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This 10 page paper looks at the potential impact that the ongoing National Broadband Network (NBN) will have on Australia. The aim is to provide 93% of premises in Australia with a broadband connection providing a minimum speed of 100 Mbps. The paper considers the way in which this will impact on Australia and the citizens looking at the political, economic, social and environmental influences which may be felt. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TENBNaust.doc
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year the Senate Committee for Environment, Communication, Information and Technology published the report "The Australian Telecommunications Network", in which there was an explicit recommendation that the existing obsolete copper wire
network sound be replaced with a new FTTN1 or similar network2. This started the progress towards the current National Broadband Network (NBN) to be created in a government and private
partnership to create a wholesale network that could be used to provide fast speed connections to 90% of premises in Australia. The NBN Co. was created in August 2009,
this organization created as a Government Business Enterprise (GBE), to create the FTTP wholesale network product which can then be accessed by the retail providers to bring the high speed
broadband to businesses and consumers (NBN Co, 2011). It is estimated that 93% of premises will be reached providing speeds of a minimum 100Mbps, with a commitment that advanced technologies
will be used to provide wireless and satellite connections (NBN Co., 2011). With a budget of $43 billion the government must believe that there are some significant benefits to be
achieved from this investment (Maquarie Telecom, 2010). However, there has also been a claim by an Australian economist that the "National Broadband Network is a white elephant waiting to happen"
(quoted Tucker, 2010). Therefore, there are some significantly differing views on the potential impact on the NBN. This can be considered in terms of the political, social and economic impacts.
When assessing the potential impact on the NBN there are both direct and indirect impacts likely to be felt. It may be argued that any form of new technology that
facilitates increased access to communication will increase access to information. Hirst and Harrison (2007) note that the proliferation of information may be used for political and well as social and
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