%T Universal communications in a broadband world %A Holly Raiche %I Australian Communications Consumer Action Network %D 2010 %K Communications, %K Information technology, %K Information technology, %K Access to information %U https://apo.org.au/node/30430 %X Do Australians have a right to access a telecommunications service? There are at least two schools of thought: the view that sees universal service as a basic right of citizens, essential for membership in the community, as against the view that sees universal service as an economic good to be delivered in the market, where the paramount questions are efficiency and the distribution of economic welfare. %9 Working paper