From The
Fairfax SMH, according to a
study, prepared by the British telecommunications consultant Robert Kenny and Charles Kenny from the US Centre for Global Development
which
found the claimed benefits of a national broadband network have been "grossly overstated", and accuses the federal government of misusing research to build the case for it.
This is the same Charles Kenny that previously
advocated that
Overcoming the "digital divide" in terms of public access to the Internet should probably not be a priority of governments or development agencies.
As Professor John Quiggin
points out,
so far, betting against the idea that people will want faster and more powerful communications and computers has not had a good track record.
And he has the
facts to prove it.
