[LINK] When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader

[Richard Chirgwin]

Don't know where to get the Point Topic report, but the "US ranks 12th" 
is from the OECD:
http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,2340,en_2649_34223_37529673_1_1_1_1,00.html

We're 17th.

The OECD studies get regular citation either as proof that someone is 
leading or proof that someone is lagging. I'll pass on that debate ... 
this is a metric, but its meaning needs to be interpreted as part of a 
whole rather than a "sole and only measure". I will, however, note that 
there is not that much separating #9 from #18 - a few percent.

RC

Howard Lowndes wrote:
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> If the US ranks 12th in broadband access, then where do we sit. 
> Unfortunately I couldn't find a link to the original report in this 
> article so if anyone does find it then please link it.
> </hfl>
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> http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197006038&pgno=1&queryText= 
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> The United States often views itself as a paragon of technology 
> innovation and deployment. In some cases, that view is correct, but 
> not when it comes to broadband deployment, where the country lags 
> considerably behind other major nations. Here's why.
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