Review essay of the books 'Wrong number: resolving Australia's telecommunications impasse', by Henry Ergas, published by Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2008; 'Wired brown land? Telstra's battle for broadband', by Paul Fletcher, published by UNSW Press, Sydney, 2009; and 'Wireless broadband: conflict and convergence', by Vern Fotheringham and Chetan Sharma, published by IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons, Piscataway NJ and Hoboken HJ, 2008.