Understanding International Broadband Comparisons
Technology Policy Institute
By Scott Wallsten
May 2008

• The broadband market in the U.S. appears to be working reasonably well, and no evidence suggests a general policy failure.
• The declining OECD rank is not accurate because of statistical inconsistencies in household size, since countries with larger households will ultimately have lower per capita penetration, and changing methods of counting connections over time.

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Scarborough Research
The Need For Internet Speed
April 15, 2008

• Broadband penetration increased more than 300 percent since 2002.
• San Francisco is the top local U.S. market for broadband penetration according to Scarborough. Sixty-two percent of adults in San Francisco live in a household that has a broadband Internet connection. Other top broadband markets include Boston and San Diego. In these cities, 61 percent of adults have a broadband connection in their household.
• Broadband subscribers are more likely than other Internet users to be engaged with Internet content. They are 30 percent more likely than total Internet users to have downloaded podcasts during the past month, 29 percent more likely to have downloaded/watched TV programs and 27 percent more likely to have downloaded/listened to other audio clips during this timeframe.
• Broadband subscribers are also nine percent more likely than other Internet users to have visited a newspaper website during the past week.

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Explaining International Broadband Leadership
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
By Robert D. Atkinson, Daniel K. Correa, Julie A. Hedlund
May 1, 2008

• The United States is behind in broadband deployment, speed and price but we can learn from other countries.
• Robust and effective national broadband policies are important for the United States to improve.
• Broadband providers need the economic incentives to invest in broadband infrastructure both in rural and urban areas, and give consumers the incentives to subscribe to broadband.   Broadband is important to bring to all Americans.

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Deployment of Broadband To Rural America
USIIA
March 4, 2008

• Deployment of broadband has been achieved at a remarkable pace
• Issues related to broadband deployment need to be separated from issues related to the adoption and use of these technologies.
• More and better data is needed in order to make effective broadband policy.

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The Economics Of Net Neutrality
Robert Hahn and Scott Wallsten
AEI-Brookings Joint Center For Regulatory Studies
April 2006

• Mandating net neutrality would be likely to reduce economic welfare. Instead, the government should create competition in the broadband market by liberalizing more spectrum and reducing entry barriers created by certain local regulations.
  Hands off the internet is a good policy.

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Costs Of Neutral Unmanaged IP Networks
Richard N. Clarke
May 2006

• A model of pure neutrality would be extremely expensive for the typical consumer.
• Regulations will increase the average users’ cost for internet access.

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Network Neutrality And The Economics Of Congestion
Christopher Yoo, Georgetown Law Journal
June 2006

• Exclusivity arrangements may in fact promote consumer welfare in ways that are often overlooked.
• Net Neutrality regulations will cause more problems than it attempts to resolve.

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Consumer Welfare, Capital Formation And Net Neutrality
Darby Associates & The American Consumer Institute
June 6, 2006

• Consumers are better served with no regulation of broadband.
• Investments in the next generation of broadband is costly, and regulations would impact the incentive for companies to continue their necessary investments.

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The Burden Of Network Neutrality Mandates On Rural Broadband Development
George S. Ford, PhD, Thomas M. Koutsky, Esq. and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Esq., Phoenix Center Policy Paper Series
July 2006

• Understanding the impact that public policy will have on broadband deployment is of crucial importance.
• Regulating broadband will result in lower broadband network construction across the board. But our analysis shows that this decline in construction will not be evenly spread across the country, deployment in high-cost  (typically rural)  areas will be harmed  disproportionately.  

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A Democratic Voice Of Caution On Net Neutrality
Alfred E. Kahn, Cornell University
October 2006

• Broadband expansion and investments need to be free from regulations.

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