Comments on: More on the OECD Broadband Report http://techliberation.com/2008/05/05/more-on-the-oecd-broadband-report/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: oecd - StartTags.com http://techliberation.com/2008/05/05/more-on-the-oecd-broadband-report/comment-page-1/#comment-65959 oecd - StartTags.com Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:59:07 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=10766#comment-65959 <p>[...] the future structure schooling (via Stephen Downes): status-quo, re-schooling, and de-schooling. ...More on the OECD Broadband Report Technology Liberation FrontThe National Cable & Telecommunications Association blog did a series of posts back in February [...]</p> [...] the future structure schooling (via Stephen Downes): status-quo, re-schooling, and de-schooling. …More on the OECD Broadband Report Technology Liberation FrontThe National Cable & Telecommunications Association blog did a series of posts back in February [...]

]]> By: Turk http://techliberation.com/2008/05/05/more-on-the-oecd-broadband-report/comment-page-1/#comment-49776 Turk Tue, 06 May 2008 11:59:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=10766#comment-49776 <p>Thanks for the recognition of our series.<br><br>Our agenda is solely to use an accurate yardstick when measuring broadband deployment. Currently the OECD study uses metrics that we don't believe truly reflect the real state of US broadband.<br><br>The biggest trouble is the subscribers per 100 inhabitants number. If every single household and ever single business in every country measured, had a connection, the metric should show a tie for first.<br><br>Unfortunately, under those conditions, the OECD study would actually drop us 8 places from 12th to 20th. That's hardly an unbiased metric.<br><br>We're currently working with OECD on ways to improve their study. New measures will likely still show the US has work to do. However, we'll at least be confident that our nation's broadband efforts are not being discounted due to faulty metrics.</p> Thanks for the recognition of our series.

Our agenda is solely to use an accurate yardstick when measuring broadband deployment. Currently the OECD study uses metrics that we don’t believe truly reflect the real state of US broadband.

The biggest trouble is the subscribers per 100 inhabitants number. If every single household and ever single business in every country measured, had a connection, the metric should show a tie for first.

Unfortunately, under those conditions, the OECD study would actually drop us 8 places from 12th to 20th. That’s hardly an unbiased metric.

We’re currently working with OECD on ways to improve their study. New measures will likely still show the US has work to do. However, we’ll at least be confident that our nation’s broadband efforts are not being discounted due to faulty metrics.

]]> By: Turk http://techliberation.com/2008/05/05/more-on-the-oecd-broadband-report/comment-page-1/#comment-41663 Turk Tue, 06 May 2008 10:59:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=10766#comment-41663 <p>Thanks for the recognition of our series.</p> <p>Our agenda is solely to use an accurate yardstick when measuring broadband deployment. Currently the OECD study uses metrics that we don't believe truly reflect the real state of US broadband.</p> <p>The biggest trouble is the subscribers per 100 inhabitants number. If every single household and ever single business in every country measured, had a connection, the metric should show a tie for first.</p> <p>Unfortunately, under those conditions, the OECD study would actually drop us 8 places from 12th to 20th. That's hardly an unbiased metric.</p> <p>We're currently working with OECD on ways to improve their study. New measures will likely still show the US has work to do. However, we'll at least be confident that our nation's broadband efforts are not being discounted due to faulty metrics.</p> Thanks for the recognition of our series.

Our agenda is solely to use an accurate yardstick when measuring broadband deployment. Currently the OECD study uses metrics that we don’t believe truly reflect the real state of US broadband.

The biggest trouble is the subscribers per 100 inhabitants number. If every single household and ever single business in every country measured, had a connection, the metric should show a tie for first.

Unfortunately, under those conditions, the OECD study would actually drop us 8 places from 12th to 20th. That’s hardly an unbiased metric.

We’re currently working with OECD on ways to improve their study. New measures will likely still show the US has work to do. However, we’ll at least be confident that our nation’s broadband efforts are not being discounted due to faulty metrics.

]]>