Wednesday, February 20, 2013

USA - report identified broadband performance, with a reasoned explanation of areas where is lags other developed countries

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has published a report The Whole Picture: Where America's Broadband Networks Really Stand.

Rob Atkinson, President of ITIF, observed:

Despite the frequent claims that the United States lags in international broadband comparisons, the studies cited to support this argument are out-of-date, poorly-focused, and/or analytically deficient. Through this report we identify multiple areas where America is doing well, where improvement is needed and most importantly the real reasons for some areas of lagging performance.
One reason being the smaller number of households, or the higher levels of household composition.
The U.S. is near the top of the rankings in terms of the deployment and adoption of high-speed, wired networks and leads the OECD in adoption of advanced wireless LTE broadband networks. In addition, U.S. broadband speeds, while behind nations such as Korea and Japan, where government has subsidized deployment of fiber optic networks, also rank in the top 10 in the world.
There remained significant differences in adoption by socio-demographic groups (see figure).

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