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Fletcher Paul <1965-2008.> |
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Titolo |
Wired brown land? [[electronic resource] ] : Telstra's battle for broadband / / Paul Fletcher |
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Sydney, : New South Wales University Press, 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Broadband communication systems - Australia |
Broadband communication systems - Government policy - Australia |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. A generous offer from Telstra; 2. Creating a monster - and trying to tame it: 1990-2000; 3. Telstra holds back the broadband tide; 4. 2004 to 2006:The game changes; 5. 2007: A broadband backwater?; 6. Broadband 6 gets political; 7. Why our broad band infrastructure matters:What is the prize?; 8. Preparing for the new world; 9. The way forward; Epilogue; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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