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Until EVERYONE in the country is able to access cheap, high speed, high bandwidth broadband, talk of the "digital ecomony" is just empty talk. The NBN plan goes partway, but still ostracises the large number of people (including indigenous groups) who can't get it because of distance, cost, or simply because Telstra hasn't properly equipped an exchange to handle the necessary volumes (or DLSAMs) required (the latter occurs all too often in city areas).

Statements like this blog entry are too quick to bandy the term "all Australians" without coming close to actually meaning it...

Cheap broadband, VOIP and other new technologies have a huge positive effect on small businesses - and if was actually possible to get this in the bush say, then you might have a lot more (tech) businesses starting up there, instead of migrating to the cities...