OECD research faulty U.S. rates for mobile use not really higher

I thought you might be interested in an editorial by Lawrence Spiwak that appeared in last Sunday’s Washington Times (10/121/09). Spiwak is the president of the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Policy Studies, a nonprofit research institute in Washington, DC.

He raises an issue that MTA long has been concerned with: international rankings of U.S. broadband usage by the OECD. Such rankings have been “faulty,” Spiwak points out. For example, even If the U.S. and all other OECD member nations each had 100% broadband penetration, the U.S. would nonetheless be ranked 20th among those nations under the methodology used by OECD.

Here’s the link:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/11/oecd-research-faulty/

Feel free to call or reply if you have any questions.

Best regards,

Geoff

Geoff Feiss

Montana Telecommunications Association

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