NDLI: The tyranny of distance prevails: HTTP protocol latency and returns to fast fibre internet access network deployment in remote economies

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Obren, Mark Howell, Bronwyn
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Public policies to deploy enhanced local broadband access infrastructure in locations physically very far removed from the firms and customers with whom they transact are frequently justified by claims of increased competitiveness arising from the elimination of the ‘tyrannies of distance’. Yet relative distance-based disadvantages remain in respect of time-dependent applications and those hosted on distant infrastructures or requiring data sourced from distant locations. Trading off the effects of faster local access and latency on the time taken to load a Web page based on the HTTP Web protocol, we demonstrate that the increasing returns to distance rapidly overcome the effect of faster local access bandwidth as the distance the data must travel increases. We conclude that claims that investment in ultra-fast local broadband access will unconditionally facilitate a step-change in national economic performance are without foundation. In the absence of some compelling underlying competitive advantages, the ‘transformational’ economic benefits will be local rather than international in nature. At best, government investment in nationwide fast fibre networks is a defensive strategy that enables ongoing participation in the international economy, but at relatively higher costs than those faced by larger economies in closer proximity to end markets.
Starting Page	65
Ending Page	85
Page Count	21
File Format	PDF
ISSN	05701864
Journal	The Annals of Regional Science
Volume Number	52
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14320592
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2013-09-13
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Regional/Spatial Science Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Microeconomics Environmental Economics Geography (general)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Social Sciences Environmental Science

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