| Wired Brown Land? Telstra's Battle for Broadband Contributor(s): Fletcher, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1742230032 ISBN-13: 9781742230030 Publisher: Newsouth Pub. OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Government & Business - Business & Economics | Industries - Media & Communications - Technology & Engineering | Telecommunications |
| Dewey: 621.382 |
| LCCN: 2009483519 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.49" W x 9.38" (0.83 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |