Saturday, December 17, 2005

Om Malik on Broadband : � Can Broadband Predict Economic Shifts?

Great discussion on the relation between broadband and economic shifts. Om asks if broadband may predict them, some in the comments however say that it it a lagging indicator.

Me? I don't think it is a lagging indicator but I think "predict" is too strong a word. Catalyst would be the word I would use, I suppose.

It would also depend on the developed nature of your country. Small, less developed countries, with the right reforms, can grow at enormous rates off of a small base in a short period of time, with or without broadband.

But would India be where it is today in the services market were it not for huge connections to the US and the outside world?


Om Malik on Broadband : � Can Broadband Predict Economic Shifts?

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