FIGURES
Figure 1.1: Broadband
penetration rates around the world
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1.2: Speed matters
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1.3: Slowly catching up
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1.4: How broadband promotes higher consumer telecommunication spending
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2.1: Distribution of broadband connections by technology
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2.2: DSL making full use of copper lines
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2.3: Cable modem connections
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2.4: Last-kilometre wired networks
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2.5: Local multipoint distribution system
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2.6: Long-range connections over IEEE 802.16
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2.7: Mesh networks
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2.8: Power line communications
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3.1: Broadband worldwide
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3.2: Growth in broadband penetration worldwide
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3.3: Broadband penetration and income
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3.4: Dial-up and broadband
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3.5: Broadband penetration by technology
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3.6: Fibre-to-the-home in Japan
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3.7: Diagram of a customer-commissioned fibre optic network
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4.1: VoIP is catching on
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4.2: The long road for broadband to catch television
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4.3: Broadband content development
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4.4: Telecommunication business unbundling and cross-area businesses in
Japan
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5.1: New ICTs go hand in hand with competition
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5.2: Incumbents still dominate broadband—even in competitive markets
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5.3: Local loop unbundling and DSL growth
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5.4: Regulating collocation
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5.5: The corrosive nature of cross-ownership
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7.1: The ICT landscape
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7.2: Information society: hopes and fears
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