Progress on Point Release 15.14 September 2008 Periodic Commentaries on the Policy Debate Broadband Policy: Does the U.S. Have It Right After All?

The American approach to broadband policy has been much maligned, both at home and abroad.1 Critics base their case on the United States ’ low rankings in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) statistics on broadband penetration, on the relative paucity of resale-based competition, and o