The Rural-Urban digital divide in New Zealand: fact or fable?

Bronwyn Howell

No 373907, Competition & Regulation Times from New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation

Abstract: Is there really a "digital divide" separating urban and rural New Zealand?If the furore surrounding the recent Telecommunications Inquiry is to be believed, rural New Zealanders' uptake of electronic commerce is severely retarded by poor telephone lines and the absence of high-capacity cabling in country areas.

Date: 2000-12-01
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