Open AccessThe Tragedy of Australia's National Broadband Network
Author(s) -
Rod Tucker
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of telecommunications and the digital economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2203-1693
DOI - 10.18080/jtde.v5n1.94
Subject(s) - broadband , dominance (genetics) , telecommunications , broadband networks , project commissioning , engineering , business , computer science , publishing , political science , law , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
This article reviews recent developments in global broadband deployments and highlights the growing global dominance of fibre to the premises (FTTP). Australia’s increasing use of fibre to the node (FTTN) has locked the country out of world-class broadband for years to come. If Australia is ever to obtain first-class broadband services, it will be necessary to replace FTTN with higher speed technologies.