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A tweet<\/a> from an OECD analyst seemed to sum it up:<\/p>\n

Just heard that Canada will have 100 mbit\/s available to 80% of households by 2014 using DOCSIS 3.0. Impressive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is about time the news made it over the ocean. More than a year ago, we released our report<\/a> on Canada’s broadband infrastructure that spoke about the “near universal adoption of DOCSIS 3.0 technology by cable companies.”<\/p>\n

It seems to take a while for the OECD to report on Canadian advances in connectivity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A couple weeks ago, I asked<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Anyone look at #OECD #broadband data (behind the charts) and wonder who is providing old inputs for Canada? Why? http:\/\/bit.ly\/fPIqNm<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The OECD’s household broadband data used Canada’s 2007 figures to compare our broadband penetration rates to 2009 figures from other countries. So, it isn’t really the case that Canada was slipping in the rankings (as some critics<\/a> charged), it was that other countries caught up to our out-of-date standings.<\/p>\n

At risk of being called a “lobbyist<\/a>“, I have to ask, why aren’t journalists taking the time to ask why the OECD isn’t using current information?<\/p>\n

Better data\u00a0is available. Who is holding back?<\/p>\n

For the OECD data released yesterday<\/a>, why are there still so many distortions in the Canadian information?<\/p>\n

Glaring errors and ommissions\u00a0abound.<\/p>\n

For example, despite Bell Aliant reporting<\/a>\u00a0of its continuing FibreOP<\/em> fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) investments, the OECD still thinks that Canada has no FTTH to report.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the OECD gets its data from the governments of its member countries, except in the case of Canada and the United States, for which the OECD creates its own estimates “based on data reported by publicly listed companies.” What does that\u00a0mean for data from SaskTel, Eastlink and subscribers to hundreds of private internet service providers?<\/p>\n

Canada’s\u00a0wireless broadband [xls<\/a>, 44 KB] reporting is marked as incomplete by the OECD.\u00a0\u00a0So, despite Canada having access to among the world’s best mobile broadband networks, we get a zero for mobile broadband.<\/p>\n

When we have federal cabinet ministers citing\u00a0these statistics in policy announcements, it seems that we should have a much better effort to feed the OECD with better quality\u00a0data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A tweet from an OECD analyst seemed to sum it up: Just heard that Canada will have 100 mbit\/s available to 80% of households by 2014 using DOCSIS 3.0. Impressive. It is about time the news made it over the ocean. More than a year ago, we released our report on Canada’s broadband infrastructure that …<\/p>\n

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