Hi Allen,

We did not perform any calculations for this post. As mentioned above, all of the data was presented by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in its publication, “Measuring the Information Society”, which was released a few weeks ago.

Nevertheless, with regard to your observations, please consider the following and do let us know whether there still might have been an oversight on the ITU’s part:

(i) Haiti’s GNI per capita was based on data from the World Bank, but does not reflect purchasing power parity (PPP), as those published on Wikipedia (which we also sourced from the World Bank).

(ii) The data we presented and the corresponding graphs were for fixed broadband service, which by the ITU’s standard, is wired broadband, such as those delivered to the home via copper, coax or fibre. Services that are delivered to customers’ premises wirelessly, are NOT considered “fixed broadband”.

(ii) The ITU did include in its report its findings for “mobile broadband”, for services that can be accessed by mobile/cellular devices AND those that can be accessed via a computer-based connection, such as via USB dongle or wireless modem.

(iv) We summarised those finding, which might be of particular interest to you, and for which Haiti performed considerably better. Our post can be found here.

Once again, do have a read of our Snapshot: ITU findings on mobile broadband affordability in the Caribbean 2012, and let us know what you think.

Cheers!
Michele