This paper revisits three fundamental propositions in the broadband debate in Australia. It closes with a few predictions about the way in which the Australian broadband debate might unfold in the next period.

This paper suggests that the forgotten domain of the complex and vigorous debates about the future of higher speed broadband in Australia is the experience and expectations of users and consumers with broadband. Research to date about such user experiences, especially in Australia, has essentially concentrated on Internet services and mainly with narrowband users. Yet...

After ten years on the statute books, Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (the "TPA") is being called upon more _ and is under greater pressure _ than ever. Part XIC gives telecommunications carriers and carriage service providers a right of access to "declared services": essentially the bottleneck services which form the...

That there is around $3 billion1 in cost savings the government could make on digital TV between now and a realistic closedown date for analogue broadcasting. The savings could be channeled into assisting the funding of a high speed broadband solution for Australia. This is before we consider the potential community benefit from the uses...

This paper focuses on possible new arrangements for the funding of future universal service obligations (USOs) in telecommunications.