Economic Analysis of Broadband Access for Australian Rural and Remote Areas
Summary. This paper compares the deployment costs of three broadband technologies—DSL, passive optical networks, and WiMAX—across Australian rural and remote areas. Wireless technology proves most cost-effective for sparse populations below one home per square kilometer at 20 Mbit/s speeds, while fiber-based passive optical networks become economically superior for higher speeds of 50 Mbit/s and above.
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Ellershaw, J. C., Riding, J., Tran, A. V., Guan, L., & Smith, T. G.. (2008). Economic Analysis of Broadband Access for Australian Rural and Remote Areas. https://doi.org/10.1109/atnac.2008.4783285
Ellershaw, J. C., et al. “Economic Analysis of Broadband Access for Australian Rural and Remote Areas.” 2008. https://doi.org/10.1109/atnac.2008.4783285.
Ellershaw, J. C., J. Riding, An V. Tran, Lin-Jie Guan, and Timothy G. Smith. 2008. “Economic Analysis of Broadband Access for Australian Rural and Remote Areas.” https://doi.org/10.1109/atnac.2008.4783285.
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- DOI
- 10.1109/atnac.2008.4783285
- Countries
- Australia
- Regions
- Oceania
- Categories
- broadband-and-digital, regional-innovation-systems
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- 2026-04-28