Sunday, October 15, 2006

 

Canadian broadband: first in G7; 9th in OECD

OECD
The OECD has released its most recent broadband penetration statistics. Denmark, with 29.3 broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, is now number 1 ahead of Netherlands (28.8), Iceland (27.3), Korea (26.4) and Switzerland (26.2). Rounding out the top 10 are Finland (25.0), Norway (24.6), Sweden (22.7), Canada (22.4) and the UK (19.4).

The US ranks 12 at 19.2 subscribers per 100 inhabitants, behind Belgium (19.3) at number 11. Despite leading the OECD in fibre based broadband, Japan ranks 13th overall in broadband penetration.

Among the OECD top 30 nations, only Canada and the US have more cable broadband subscribers than DSL. Canada appears to be the top G7 country.

What factors put Canada ahead of its G7 peers? Is government intervention required to increase broadband penetration beyond that being achieved through market forces?

Wondering if Japan is demonstrating that you can lead a horse to Perrier, but you can't...

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Posted by Mark Goldberg @ 10/15/2006 07:54:00 AM
Comments:
Wasn't Canada #1 back around the turn of the century? Back in 1999 Canada was #5 in the World Economic Forum's annual ranking of economic competitiveness. In the WEF's recently released 2006 report Canada was ranked at #16, down from #13 in 2005. I wonder if there is any link between Canada's declining level of economic competitiveness and its decline in the OECD's ranking of countries' level of broadband penetration. Hmmmmmmm
Posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 11:45 AM, October 17, 2006
 
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