Promoting Digital Inclusion Through the NBN
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NBN, Public Policy, Digital Inclusion
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This is the speech given by Ms Corbin at the TelSoc NBN Futures forum held in Melbourne on 22 October 2019. She spoke on how to include all Australians in the National Broadband Network through more affordable pricing of services, continued and improving reliability of access, and an evolution of the Universal Service Obligation.
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Breunig, R. & McCarthy, O. (2019). Household telecommunications expenditure in Australia, Telecommunications Policy, July. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2019.101837
Communications & the Arts, Department of. (2018). Development of the Universal Service Guarantee, Summary Report, November. Available at https://www.communications.gov.au/documents/development-universal-service-guarantee-summary-report
Letts, S. (2019). Telstra chair savages NBN as unfair monopoly sending retailers broke, ABC News, online, 15 October. Available at https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-15/telstra-chair-savages-nbn-as-unfair-and-a-waste-of-resources/11603756
NBN Co. (2016). About NBN Co, NBN Co online, 24 August. Available at https://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/about-nbn-co
NBN Co. (2019). NBN Co confirms new wholesale discounts and annual data capacity increases to meet customer demand, NBN Co online, 26 November. Available at https://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-statements/nbn-confirms-new-wholesale-discount
Wilson, C. K., Thomas, J. & Barraket, J. (2019). Measuring Digital Inequality in Australia: the Australian Digital Inclusion Index, Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, 7(2), 102-120. https://doi.org/10.18080/jtde.v7n2.187
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Dec 31, 2019
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Corbin, T., & Troy, M. (2019). Promoting Digital Inclusion Through the NBN. Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, 7(4), 12–16. https://doi.org/10.18080/jtde.v7n4.236
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