telecommunications

Evolutionary Economics of Creative Industries - forthcoming publications

paitken — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:32:32 +1100

Foster, J. and Potts, J., (forthcoming) ‘On the use of simulation and econometrics to empirically analyze the rule-structure of an evolving economic system’. Schumpeter Society Conference Volume. (eds) J Gaffard and U Cantner, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.

Articles

Potts, J. and Cunningham, S., ‘Four models of the Creative Industries’, International Journal of Cultural Policy, forthcoming vol 14, no 3 (2008).

Evolutionary Economics of Creative Industries

Broadband : towards understanding users

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:12:06 +1000

This paper suggests that the forgotten domain of the complex and vigorous debates about the future of higher speed broadband in Australia is the experience and expectations of users and consumers with broadband. Research to date about such user experiences, especially in Australia, has essentially concentrated on Internet services and mainly with narrowband users. Yet Internet is not broadband. We, in Australia, have much to learn from recent European experiences with broadband.

Broadband Public Policy in Australia

Australia is way out of the loop with broadband

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:54:16 +1000

A bird's-eye view of new Western European broadband systems shows just how far Australia is lagging behind, and just how much we are missing out on.

Broadband Public Policy in Australia

Crisis of innovation: looking elsewhere

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:15:09 +1000

Considerable attention has been given in recent months to the complexity of issues surrounding broadband policy for Australia. While there appears to be widespread support that Australia needs to move from what might presently be called `rudimentary' or possibly `adequate' broadband, and largely only for urban dwellers, there are many calls for the urgent availability of `enabling' broadband. The unravelling of these terms depends upon what users expect from broadband, what speeds they require, and how much they are prepared to pay for the service.

Broadband Public Policy in Australia

User-centred broadband : the Kenniswijk experiment

tbarr — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:29:32 +1100

This paper outlines the notion of a 'user centred' broadband system because so little attention is generally given to the demand side of the side of the broadband roll out equation. The author suggests that the Netherlands, Europe's leading county for broadband usage, has created one of the most remarkable models with its Kenniswijk experiment. Over 1000 users were invited to submit proposals for the kind of broadband services they wanted, and test beds subsequently built many of those services that were initially offered for free.

Broadband Public Policy in Australia