Políticas públicas para massificação da banda larga

Broadband is part of information and communication technologies (ICTs), which consolidate as important instruments for democratic access to information. In this research, the positive impacts of the use of broadband are analyzed from the social and economic perspective. On the other hand, the difficulties for technology diffusion is also a relevant issue. The goal is to present the evolution of broadband in Brazil in their geographic and socioeconomic dimensions and the role of public policies. Several elements are presented for comparison and further analysis of the challenges of broadband implementation in the world and Brazil in particular. In this regard, it concludes that the national broadband plan (PNBL) helped to develop this feature in Brazil, expanding the number of networks and internet access.