Wired Brown Land : Telstra's Battle for Broadband.

Describes the commercial and political battle between Telstra and everyone else to control Australia's broadband infrastructure, a struggle that escalates as the Government prepares to spend. $43 billion on a new broadband network.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fletcher, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Sydney : University of NSW Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Telstra (Firm)
Broadband communication systems > Australia.
Broadband communication systems > Government policy > Australia.
Systèmes de télécommunications à large bande > Australie.
Systèmes de télécommunications à large bande > Politique gouvernementale > Australie.
Broadband communication systems
Broadband communication systems > Government policy
Australia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. A generous offerfrom Telstra; 2. Creating a monster andtrying to tame it: 19902000; 3. Telstra holds backthe broadband tide; 4. 2004 to 2006:The game changes; 5. 2007: A broadbandbackwater?; 6. Broadband 6 gets political; 7. Why our broadbandinfrastructure matters:What is the prize?; 8. Preparing forthe new world; 9. The way forward; Epilogue; Notes; Index.

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