{"id":89222,"date":"2022-02-03T10:38:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T15:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/?p=89222"},"modified":"2022-02-03T10:38:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T15:38:30","slug":"these-coverage-maps-make-your-internet-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/these-coverage-maps-make-your-internet-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"These Coverage Maps Make Your Internet Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve ever struggled with a slow home internet connection or mobile data download in the United States, you\u2019re not alone. Despite mobile and internet companies claiming to have \u201cthe best nationwide coverage,\u201d or whatever it is they say in those ads, millions of Americans still lack access to reliable, high-speed internet. But you may be surprised to learn who the real culprit behind this ongoing issue is: flawed, overly-optimistic government maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"geodir-embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"These Maps Make Your Internet Worse - Cheddar Explains\" width=\"810\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MGxHLVr5OTg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever struggled with a slow home internet connection or mobile data download in the United States, you\u2019re not alone. Despite mobile and internet companies claiming to have \u201cthe best nationwide coverage,\u201d or whatever it is they say in those ads, millions of Americans still lack access to reliable, high-speed internet. But you may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-posts","category-events-sports-etc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}