WIRED BROWN LAND? TELSTRA'S BATTLE FOR BROADBAND by Paul Fletcher ( 9781742230030 )

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Title:

WIRED BROWN LAND? TELSTRA'S BATTLE FOR BROADBAND

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ISBN 10:

1742230032

ISBN 13:

9781742230030

Publisher:

UNSW PRESS

Pub. date:

1 March, 2009

Pages:

272

Description:

A narrative of the twists and turns in a struggle for the control of a multi-billion dollar industry. It 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 $4.7 billion on a new broadband network.

Synopsis:

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 "...Provides a definitive history of what has driven telecommunications and 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 when they're overseas, why Telstra seems to charge such high prices, why a Foxtel cable 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

Publication:

Australia

Imprint:

UNSW Press

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Returnable

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