> Subscription _could_ be a good metric if we were arguing that Internet service is unacceptably expensive in specific regions and thus prices out the lower mid

> Subscription _could_ be a good metric if we were arguing that Internet service is unacceptably expensive in specific regions and thus prices out the lower middle classes or working classes, but that's clearly not the focus of Vox's investigations. Affordability is actually the main point of 538's second article: "Lots Of People In Cities Still Can’t Afford Broadband" ( https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lots-of-people-in-cities-still-cant-afford-broadband/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lots-of-people-in-citie... ) However, that article is centered around the data for Washington D.C. and their retraction specifically talks about the data for D.C being incorrect.