[LINK] Disability Broadband Proposal

[Tom Worthington]

Paul Budde has released "Australia - National Broadband Network - 
Disability Broadband" (22 August 2011): 
http://www.buddeblog.com.au/frompaulsdesk/disability-broadband/

This proposes a national coordinated strategy to use the NBN and on-line 
services to improve access for those with a disability. While this is a 
good idea in principle, the document is vague about what it proposes be 
done.

Universal service obligations are a complex area. See: 
"Telecommunications Policy In Australia and People with Disabilities" 
which I published for Michael J Bourk (2000) for some history of this 
area: http://www.tomw.net.au/uso/

Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd, have provided their report as a free 
nine page PDF download (270 Kbytes). Unfortunately, as this is PDF it is 
less accessible for those with a disability, than a web page meeting W3C 
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, would have been.


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