01417nas a2200133   4500008004100000245008900041210006900130300001500199520085800214100002101072700002701093700002501120856013801145       2009                        eng d00aIdentifying Best Practices for Supporting Broadbnad Growth: Methodology and Analysis0 aIdentifying Best Practices for Supporting Broadbnad Growth Metho  a 795 - 8073 aThis paperpresentsamethodologyforidentifyingbestpracticesfollowedbyvariouscountries
worldwide forsupportingbroadbandgrowth.Italsoinvestigatesandanalyzesthesepracticesusing
data concerningbroadbandpenetration,accesstechnologies,market,pricesandservicesforOECD
countriesduringtheperiod2004–2006.Themethodologyusedtolocatethebestpracticesisbasedon
three mainsteps:(a)thepresentationofthemainfactorsthathaveamajorimpactonbroadband
growth;(b)thedefinitionofwhatisa??bestpractice??basedonquantitativecriteriaand(c)the
calculationofabestpracticeindexandagoodpracticeindex,whichindicatesthatacountryfollowed
these bestorgoodpracticestosupportitsbroadbandgrowth,respectively.Thismethodologyindicated
that Denmark,UnitedStates,Japan,CanadaandRepublicofKoreafollowedbestpracticesfortheir
broadband growth,whileUnitedKingdomandtheNetherlandsfollowedgoodpractices.1 aBouras, Christos1 aTsiatsos, Thrasivoulos1 aGiannaka, Eleftheria  uhttps://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/identifying-best-practices-supporting-broadbnad-growth-methodology-and-analysis