10.4225/03/5906b232818cc
Tucker, Rodney S.
Rodney S.
Tucker
Broadband facts, fiction and urban myths
Monash University
2017
monash:110688
National Broadband Network
10.2104/tja10043
journal article
Wireless
1959.1/789484
1835-4270
Fibre to the premises
Broadband access
2017-05-01 03:57:36
Journal contribution
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Broadband_facts_fiction_and_urban_myths/4955816
There has been a lively debate surrounding the Australian Governments plan to build a fibre-based National Broadband Network. Unfortunately, a variety of urban myths about the NBN have evolved and spread over the past 12 months. Some of these myths are based on misunderstandings of the capabilities and limitations of broadband technology and some are out of alignment with experience in countries where broadband access is more advanced than in Australia. The objective of this article is to correct some of these misconceptions, to debunk some of the more common urban myths and to provide some basic facts for the lay person on the capabilities and limitations of various broadband technologies.
Copyright 2010 Rodney S. Tucker. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.