US among leaders in Internet consumption per capita -- Important new study
Kudos to Pat Brogan of US Telecom for his first-of-a-kind analysis/ranking of how much different countries actually use the Internet per capita.
- It is outstanding work and adds a highly instructive and necessary new dimension to the discussion of the FCC's preparation of the National Broadband Plan and the debate over whether the U.S. is falling behind on broadband.
The USTelecom summary description of the study's findings is below and can be found here. The letter communicating the study to the FCC is here.
"U.S. Among Top Nations in Volume of IP Traffic per User, New Analysis Shows
WASHINGTON, D.C.—While the debate rages on about the merits and limitations of various international broadband rankings that attempt to examine network performance and other factors, USTelecom today released fresh insights into an often-overlooked aspect of the national broadband debate—actual usage by Internet consumers. The analysis, based on data from Cisco’s Visual Networking Index and Internet World Stats, shows that the United States is among the top nations in the world in volume of Internet consumption per online user.