Consequently, the length of time series data of broadband adoption is considerably shorter than for voice telecommunications. Second, only the countries that have understood early on its economic potential have proceeded to collect statistics at the beginning of the diffusion process. Third, since broadband is an access technology for data communications, it only has an economic effect in combination with the adoption of information technology, and the implementation of organizational and process changes in enterprises. In sum, because broadband has been deployed in such a short time span and it is an enabler of remote information technology access, it has represented a substantial research challenge. The primary challenge, though, remains the lack of disaggregated datasets that allow to quantitatively establish the conditions under which broadband has an economic effect.