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[ssrn] In this perspective, [George Ford] evaluate[s] three normalization variables for broadband connection data for the OECD — population, households, and fixed telephone connections. Statistical testing indicates the best normalization variable is fixed telephone connections. Broadband connections are not proportional to population, eliminating population as a useful normalization criterion. The ranks of countries across the normalizing variables are evaluated.

Normalizing Broadband Connections by George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies