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

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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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."

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