ENCUENTRO en Mexico 2010 Reflection Panel:TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES AND SOCIAL GAPS

1. ENCUENTRO en Mexico 2010 Reflection Panel: TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES AND SOCIAL GAPS SOCIAL GAPS AND LAGGING BROADBAND ACCESS Dimitri Ypsilanti OECD dimitri.ypsilanti [@] oecd.org The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the OECD or its member countries.

4. The digital economy: ICTs and their role Economic development Social well being Information and communication technologies (ICTs)

8. Broadband: the new electricity? Average US Residential Electricity Consumption by Category, kWh/customer

10. Electricity Transportation Education Health For OECD an average cost savings between 0.5% and 1.5% for the 4 sectors over10 years resulting directly from a new broadband network platform could justify cost of building a national point-to-point, fibre-to-the-home network. 0.5% – 1.5%

11. The main barrier to increasing the adoption of broadband Internet …is cost, not the availability of access ( US GAO)