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Professor Catherine Middleton<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="6"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24.0px'>What Do Canadians Do With Broadband Networks: Applying Insights from the Canadian Internet Use Survey to the NBN<BR>
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When: </SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>3pm, Thursday 26th November<BR>
<B>Where: </B>Brown Theatre, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne<BR>
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Using data from Statistics Canada's Canadian Internet Use Survey, this presentation will explore Canadians' patterns of Internet usage. Despite being early adopters of broadband networks, it is argued that the majority of Canadians are not particularly engaged with the Internet (based on measures of intensity and scope of usage), nor do many of their current online activities require higher speed broadband connectivity. The presentation discusses these findings in the context of the Australian National Broadband Network, offering reflection on what may be needed to encourage demand for the 100 megabit/s connectivity that the NBN will offer.<BR>
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Catherine Middleton is a faculty member at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Communication Technologies in the Information Society. Information on her research can be found at: <U><a href="http://www.ryerson.ca/itm/fcty/Middleton/Middleton.html">http://www.ryerson.ca/itm/fcty/Middleton/Middleton.html</a></U> <BR>
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