Q6So Japan and the United States, the birthplace of the Internet, don't have high levels of broadband penetration when compared to other OECD mem-ber countries?

A6Yes, that's right. However, when you look at the total number of subscribers, the United States is ranked top with 58.13 million, followed by Japan with 25.75 million. In third place is Germany with 14.08 million. The combined number of broadband subscribers in the United States, Japan and Germany accounts for 49.6% of all subscribers in the 30 OECD member countries.