DEI research team

Broadband Internet service is available for nearly every house in New York City, yet less than half have adopted it. Barely a quarter of low income households pay for a high speed connection at home.

As PPH Policy Director Joshua Breitbart explains in this audio clip, Internet access on mobile phones brings connectivity to people where they  are on devices that they have already decided to pay for. This is a better way to get people online than trying to convince them to buy a new machine and pay for a new service.

On Sunday, May 4, the Digital Expansion research team surveyed an English class at Adhikaar, which serves Nepali immigrants.

The research team, which includes Abdulai Bah and Alexis Walker (in the picture above with their backs to you) is visiting with community organizations to learn about people's access to and use of the Internet. We are focusing on immigrant communities who are marginalized from the Internet and excluded from important Internet policy discussions.

The research team distributed a flyer explaining how people can get more involved: attend or testify at upcoming hearings of the The Franchise and Concession Review Committee (FCRC) or the NYC Broadband Advisory Committee, or sit for an interview with the research team and let us deliver your story, or join our research team.

Would you like us to visit your organization? Please contact us.