On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 19:06 +0200, Per Jessen wrote: > houghi wrote: > > > On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 06:46:20PM +0200, Per Jessen wrote: > >> Actually, according to the OECD (2005), the ADSL penetration (#ADSL > >> subscribers per 100 inhabitants) in France is 11.9 vs. e.g. 11 in > >> Belgium. The top5 in total broadband penetration was Korea, > >> Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland, but they were only a > >> couple of percent higher. > > > > Do you have a URL for this? > > Yep, sorry, I shold have added it: > > http://www.oecd.org/document/16/0,2340,en_2649_34225_35526608_1_1_1_1,00.html
Now, that's a perfect example of statistics that can be easily misinterpreted...! These numbers tell you how the different countries compare with regards to the uptake of broadband. Useful for comparison between countries. But it doesn't say anything about how many people have broadband access. Most broadband connections serve an entire household, which often consists of more than one person. BTW: The link above is for June 05 figures. The figures of Dec 05 are here: http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,2340,en_2649_34225_36459431_1_1_1_1,00.html which makes even more interesting reading when comparing these two sets of figures. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
