Urban Broadband Internet Policies in Europe: A Critical Review

Willem van Winden and Paulus Woets
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Willem van Winden: European Institute for Comparative Urban Research (Euricur), Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738 (room H12-33), 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands, vwinden@few.eur.nl
Paulus Woets: European Institute for Comparative Urban Research (Euricur), Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738 (room H12-33), 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands, woets@few.eur.nl

Urban Studies, 2004, vol. 41, issue 10, 2043-2059

Abstract: For many reasons, cities and regions in Europe play an increasingly active role in providing and/or promoting broadband access to the Internet. This article describes and analyses local policy interventions in the broadband infrastructure market and presents a typology of four different kinds of policy. For each policy type, the cities' objectives and rationale for intervening in the broadband market are described. Subsequently, a critical analysis is made of the alleged benefits of broadband policies and the associated risks and costs are discussed.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1080/0042098042000256378

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