Comments on: Flawed data in Berkman broadband study http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/flawed-data-in-berkman-broadband-study/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flawed-data-in-berkman-broadband-study Pro-Culture, Pro-Commerce Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:48:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Digital Society » Blog Archive » The era of geek pork has arrived http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/flawed-data-in-berkman-broadband-study/comment-page-1/#comment-12786 Digital Society » Blog Archive » The era of geek pork has arrived Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:08:24 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=914#comment-12786 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: CableTechTalk » Blog Archive » “Everything’s amazing and nobody’s happy.” http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/flawed-data-in-berkman-broadband-study/comment-page-1/#comment-12757 CableTechTalk » Blog Archive » “Everything’s amazing and nobody’s happy.” Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:49:57 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=914#comment-12757 [...] Ou's debunking of the Berkman study – a key tool used to "prove" how the U.S. is behind – here and [...] [...] Ou's debunking of the Berkman study – a key tool used to "prove" how the U.S. is behind – here and [...]

]]> By: Digital Society » Blog Archive » Beating up the FCC won’t produce faster broadband http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/flawed-data-in-berkman-broadband-study/comment-page-1/#comment-12597 Digital Society » Blog Archive » Beating up the FCC won’t produce faster broadband Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:06:14 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=914#comment-12597 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Digital Society » Blog Archive » Symmetrical Telecommunications Plagiarism http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/flawed-data-in-berkman-broadband-study/comment-page-1/#comment-5060 Digital Society » Blog Archive » Symmetrical Telecommunications Plagiarism Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:21:43 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=914#comment-5060 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: George Ou http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/flawed-data-in-berkman-broadband-study/comment-page-1/#comment-3825 George Ou Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:41:55 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=914#comment-3825 John, I didn't say Akamai or Speedtest.net were perfect data. What I said was that it was orders of magnitude more accurate than the data presented in the Berkman study, especially the Akamai data. I also said that any comparisons were silly in the first place. John, I didn’t say Akamai or Speedtest.net were perfect data. What I said was that it was orders of magnitude more accurate than the data presented in the Berkman study, especially the Akamai data. I also said that any comparisons were silly in the first place.

]]> By: John http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/flawed-data-in-berkman-broadband-study/comment-page-1/#comment-3824 John Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:30:20 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=914#comment-3824 The use of both Akamai and Speedtest to compare countries is flawed in itself unless you are comparing the results of choice. Both tests are based on real data to real users, ie the users could be using dialup or 2G mobile, not Broadband. These two companies are measuring the speeds chosen by consumers, based on availability, price and need. This is not a measure of ISP delivery. Obviously the content provided on the internet in some countries is insufficient in value to justify users paying the premium for higher speeds. NO FURTHER CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN The use of both Akamai and Speedtest to compare countries is flawed in itself unless you are comparing the results of choice. Both tests are based on real data to real users, ie the users could be using dialup or 2G mobile, not Broadband.

These two companies are measuring the speeds chosen by consumers, based on availability, price and need. This is not a measure of ISP delivery.

Obviously the content provided on the internet in some countries is insufficient in value to justify users paying the premium for higher speeds.

NO FURTHER CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN

]]> By: Digital Society » Blog Archive » A more comprehensive discussion of bandwidth costs http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/flawed-data-in-berkman-broadband-study/comment-page-1/#comment-3496 Digital Society » Blog Archive » A more comprehensive discussion of bandwidth costs Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:58:32 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=914#comment-3496 [...] too often are inflated and inaccurate broadband comparisons being floated around when the reality is that it’s not very useful to compare peak bandwidth [...] [...] too often are inflated and inaccurate broadband comparisons being floated around when the reality is that it’s not very useful to compare peak bandwidth [...]

]]> By: Digital Society » Blog Archive » FCC Broadband research webcast http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/flawed-data-in-berkman-broadband-study/comment-page-1/#comment-2750 Digital Society » Blog Archive » FCC Broadband research webcast Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:42:56 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=914#comment-2750 [...] addressed my criticisms that real-world Akamai data should have been used by saying that Akamai doesn’t change the [...] [...] addressed my criticisms that real-world Akamai data should have been used by saying that Akamai doesn’t change the [...]

]]> By: Digital Society » Blog Archive » Berkman Center to FCC: Forced Access http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/flawed-data-in-berkman-broadband-study/comment-page-1/#comment-2202 Digital Society » Blog Archive » Berkman Center to FCC: Forced Access Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:38:20 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=914#comment-2202 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Digital Society » Blog Archive » Piling on the Berkman study http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/flawed-data-in-berkman-broadband-study/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 Digital Society » Blog Archive » Piling on the Berkman study Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:20:16 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=914#comment-1892 [...] [...] [...] [...]

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