DARTMOUTH – Eighteen countries are outperforming the United States in communication technology, according to a recently released study by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
The study measured Internet bandwidth per person and other benchmarks including the number of personal computers per 100 people and internet users per 100 people.
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Denmark, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, the U.K., Antigua, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Norway, San Marino, Singapore and Switzerland all ranked ahead of the U.S.
The U.S. ranked in the fourth of five clusters in the first of four tiers in the ranking. Also in the fourth cluster were: Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Slovak Republic, Spain and Taiwan.
The results challenge original assumptions that the digital divide is directly linked to Gross Domestic Product, UMass said in a news release.
Professor Steven White, who conducted the study with his colleagues Angappa Gunasekaran, Timothy Shea and Godwin Ariguzo, said he expects the digital divide to shrink.
“The digital divide is diminishing because of the proliferation of mobile devices, … Running costly cable to remote areas is no longer necessary. Wireless access is the growth area, and this allows poorer countries and their citizens to engage on a national and global level,” said White.
