“Broadband is Fourth Essential Infrastructure”: "
It’s not my opinion.' Most citizens and businesses in emerging markets cities (from Buenos Aires, Johannesburg to St Petersburg) think their local governments should play a role to facilitate Internet access and provide services online, according to a new survey, Cities Net Opportunities (.pdf document)
And probably there is no better time to do it than right now.' In the past, governments build highways and bridges as a public expenditure policy to create jobs and contribute to the well being during challenging times.' Today, the network, in this case broadband connections and network infrastructure, is the essential facility to create jobs, generate productivity gains and competitiveness, and let a country compete in the information economy…and its cost is a fraction of the cost of other types of basic infrastructure.
If you consider that less than 5% of the population have broadband connections in emerging markets (some countries less than 1%); that those who have Internet connections have seen great benefits.
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