Broadband: Benefits and problems

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3 SPEC.ISS., 2005, Pages 223-236

  Firth, Lucy ^a   Mellor, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broadband; Convergence; Education; Health; Internet; Society

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HEALTH; INTERNET; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; VIDEO ON DEMAND;

CONVERGENCE; FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION (FCC); SOCIETY; STREAMED VIDEO;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 14044268075     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2004.11.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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