Is the USA Really the Broadband Leader?

Technology February 23rd, 2009

The US is not exactly the leader when it comes to Broadband or even Mobility – in fact we’re way behind several Asian and European countries.

But is that really true? Professor Leonard Waverman of the London Business School disagrees. He published a study on the World’s Connectivity Scorecard. His key thesis is that penetration and connection speed is not enough to measure true connectedness: we have to consider to what extent the Consumer, Businesss and Government sectors put broadband to productive use.

The compound index reveals a few surprises: the USA is actually #1, closely followed by Sweden and Denmark, and in fourth position (surprise!?!) is Malaysia, leaving countries like Japan, Korea, Norway in the dust.

I am not entirely convinced about the US position, especially if we take a look at the Consumer vs Business segmentation … and don’t get me started on Government.

Reader's Comments

vinnie mirchandani | February 24th, 2009 at 5:50 am
Zoli, did you read the study methodology?

I did and raised a number of questions below

http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_architect/2009/02/read-the-fine-print-as-in-your-telecom-contract.html
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Croatian | August 12th, 2009 at 7:32 am
I’m surprised with Malaysia score, never thought that Malaysia’s e-Government ranking is close to perfect on the Brooking’s index, and government spending on hardware, software and computer services is that strong, (like stated in artcle ).
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