Alzbeta Fellenbaum noted in the discussion the importance of user data in determining which regions have the largest gaps in populations with high-speed broadband access. The panel also included World Broadband Association Director General Martin Creaner.

Ookla’s Editorial Director Sue Marek said, “The state of Washington has a big gap, 61.1 percent of their urban residents have access to broadband at the Federal Communications Commission minimum broadband speed, but only 28.7 percent of rural residents have access to that minimum standard of broadband.”