The bad news is that the digital access divide is here to stay: Domestically installed bandwidths among 172 countries for 1986-2014

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 567-581

  Hilbert, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Broadband; Digital divide; Gini index; Global; Inequality; International

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

BROADBAND; DIGITAL DIVIDE; GINI INDEX; GLOBAL; INEQUALITY; INTERNATIONAL;

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 84958581631     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2016.01.006     Document Type: Article

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