02269nam 2200541Ia 450 991096242840332120250620132544.01-74223-181-0(CKB)2520000000009432(EBL)533809(OCoLC)635291453(SSID)ssj0000488459(PQKBManifestationID)11314840(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488459(PQKBWorkID)10457043(PQKB)10379411(MiAaPQ)EBC533809(Au-PeEL)EBL533809(CaPaEBR)ebr10370171(EXLCZ)99252000000000943220090316d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWired brown land? Telstra's battle for broadband /Paul Fletcher1st ed.Sydney New South Wales University Press20091 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74223-003-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexDescribes 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.Broadband communication systemsAustraliaBroadband communication systemsGovernment policyAustraliaBroadband communication systemsBroadband communication systemsGovernment policy621.3820994Fletcher Paul1965-1829035MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962428403321Wired brown land4398190UNINA