Consumer resistance factors for the adoption of FTTH Ultra-Fast Broadband in New Zealand

Mirza, F; Beltran, Hector

dc.contributor.author	Mirza, F	en
dc.contributor.author	Beltran, Hector	en
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-09T22:50:57Z	en
dc.date.issued	2014-04-01	en
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Information Policy, 2014, 4 pp. 128 - 143	en
dc.identifier.issn	2158-3897	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2292/25033	en
dc.description.abstract	It is a common maxim in telecommunications policy that access to a network is not the same as adoption of that network's services. In this article, Mirza and Beltrán analyze New Zealand's Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) Initiative in terms of the public expenditures devoted to its development and, more importantly, its adoption by citizens. The authors analyze a variety of barriers, drivers, and deciding factors that have led citizens to either accept or reject the opportunity to sign up for the program, ranging from cost to speed of deployment to consumer awareness	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of Information Policy	en
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dc.title	Consumer resistance factors for the adoption of FTTH Ultra-Fast Broadband in New Zealand	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.5325/jinfopoli.4.2014.0128	en
pubs.begin-page	128	en
pubs.volume	4	en
pubs.end-page	143	en
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pubs.subtype	Article	en
pubs.elements-id	445040	en
pubs.org-id	Business and Economics	en
pubs.org-id	Info Systems & Operations Mgmt	en
pubs.record-created-at-source-date	2014-07-03	en