LEADER 02277nam 2200529Ia 450 001 9910780958103321 005 20230721025102.0 010 $a1-74223-181-0 035 $a(CKB)2520000000009432 035 $a(EBL)533809 035 $a(OCoLC)635291453 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000488459 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11314840 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488459 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10457043 035 $a(PQKB)10379411 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC533809 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL533809 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10370171 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000009432 100 $a20090316d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWired brown land?$b[electronic resource] $eTelstra's battle for broadband /$fPaul Fletcher 210 $aSydney $cNew South Wales University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-74223-003-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aDescribes 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. 606 $aBroadband communication systems$zAustralia 606 $aBroadband communication systems$xGovernment policy$zAustralia 615 0$aBroadband communication systems 615 0$aBroadband communication systems$xGovernment policy 676 $a621.3820994 700 $aFletcher$b Paul$f1965-2008.$01507790 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780958103321 996 $aWired brown land$93738764 997 $aUNINA