Editing Broadband (section)

===Global bandwidth concentration===
[[File:GlobalBandwidthConcentration.jpg|thumb|500px|Global bandwidth concentration: 3 countries have almost 50% between them; 10 countries almost 75%.<ref name="HilbertBitsDivide"/>]]

Bandwidth has historically been very unequally distributed worldwide, with increasing concentration in the digital age. Historically only 10 countries have hosted 70–75% of the global telecommunication capacity (see pie-chart Figure on the right).<ref name="HilbertBitsDivide">{{cite journal |url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt2jp4w5rq/qt2jp4w5rq.pdf?t=o7h6ha |title=The bad news is that the digital access divide is here to stay: Domestically installed bandwidths among 172 countries for 1986–2014 |publisher=Escholarship.org |date=2016-01-06 |doi=10.1016/j.telpol.2016.01.006 |access-date=2016-06-21 |last1=Hilbert |first1=Martin |journal=Telecommunications Policy |volume=40 |issue=6 |pages=567–581 }}</ref> In 2014, only three countries (China, the US, and Japan) host 50% of the globally installed telecommunication bandwidth potential. The U.S. lost its global leadership in terms of installed bandwidth in 2011, being replaced by China, which hosts more than twice as much national bandwidth potential in 2014 (29% versus 13% of the global total).<ref name="HilbertBitsDivide"/>