@article {3092,
	title = {Identifying Best Practices for Supporting Broadbnad Growth: Methodology and Analysis},
	journal = {Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Elsevier  Science},
	year = {2009},
	pages = { 795 - 807},
	abstract = {This paperpresentsamethodologyforidentifyingbestpracticesfollowedbyvariouscountries
worldwide forsupportingbroadbandgrowth.Italsoinvestigatesandanalyzesthesepracticesusing
data concerningbroadbandpenetration,accesstechnologies,market,pricesandservicesforOECD
countriesduringtheperiod2004{\textendash}2006.Themethodologyusedtolocatethebestpracticesisbasedon
three mainsteps:(a)thepresentationofthemainfactorsthathaveamajorimpactonbroadband
growth;(b)thedefinitionofwhatisa??bestpractice??basedonquantitativecriteriaand(c)the
calculationofabestpracticeindexandagoodpracticeindex,whichindicatesthatacountryfollowed
these bestorgoodpracticestosupportitsbroadbandgrowth,respectively.Thismethodologyindicated
that Denmark,UnitedStates,Japan,CanadaandRepublicofKoreafollowedbestpracticesfortheir
broadband growth,whileUnitedKingdomandtheNetherlandsfollowedgoodpractices.},
	author = {Christos Bouras and Thrasivoulos Tsiatsos and Eleftheria Giannaka}
}
