Slouching Toward Broadband
Why Broadband ?
 Corporate Gains by IT performance, Productivity gains
 Citizens gain by online home shopping, entertainment services
 Gains for all – Economic growth, E-commerce, E-Education, tele-medicine
Challenges for Broadband
 Simultaneous existence of many technologies leads to unstability of companies and
first mover advantage
 Chicken and egg dilemma for price reduction and the content industry growth
Stimulants
 Benefit it brings to all
 People are speed hungry
 Digitisation
 Its impact on other industries – network equipment, content industry
Other Impacts
 Napster, p2p – Discourage content but increases traffic
Overcoming Challenges
 Government intervention yes or no – Market challenge vs Market failure, clearly
defined policy
 If yes, How – Tax rebate or bail out
 Strategic Alliances - Reducing cost
Submitted by
Abhishek Shekhar Y7125003
Sunny Balani Y7125044

Slouching Toward Broadband
 Corporate Gains by IT performance, Productivity gains
 Citizens gain by online home shopping, entertainment services
 Gains for all – Economic growth, E-commerce, E-Education, tele-medicine
 Simultaneous existence of many technologies leads to unstability of companies and
first mover advantage
 Chicken and egg dilemma for price reduction and the content industry growth
 Benefit it brings to all
 People are speed hungry
 Digitisation
 Its impact on other industries – network equipment, content industry
 Napster, p2p – Discourage content but increases traffic
 Government intervention yes or no – Market challenge vs Market failure, clearly
defined policy
 If yes, How – Tax rebate or bail out
 Strategic Alliances - Reducing cost
 Other Impacts
 Napster, p2p – Discourage content but increases traffic
 No government regulations
 Dependence on Disruptive technology for growth
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1) Corporate Gains by IT performance, Productivity gains
2) Its impact on other industries – network equipment, content industry
1) Citizens gain by on line home shopping, entertainment services
2) People are speed hungry
1) Economic growth, E-commerce, E-Education, tele-medicine
2) Government intervention

Submitted by
Abhishek Shekhar Y7125003
Sunny Balani Y7125044 Hindrances
Chicken & Egg dilemma,
Simultaneous existence of many
technologies leads to unstability of
companies, first mover disadvantage.
No government regulations
CORE
Gains and Benefits
High Speed, Home shopping, Economic Growth,
E-Commerce, E-Education, Tele-Medicine, Growth in other
industries-dependence on disruptive technology for growth
Stimulants Challenges
Need of Other Impacts
Benefit it brings Simultaneous
Napster, p2p –
broadband to all existence of
Corporate Gains Discourage
People are many
by IT content but
speed hungry technologies
performance, increases traffic
Digitisation leads to
Productivity gains No government
Its impact on unstability of
Citizens gain- regulations
other companies and
MECE online home industries– first mover
shopping, Dependence on
network advantage
entertainment Disruptive
equipment, Chicken and
services– technology for
content industry egg dilemma
Economic growth, growth
for price
E-commerce reduction and
the content
industry
1)Economic growth, 1) Chicken and egg
1) Corporate Gains 1) Citizens gain by 1) Simultaneous
E-commerce, E- dilemma for price
by IT performance, on line home existence of many
Education, tele- reduction and the
Productivity gains shopping, technologies leads
medicine content industry
2) Its impact on entertainment to unstability of
2) Government growth
other industries – services companies and first
intervention 2) Benefit it brings
network 2) People are speed mover advantage
BASIC to all
equipment, content hungry 2) Digitisation
industry