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Consulting Firm Creates Digital Opportunity Index Measuring ISPs

Group hopes index will supplement ESG for evaluating ISPs.

Cameron Marx

Cameron Marx

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Consulting Firm Creates Digital Opportunity Index Measuring ISPs
Screenshot of Vernonburg Group Founder and CEO Paul Garnett discussing broadband access as part of a panel hosted by the Brookings Institution from June 2023

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2025 – When it comes to closing the digital divide, no one beats Comcast.

At least, that’s what the Vernonburg Group concluded on Monday. Using its newly created Digital Opportunity Index, the digital equity consulting firm found that out of the 15 ISPs it ranked, Comcast did the most to increase broadband availability and adoption.

The results of Vernonburg’s analysis of the ISP’s efforts were released in a report on Monday. The group rated 15 ISPs, including AT&T, Charter, Comcast, and Verizon. Providers were scored on five criteria: availability (45 percent of final score), affordability (25 percent), digital skilling (15 percent), outreach (10 percent), and device affordability (5 percent).

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