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.
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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.