The disconnected: COVID-19 and disparities in access to quality broadband for higher education students

Table 1 Number and proportion of higher education student enrolments at risk of poor access to high speed broadband

Low coverage denotes between 25 and 50% of residential addresses in ED have access to high speed broadband services as per National Broadband Plan map, very low coverage denotes between 10 and 25%, minimal coverage denotes between 0 and 10%, and no coverage denotes no residential addresses in ED have access to high speed broadband services. Poor coverage is defined as fewer than 50% of residential addresses in an ED having access to high speed broadband services
Source: Analysis of data from HEA, GeoDirectory, and NBP