The Meaty Part of the Broadband Curve

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May 27th, 2009

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released its global broadband penetration statistics as of December 2008. And once again, the United States falls smack-dab in the middle, ranking 15th among the 30 member countries listed.



Despite its rank in the middle, however, the United States is the largest broadband market in the OECD with 80 million subscribers, representing 30 percent of all broadband connections in the OECD.

Even with the broadband stimulus funds allocated in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act promoting broadband development, the United States may never top the OECD list because of its population density. That's not to say we shouldn't try.

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