The role of government in broadband access |
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Authors: | Arnold Picot Christian Wernick |
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Institution: | aMunich School of Management, Institute for Information, Organisation and Management, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ludwigstr. 28 VG II, 80539 Munich, Germany |
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Abstract: | This paper discusses the role of governments in broadband. It is divided into five sections. Following an introduction in section one, section two discusses the diffusion of broadband Internet. Section three deals with competition-based and public-goods views on regulation and the corresponding roles and issues for governments. To gain deeper insights into the role of government in broadband, section four analyses market regulation and public activities in furthering broadband deployment in the US, Korea and Europe. These insights are evaluated in relation to the theoretical considerations established in section three. Section five closes with a discussion of our results and some conclusions. It becomes obvious that national broadband strategies benefit from considering both public good and competition-related aspects. |
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Keywords: | Broadband Government Public policy Universal service Regulation Penetration Diffusion Europe USA Korea Asia High-speed Internet access |
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