Report on global broadband deployment and usage by Berkman Center

This is from the e-mail I just received from OECD:

Thought this might be of interest: a new report by Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, commissioned by US Federal Communications Commission, compares government policies and benchmarks the results of the efforts by OECD countries to rollout high-speed broadband Internet networks. The full report can be downloaded at http://www.fcc.gov/stage/pdf/Berkman_Center_Broadband_Study_13Oct09.pdf

 

It uses a variety of indicators to produce country rankings on issues such as penetration, speed and price. Page 68 gives a table that ranks countries by combining all these three indicators. From page 74 is a section that analyses the potential impact of government policies on fixed and mobile broadband performance, such as competition policies and open access. Section 6 on page 162 gives an overview of public spending on broadband, including government investment in next-generation broadband announced as part of stimulus packages. More information on the study is available on the FCC site at www.fcc.gov

 

The OECD will release its next update on broadband statistics in mid-November – I will update you when the date is confirmed. The broadband portal can be found at www.oecd.org/sti/ict/broadband

If you go to the FCC Web site, you'll see that they're asking for comments on this 232 page report. Below you can see why the report calls the US a "middle-of-the-pack performer."

 

You can follow the FCC's broadband initiative at Broadband.gov