Why Australia will never catch up in Web 2.0

March 12, 2007

SFGate: Where neo-nomads’ ideas percolate

If there’s no WiFi there’s no Web 2.0 office, there’s no Web 2.0 culture, there’s no Web 2.0 development on the scale we see in the US. Whilst the Australian Government (and Opposition) remain obsessed with regulating the internet, nothing is being proposed or done to increase the affordability of broadband, cost being the main factor that limits the offering of free wireless in Australian cafes. When you continue to act like a backwater, it usually means if you aren’t already one, you soon will be.

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3 responses to Why Australia will never catch up in Web 2.0

  1. Martin Neumann March 12, 2007 at 8:34 am

    Nice find, Duncan – tks for the link to a great article … and reading the article I seriously don’t see Australia getting anywhere near that. And that’s sad because we should be so much more and really, as a “rich, western aka civilised” country we should be leading the pack or right up there pushing the boundaries – And We Are Not!

    I can easily see myself as a “bedouin” – yup, cafe to cafe, caffeine addiction, no office … just my laptop, a mobile and ideas.

  2. Mike March 14, 2007 at 6:55 am

    I am in Thailand now, and even they have more free wi-fi spots!

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  1. Club Troppo » Missing Link - March 15, 2007

    […] (via Qld law academic blogger Peter Black) Duncan Riley argues Australia is rapidly becoming cyberspace hicksville (if we’re not already): If there’s no WiFi there’s no Web 2.0 office, there’s no Web 2.0 culture, there’s no Web 2.0 development on the scale we see in the US. Whilst the Australian Government (and Opposition) remain obsessed with regulating the internet, nothing is being proposed or done to increase the affordability of broadband, cost being the main factor that limits the offering of free wireless in Australian cafes. When you continue to act like a backwater, it usually means if you aren’t already one, you soon will be. […]