Assessing the broadband gap: From the penetration divide to the quality divide

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 816-822

  Vicente, María Rosalía ^a   Gil de Bernabé, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b CISCO SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband; Index; Internet; Quality; Speed

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND; INDEX; INTERNET CONNECTION; KEY PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; WEB APPLICATION;

INTERNET;

BROADBAND DATA; DATA QUALITY; INTERNET;

EID: 77952876895     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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