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Broadband, ICT Investment and Public Policy

Broadband, ICT Investment and Public Policy. Robert W. Crandall The Brookings Institution and Criterion Economics KMB Video Journal 41 st Invitational Conference St. Pete Beach, FL May 12-14, 2008. The OECD Estimates of Broadband Penetration Show the U.S. Lagging.

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Broadband, ICT Investment and Public Policy

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  1. Broadband, ICT Investment and Public Policy Robert W. Crandall The Brookings Institution and Criterion Economics KMB Video Journal 41st Invitational Conference St. Pete Beach, FL May 12-14, 2008

  2. The OECD Estimates of Broadband PenetrationShow the U.S. Lagging

  3. But the OECD Measures Are Very Misleading • Generally ignore wireless broadband • Fail to adjust for household size • Include business subscribers with residential subscribers for DSL • Do not capture other high-speed business services delivered by telcos • Result: Countries with highest “broadband penetration” are, in reality, those with greatest business use of mass-market broadband –presumably because high-speed dedicated lines are either too expensive or unavailable

  4. Household Penetration Statistics Year-End 2006 Provide a Very Different Picture U.S. Household Penetration: 47% as of October 2006 Source: European Commission, E-Communications Household Survey, 2007; Pew (2007)

  5. A Much Broader “Connectivity Index” Has Been Constructed Using 25 Indicators Source: Waverman, Dasgupta & Tonkin, The Connectivity Scorecard, LECG, 2008

  6. The United States Has the Highest Connectivity Index Among OECD Countries Summary of The Connectivity Scorecard • Country Score • United States 6.97 • Sweden 6.83 • Japan 6.80 • Canada 6.50 • UK 6.10 • Finland 6.10 • Australia 5.93 • Germany 5.52 • France 5.07 1 • Korea 4.78 • Hong Kong 4.46 • Italy 3.85 • Spain 3.56 • Hungary 3.18 • Czech 3.11 • Poland 2.18 Source: Waverman, Dasgupta & Tonkin, The Connectivity Scorecard, 2008

  7. U.S. Telcos Have Been Investing Far More than EU Telcos

  8. And Productivity Growth Has Been Much Greater in the U.S. than in the EU Source: Groningen Growth & Development Center

  9. Dale Jorgenson and Colleagues Have Estimated Sources of U.S. Productivity Growth

  10. Information Technology Drives U.S. Productivity Growth, but Software Has Dominated Other IT Products Source; Dale Jorgenson, PFF Presentation, 2007

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