Comments on: Debunking the OECD Rankings Myth http://www.nextgenweb.org/uncategorized/debunking-the-flawed-oecd-numbers Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:28:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: jeromecukier http://www.nextgenweb.org/uncategorized/debunking-the-flawed-oecd-numbers/comment-page-1#comment-936 jeromecukier Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:59:30 +0000 http://www.nextgenweb.org/uncategorized/debunking-the-flawed-oecd-numbers#comment-936 Hello, re: the comments from David McClure: 1) No the data don't confuse deployment and adoption. They are about adoption (they measure the number of subscriptions per inhabitants). Using it to compare the infrastructures of countries is an error of interpretation. 2) well the data are comparable across countries and over time. they have to be collected and compiled, which does take time. Official statistics cannot offer a real-time snapshot of the situation. 3) at the OECD level, there is no such political agenda. Again others can interpret the results in a variety of ways. On the issue of network regulation I fail to see how the USA results support one position or the other. (disclosure: I do work at the OECD although I don't compile the broadband statistics personally) Hello,
re: the comments from David McClure:
1) No the data don’t confuse deployment and adoption. They are about adoption (they measure the number of subscriptions per inhabitants). Using it to compare the infrastructures of countries is an error of interpretation.
2) well the data are comparable across countries and over time. they have to be collected and compiled, which does take time. Official statistics cannot offer a real-time snapshot of the situation.
3) at the OECD level, there is no such political agenda. Again others can interpret the results in a variety of ways. On the issue of network regulation I fail to see how the USA results support one position or the other.

(disclosure: I do work at the OECD although I don’t compile the broadband statistics personally)

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