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Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:31:20 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Rob Frieden <rmf5 () psu edu> Date: October 18, 2006 3:24:10 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
Hello All:
Fride Greisen mentioned that Denmark's Number One broadband penetration status may be overstated by the fact that 160 kbps connections qualify as broadband.
Well in the United States the FCC officially defines broadband as 200 kbps or higher. Better yet the FCC examines broadband penetration by zip code and attributes penetration if any single occupant within a zip code can access a particular service. With that standard, a satellite or terrestrial wireless footprint evidences market penetration even though wireless services typically cost well in excess of $100 a month as opposed to wired options at $50 or less. In other words the level of broadband access in the U.S. is substantially overstated based on the zip code metric.
Regards, Rob Frieden Pioneers Chair and Professor of Telecommunications Penn State University 102 Carnegie Building, University Park, PA 16802 office: (814) 863-7996; fax (814) 863-8161 home: (814) 867-2545 Web page: http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/r/m/rmf5/ Faculty profile: http://www.psu.edu/dept/comm/faculty/frieden.htmlSSRN Papers Site: <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm? per_id=102928>http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm? per_id=102928
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