Re: Study Gives High Marks to U.S. Internet - New York Times

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

________________________________________
From: John Markoff [markoff () nyt com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:43 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   Study Gives High Marks to U.S. Internet - New York Times

Hi Dave,

News judgement is a tricky thing. Adam dispute mine, but I thought I
would pass along a portion of the official press release from WEF
(which I just saw)...

Note the bullet points which indicate what they thought was the most
salient news in the report......


John Markoff

Matthias Lüfkens, Associate Director, Tel.: +41 (0) 22 869 1212 - matthias.luefkens () weforum or
g

French German Italian 日本語 Spanish Portuguese 中文

DENMARK TOPS THE GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REPORT 2007-2008

        • The US moves up three places to fourth place
        • The Republic of Korea jumps into the top ten, placing ninth
        • Produced in cooperation with INSEAD, the Report provides
comparative information for business and governments
        • Report highlights, summary, country profiles, quotes, maps and
more at: http://www.weforum.org/gitr
Geneva, Switzerland, 9 April 2008 - Denmark is the most networked
economy in the world, followed by Sweden and Switzerland, according to
The Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008, released today by
the World Economic Forum. Among the top ten, the Republic of Korea (9)
and, to a lesser extent, the United States (4) post the most notable
improvements (moving up 10 and 3 positions, respectively).

“The successful experience of the Nordic countries, Singapore, the
United States or Korea shows that a coherent government vision on the
importance of ICT, coupled with an early focus on education and
innovation, are key not only for spurring networked readiness, but
also to lay the foundations for sustainable growth,” said Irene Mia,
Senior Economist of the Global Competitiveness Network at the World
Economic Forum and Co-Editor of the Report.

Published for the seventh consecutive year with record coverage of 127
economies worldwide, the Report has become the world’s most
comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of the impact
of ICT on the development process and the competitiveness of nations.









On Apr 9, 2008, at 6:54 AM, David Farber wrote:

________________________________________
From: Adam Peake [ajp () glocom ac jp]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:16 AM
To: David Farber
Subject: Re: [IP] Study Gives High Marks to U.S. Internet - New York
Times

The headline and opening paragraph are misleading.  The study's not
about the Internet/Internet infrastructure, as the story goes on to
explain it includes a range of economic and other data
(<http://www.insead.edu/v1/gitr/wef/main/analysis/
choosedatavariable.cfm>
some of the questions look a little weak.)

Odd, and can see why you'd be skeptical.

Adam




> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/technology/09internet.html
>
> By JOHN MARKOFF
>
> Published: April 9, 2008
>
> SAN FRANCISCO -- Contradicting earlier studies, conventional wisdom
> and politicians' rhetoric, European researchers say that the
> Internet infrastructure of the United States is one of the world's
> best and getting better.

snip

> Some Internet industry veterans were skeptical of the positive
> claims about the United States compared with the rest of the world.
> "My gut feeling is that we don't have the type of deployment you
> have abroad," said David J. Farber, an Internet pioneer and a
> professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. "If you
> are looking at broadband, we have a lot of problems. We are slow as
> molasses in deploying the next generation."

-------------------------------------------
Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now
RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/
Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com



-------------------------------------------
Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now
RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/
Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com