New information from Point Topic has revealed the direct relationship between annual GDP and broadband growth, which is being blurred by several effects projected worldwide. Typically Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the basic yearly measure of a country's economic performance.
Broadband has reportedly continued to grow robustly through the last 18 months relative to other sectors, yet predicting what will happen next has been made all the more challenging by a mix of economic problems, natural market saturation and government incentives to boost uptake.
Point Topic expects broadband growth to be around 10% over the next 12 to 18 months, taking the world past the 500 billion broadband lines mark. To reach another 1.5bn global, and presently unconnected, homes by 2040 will require an average growth rate of around 5% per year. Growth in new markets should also help to off-set the saturated landscape of older ones.
There is of course a direct relationship between GDP and broadband growth, with data revealing that broadband deployment leads to a measurable increase in GDP. In the UK the first wave of broadband rollout added up to £20bn a year to the economy, improved educational standards and exam results, provided cost savings for consumers, companies and governments and results in better informed and more engaged citizens.
Broadband has reportedly continued to grow robustly through the last 18 months relative to other sectors, yet predicting what will happen next has been made all the more challenging by a mix of economic problems, natural market saturation and government incentives to boost uptake.
Point Topic expects broadband growth to be around 10% over the next 12 to 18 months, taking the world past the 500 billion broadband lines mark. To reach another 1.5bn global, and presently unconnected, homes by 2040 will require an average growth rate of around 5% per year. Growth in new markets should also help to off-set the saturated landscape of older ones.
There is of course a direct relationship between GDP and broadband growth, with data revealing that broadband deployment leads to a measurable increase in GDP. In the UK the first wave of broadband rollout added up to £20bn a year to the economy, improved educational standards and exam results, provided cost savings for consumers, companies and governments and results in better informed and more engaged citizens.
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ShymerPosted: 29 September, 2009 - 9:49 AM
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Is growth in GDP actually connected to deployment of broadband - or is it that positive economic conditions mean people have more money to spend on things like broadband? Perhaps broadband Internet access is a symptom, not a cause.
There are several assertions in the text above that seem unsuspported by evidence. Broadband has improved educational standards? There is of course a direct relationship between GDP and broadband growth?
MarkJPosted: 29 September, 2009 - 11:09 AM
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Those are Point Topics words but I guess you could say that a dialup based Internet would not have improved education as much as broadband, which allows for a far more dynamic and rich interaction with content without a several minute wait.
There are many aspects to this though; a broadband Internet is extremely diverse in its affects on society. Just spend 5 minutes thinking about it and you could probably write a few books.
StevePosted: 29 September, 2009 - 1:11 PM
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A couple of years ago, my daughter whilst at a state secondary school completed various amounts of 'project' based work using the schools' Terminal Services based systems which allowed her to log on to her school account from our home broadband connection and complete additional work.
This simply wouldn't have been available without widespread broadband availability.
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