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Information Inequality and Broadband Network Access: An Analysis of Australian Household Data

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  • Madden, Gary
  • Savage, Scott
  • Simpson, Michael

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There has been considerable debate in Australia concerning the social and economies effects of telecommunications carrier investment in broadband network infrastructure. Whether particular groups within networked communities are unable or unwilling to subscribe to broadband services is an important policy issue. This paper sets oat to identify metropolitan households that are less likely to subscribe to services and examines whether there exists a systematic link between subscription interest and measures of social disadvantage Analysis of stated-preference subscription intentions data, obtained from an Australia-wide survey of 715 households, shows that there is potential for the news communication technology to create information inequality. Copyright 1996 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Madden, Gary & Savage, Scott & Simpson, Michael, 1996. "Information Inequality and Broadband Network Access: An Analysis of Australian Household Data," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 5(4), pages 1049-1066.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:indcch:v:5:y:1996:i:4:p:1049-66
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    1. Leonel Cerno & Teodosio Pérez Amaral, 2005. "Demand for Internet Access and Use in Spain," Documentos de Trabajo del ICAE 0506, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico.
    2. Baranes, Edmond & Bourreau, Marc, 2005. "An Economist's Guide to Local Loop Unbundling," MPRA Paper 2440, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Hisham Jameel Bardesi, 2016. "Factors Affecting Demand For Internet Access In Saudi Arabia," Eurasian Journal of Business and Management, Eurasian Publications, vol. 4(3), pages 29-38.
    4. Victor Glass & Stela Stefanova, 2010. "An empirical study of broadband diffusion in rural America," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 38(1), pages 70-85, August.

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    • L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications

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