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. Listen to Paul Fletcher preview the recent broadband announcement, on Radio National Breakfast
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Provides a definitive history of what has driven telecommunicationsand broadband policy
and, so the book argues, its failures.""
CommsDay ""Fletcher provides plenty of insights into the complex telco world, its major players and how they play the policy-making game.""Business Spectator ""For anyone who has ever wondered why internet speeds are so much faster whenthey're overseas, why Telstra seems to charge such high prices, why a Foxtelcable doesn't snake past their house, why they have a patchy, sub-standard internet connection - or why Rudd and co. have bet the farm on a $43 billion Rolls-Royce - the answers are provided here.""The Canberra Times
By:
Paul Fletcher Imprint: New South Wales Univ Pres Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 153mm,
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 370g ISBN:9781742230030 ISBN 10: 1742230032 Pages: 272 Publication Date:01 March 2009 Audience:
General/trade
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General/trade
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ELT Advanced
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active